Political violence has no place in our country.
We must speak with moral clarity. The attack on Charlie Kirk is horrifying and this growing type of unconscionable violence cannot be allowed in our society.
The Nazis weren’t history’s only monsters.
Japan’s Unit 731 froze prisoners alive, dissected children without anesthesia, and unleashed plague bombs.
At the center was Shirō Ishii, a man more monstrous than history dares to remember.
Here’s the horror they tried to erase:
All around the world, people are engaged in difficult labor to produce goods for American consumers.
And in exchange they get pieces of paper that we can basically print as many as we want of.
And yet some claim that we’re the ones getting ripped off.
THE LITTLE TECH AGENDA
Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz
July 5, 2024
Little Tech is our term for tech startups, as contrasted to Big Tech incumbents.
Little Tech has run independent of politics for our entire careers. But, as the old Soviet joke goes, “You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.”
We believe bad government policies are now the #1 threat to Little Tech.
We believe American technology supremacy, and the critical role that Little Tech startups play in ensuring that supremacy, is a first class political issue on par with any other.
The time has come to stand up for Little Tech.
Our political efforts as a firm are entirely focused on defending Little Tech.[1] We do not engage in political fights outside of issues directly relevant to Little Tech. But we will fight for Little Tech – for the freedom to research, to invent, to create jobs, to build the future – with all of our resources.
We find there are three kinds of politicians:
* Those who support Little Tech. We support them.
* Those who oppose Little Tech. We oppose them.
* Those who are somewhere in the middle – they want to be supportive, but they have concerns. We work with them in good faith.
We support or oppose politicians regardless of party and regardless of their positions on other issues.
We are in this for the long haul.
[1] https://t.co/GQUw4sI99c