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Tech Won't Save Us: Trump’s Crypto Profiteering Is Worse Than You Think w/ Jacob Silverman
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Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire’s Islamophobic attack on Zohran Mamdani, what it tells us about the state of tech’s politics, and how Donald Trump is enriching himself through crypto scams.
Jacob Silverman is a journalist and the author of the forthcoming book Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.
Also mentioned in this episode:
- Jacob has reported on the Aqua 1 Foundation’s mysterious crypto deal that puts $75 million dollars in Donald Trumps pocket.
- Trump signed the GENIUS Act last week, which aims to make crypto more mainstream and is widely viewed as openly corrupt. Trump has already made millions of dollars from crypto.
- Crypto is coming for the US 401k.
Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Who is Shaun Maguire? (00:03:43)
3. The Growing Right-Wing in Silicon Valley (00:17:58)
4. Tech-MAGA Alliance (00:29:43)
5. Sam Bankman-Fried and Industry Corruption (00:32:55)
6. Crypto Currency in the Financial System (00:35:37)
7. When the Bubble Bursts (00:43:08)
8. How Donald Trump is Profiting from Crypto (00:49:21)
9. Outro (00:59:26)
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