J.D. Vance's Rise Is a Victory for Silicon Valley Reactionaries

For Elon Musk, David Sacks, and Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist-turned-politician Vance is one of them.

For The Nation, I wrote about J.D. Vance’s ascension as a victory for reactionary tech elites who quite literally invested in him. I also talked about how the rise of right-wing VCs as political actors needs to be considered, at least this election cycle, alongside the ungodly amounts of money being poured into Republican PACs by the cryptocurrency industry.

I’ll have more soon on Vance’s relationship with Peter Thiel, their anti-democratic politics, and Thiel’s ideological capture of the Silicon Valley right.