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Will Sommer

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The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Vance over it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Yeah, I mean, I think there are a couple issues there.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I mean, I think the anti-big tech stuff, you know, operates on a couple angles, you know, potentially the surveillance aspect, the sort of, you know, Steve Bannon talks a lot about his fears of like the singularity when we all become robots.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

But sort of on the less extreme aspect, the sort of more practically, I think there's a growing anger over like AI data centers in these communities and people's fear that, you know, you'll get taken over by a server farm.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

There's a lot of anger on the populist and I think really young white men over H-1B visas and the idea that this dovetails with the kind of the anti-Indian hatred we've been seeing rising and the idea that these tech companies are really like, you know, just importing all these workers.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

So I think there's a lot there.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And then, you know, the other thing is.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

What's another big movement within the right right now is Maha.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And these are people who are crunchy.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

They often want to go away for less technology in their lives.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

So I think there's a couple little vectors here that I think JD Vance's ties to big tech companies could be an issue.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I think that's right.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I feel like the tech oligarchs have been so successful at aligning themselves with the Trump administration that in some ways it's become a problem for J.D.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Vance and how is he going to separate himself, leaving aside his own personal ties.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

No, I'm really not.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I thought you were going to say and punishing the French Foreign Legion for their misdeeds to Charlie.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

No, I'm really not.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I feel like so much.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I mean, it's so divorced from policy in a lot of ways.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I mean, besides maybe some big ones like immigration restriction.