I wonder to what extend the VC and tech hero sector's decision to jump on Trump/Vance as more tech-friendly will play here. I think its arguable that its reall

I wonder to what extend the VC and tech hero sector's decision to jump on Trump/Vance as more tech-friendly will play here. I think its arguable that its really only more friendly to the shareholders. The workforce probably doesn't entirely track with where Musk, Thiel go, and the year of 10% layoffs to improve shareholder profit will be strong in people's minds. That said, there is a lot of libertarianism at large in the tech sector so the more Trump and Vance play up that aspect (its a twaaaaaaap) then the more there will be voices lining up behind them. I think it's very likely both D and R want regulation. They may not say so but they know ordinary consumers want AI regulated, want pricing on broadband and mobile capped, want some constraint on deepfakes, toxic social media. I'm not for one minute saying it's either simple, or even necessarily beneficial to try and do this, but I think it would be wrong to say there is no community drive here for the federal government to be seen to "try and do something" And of course out in left field, is the attack on women's reproductive rights. I don't want to be catty about this, but I don't think either Musk or Thiel give two fucks for womens control of their own bodies. Even republican dominated states are finding that women who live there do not like what they are being told to do. America is held up to people like me (overseas, a non-american) as the most theocratic of the supposedly athiest/agnostic states. We're repeatedly told 40% or more of the adult population consider themselves christian. I think that it's a mistake to see the drift of organised pentecostal religions to supporting Trump, and assume the voters at large christian or not, want to drop into line. Where I live (Australia) there is a huge bulk of what are called "shy tories" -people who won't espouse right wing views but are happy to vote right, in private. I wonder if in the USA there is a shy-socialist wave who keep their head down, but who are going into the voting machine booth with their secret athiest heart.