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The Broligarchs Are Trying to Have Their Way

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Peter Thiel was an outlier in liberal Silicon Valley for publicly supporting Donald Trump eight years ago .

But now a number of prominent male tech plutocrats who previously opposed the former president have done an about-face.

David Sacks hosted a fundraiser for Trump in June , hosted a list of Silicon Valley luminaries supporting the ex-president.

More than 100 venture capitalists announced Wednesday that they will support Kamala Harris’s bid for the White House .

Frida Ghitis : But for all their rejection of taxation, regulation, and press scrutiny, the broligarchs are not anarchists.

She says they’re in full support of laws protecting their property rights and enforcing their contracts; they use public goods such as potable water, well-maintained roads, and police protection.

Ghitis says they're not keen on being subject to the law, doing their part to keep government up and running.

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