Marc Andreessen

And so it's this, it's this, you know, kind of shadowy thing.

Like if you didn't agree with his politics, you were just like, wow, like that, this is like a weird star chamber, like shadowy thing.

Like what the hell?

But, like, it had, like, really, really, really, really intense power, particularly in the business world, particularly in the financial sector, particularly in Silicon Valley.

Like, it was like a Death Star to be able to aim at obliterating people's reputations and rights.

And so, you know, this was a really big deal.

By the way, many of the big corporations and including big tech companies funded it directly.

And so the money trail on this is not just major philanthropists and political activists, but also actual, you know, actual companies.

And then, by the way, they also had, you know, a long history of actually cooperation with certain government agencies, including, I think, for a long time, they quote-unquote trained FBI agents on basically, you know, essentially catching, you know, racist and therefore, you know, sort of presumptive domestic terrorists or something.

And so just like a very powerful outfit.

And then, you know, this thing that dropped is that they've been now criminally indicted by the U.S.

Justice Department.

And I should say that the indictment reads like a novel.

Now, it's an indictment that SPLC, in fairness, has not had a chance to present to defense.

And so, you know, presumably in court, we'll get both sides of this, which I'm sure will be an absolutely spellbinding experience.

So, you know, of course, I want to say, you know, all of the things that are in the indictment are allegations and innocent until proven guilty and, you know, so forth.

You know, however, the allegations are eye-watering, right?

And the allegations are that the SPLC, using donor funds, was directly funding, among other organizations, the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party.

Right.

Let me just repeat that.