Weak Government, Complicit Media, Silicon Valley Are Torching America
Now compare that to the strength and vitality of the corporate titans of New York and California. Sure, our leaders in Washington, cowering from death behind COVID masks and tens of thousands of ideologically vetted Guardsmen, might be convinced of their own power, but is Jeff Bezos convinced of it?
He and his cohorts are not, but they are convinced of themselves and their role in the arc of justice, their place on the right side of history. They are not weak, and their mission to make the world anew is more than some cynical play for profit.
The corporate embrace of Woke ideology and morality might have once sprung from self-interested business practices and simple exercises in power-building, but for years now has been a religion. This religion gives these men such confidence that they truly believe they are serving the cause of right when they exile their critics and competitors from the public sphere.
Further, this religion extends beyond Big Tech, counting among its adherents other ultra-wealthy men like Michel Bloomberg and Tom Steyer. These men want a new order, and are convinced they can create it.
America s leading businessmen were once grounded by ties to cities in the American South, Midwest, and West, but increasingly our capitalism has shed its old Chamber makeup. Today, America s elites exercise outsized dominance almost exclusively from a tiny number of glittering coastal cities. These elites have a new church, and yes, a craven part of them must realize their profits might be hurt if they fail to devote themselves strictly enough to its tenets.
This sounds scary, and probably is.