Musk, Thiel and Co.

How America’s tech right is threatening democracy

The state as a start-up - that seems to be the dream of tech right-wingers like PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.(Bild: Garrett - stock.adobe.com)

America's tech scene has long been considered left-wing, but under Donald Trump it seems to be undergoing a radical transformation that could ultimately lead to the end of democracy. Krone+ on the visions of the "tech right" and their secret whisperer.

He is "socially very liberal. And then economically perhaps right of center or center. I don't know," Elon Musk replied in 2020 to a question from the New York Times about his political views. He just wants the president to be a "normal person with common sense whose values are right in the middle of the country."