Power players in Silicon Valley may be realizing that there is a downside to betting big on MAGA. Write for TutorBlake Montgomery paints a post-midterm landscape in which the tech billionaires who once occupied President Trump’s orbit—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman—now face a newly asserted Democratic majority eager to scrutinize their wealth, AI ambitions, and political influence. The article argues that voter anger over artificial intelligence, sprawling data centers, surveillance technologies and perceived oligarchic control helped fuel a Democratic wave in Congress and governors’ mansions, even in red states. “Voting against technocrats pushed people into the hands of Democrats and away from Republicans,” Montgomery writes.
Democrats are now promising subpoenas, technology-focused investigations and moratoriums on large data centers that support the growth of AI. Musk, who invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Republican elections and supported Republicans, is considered the clearest cautionary tale; others, like Zuckerberg and Altman, seem to be struggling to reposition themselves. The central question: Can these tech titans pivot quickly enough in an America newly skeptical of concentrated technological power? Montgomery seems suspicious. “It seems unlikely that Silicon Valley billionaires will rehabilitate their public image overnight, after years of pandering solely to power brokers,” he notes. “They have little to say on the current issues: affordability and corruption.” For Montgomery’s full argument, more here.
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