I don’t think there’s a trend towards actual conservatism in the Valley—there’s a trend towards monopoly and corruption, and that’s led a bunch of VCs directly to Trump. Peter Thiel wrote “Competition is for Losers” in The WSJ a decade ago! Here you go, America.

– Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge, in an interview with Oliver Darcy for Status, November 17, 2024