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Tech Billionaires & the Rural Poor: Two Sides of Trump’s MAGA Populism

December 4, 2025·1h 5m·5-min readconversationalpolitics
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In this episode of On with Kara Swisher, journalist Kara Swisher hosts Beth Macy and Jacob Silverman to explore how both rural working-class Americans and Silicon Valley tech billionaires have been radicalized under the MAGA movement, despite their vastly different socioeconomic backgro

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Beth Macy

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People

Kara SwisherBeth MacyJacob SilvermanElon MuskPeter ThielDavid SacksVivek RamaswamyJ.D. Vance

Books

Paper Girlby Beth MacyGilded Rageby Jacob Silverman

Topics

AuthoritarianismInequalityLong Form JournalismPolitical NewsTech NewsUs Politics

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