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Bonus: The Discourse | The Bro-ligarchs Take Washington

2025/1/24
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Lizzie O'Leary: 我认为Elon Musk在就职典礼上的手势，应该根据不同受众的解读来判断其含义，而不是仅仅从我们自己的角度出发。他的行为被极右翼和白人至上主义者解读为一种信号，这值得我们关注。此外，硅谷高管们与特朗普政府的关系，反映了他们对自身公司利益的优先考虑，而非对政治立场的考量。他们更看重与权力人物的亲近关系，以维护自身利益。 Nitish Pahwa: Elon Musk在就职典礼上的手势被极右翼和白人至上主义者解读为一种信号，因此我更倾向于关注他们的解读。这反映了特朗普政府与极右翼势力的联系，以及硅谷科技巨头们为了自身利益而与权力人物保持亲密关系的现实。硅谷高管们与特朗普政府保持亲密关系，主要出于保护自身公司利益的考虑，他们更看重与权力人物的亲近关系，甚至会因此改变其公开的政治立场。Sam Altman的例子就很好地说明了这一点，他曾经公开反对特朗普，但在与特朗普接触后，改变了自己的看法，这反映了硅谷公司对利益的优先考虑。

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Choice seats for Donald Trump’s second inauguration were filled with tech founders and CEOs, signaling their importance to this presidential term. Then Elon Musk sent another signal of his own…

Guest: Nitish Pahwa, staff writer for business and tech at Slate.

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