In the past few years, there has been a notable shift in Silicon Valley billionaires' support for Trump

A decade ago , Silicon Valley tech titans were fiercely libertarian but as social liberals they most supported Democrats .

But in the past few years , there has been a notable shift. Prominent Trump supporters include Mark Andreessen and Ben Horowitz , of the legendary Valley venture capital firm, Andreessen-Horowitz .

When a progressive government gets even moderately serious about taxing capitalism or regulating its excesses, some billionaires opt for fascism.

Trump originally became a serious force in American politics as the tribune of disrespected and disaffected people, mainly white working-class men or small business people.

For that set of voters, Make America Great Again evoked an America were Blacks knew their place, wives tended to the kitchen and child-rearing, immigrant farm workers came for the harvest and returned home, and well-paying factory jobs were plentiful.