I don’t mean the regular small-fry VCs who care about the day-to-day. I mean the Network State types who are playing the long-game.

https://www.vcinfodocs.com/day-one-of-venture-capital-takeover

DCVC has commented on how higher tariffs under the VC-supported Trump regime have boosted American venture capital, stating: “Increased tariffs benefit many of our portfolio companies, most directly by encouraging foreign direct investment in their U.S.-based factories (a phenomenon we saw during the first Trump administration), and by increasing demand for domestically sourced materials, products, and energy.” Tariffs pave the way for DCVC and other venture capitalists to continue their expansion into manufacturing, biotech, space, weaponry and other cartel priorities.

https://www.dcvc.com/reports/deep-tech-opportunities-report-2025/

Plenty of people are benefiting. In one ear you have the Christofascists who simply want to punish women and turn the US into a religious state, in the other you have the VCs who want to weaken America so they can establish autonomous zones outside the US purview.