The 2025 Trump administration represents a watershed moment in Silicon Valley’s political entrenchment. Through formal appointments and informal networks, the PayPal Mafia and its allies have institutionalized a deregulatory agenda that conflates corporate profit with national interest. Their shared objectives—AI supremacy, cryptocurrency normalization, and federal privatization—underscore a broader ideological shift toward technocratic authoritarianism, where technological innovation is framed as an existential imperative beyond democratic accountability. https://www.technocracy.news/technocracy-rising-all-the-presidents-men/