Chris Rufo

But I think it's also just a kind of antipathy towards kind of bro culture in general.

And so I think there may be some non-cynical, but simply kind of personal and authentic hatred for it because look, young men and young white men in particular have been complaining for a number of years, sometimes in an exaggerated way, sometimes with some,

reason that they've been locked out of prestige institutions.

There was that great essay in Compact, The Lost Generation, about how white men had been frozen from Ivy Leagues, from media, from other prestige occupations.

Yeah, I mean, I think certainly that's probably part of it.

And what we've seen over the last five years, really accelerating the last one or two years, is that the tech industry has shifted or at least split.

And one interesting wrinkle in that piece is they've found that they can harness their talents, make money, make a reputation in these new emergent industries.

And there are certain industries, as Ben mentioned,

of course, SpaceX, crypto, prediction markets, you know, in other parts of the tech industry where it seems to be kind of right coded.

And so I think she does not like the idea of

young white men founding companies making money having some cultural prestige she wants to shut it down and so maybe there's a bit of both um but uh i don't think it's necessarily entirely cynical you know i wonder too if there's a i gotta break in here for just a minute guys uh because i i have to say this you know i haven't got much time so i just want to talk about dying

Palantir is another company.

And so, yeah, would she want to undermine the power of these cash generating machines that seem to support her political enemies?

Yes.

But I think it's also just a kind of antipathy towards kind of bro culture in general.

And so I think there may be some non-cynical, but simply kind of personal and authentic hatred for it because look, young men and young white men in particular have been complaining for a number of years, sometimes in an exaggerated way, sometimes with some reason,

that they've been locked out of prestige institutions.

There was that great essay in Compact, The Lost Generation, about how white men had been frozen from Ivy Leagues, from media, from other prestige occupations.

And one interesting wrinkle in that piece is they've found that they can harness their talents, make money, make a reputation in these new emergent industries.

And so I think she does not like the idea of