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Peter Theil talked about this a while ago. Many tech

There is a war going on as we speak. This war is being fought at various fronts.

Media

Monetary System

Every tech baron is supporting Bitcoin. Even though it may not give them the monopoly, tech sees this as freedom from inefficiencies that authority and national boundaries bring. And these are not punks or nerds anymore. This is one cause that unites the entire chain – hackers to top VCs.

Military and monopoly on violence

One of the biggest reasons national boundaries and politics were so relevant is because

Consumerism treadmill

Elon Musk said, “Money is just a way of labor allocation”. It is not the key to your promised land or some country’s dream. An increasing number of founders and investors are realising that consumerism is chipping away at humanity. The way to do this is with hard money, sound economics, and free markets.

Winners and Losers

China is using its political power to control tech and bend this sword for its own purposes.

The US tech is taking away power from their politicians by creating alternate online media. This is, at its very core, taking power away from politicians.

Taxes

Tech is certainly winning when it comes to taxing masses. Tech tax is here. Everyone who enjoyed Google, Uber, Airbnb, Netflix, Amazon, Jio and their VC subsidies will soon realize that taxes are inevitable.

This is a long game and tech has enough money to lower their time preference.