{"id":1407,"date":"2026-06-14T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2026-06-14T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:10:00","slug":"a-must-read-new-book-explains-how-big-tech-broke-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1407","title":{"rendered":"A Must-Read New Book Explains How Big Tech Broke America"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>There\u2019s a profound lack of explanation for where we are, how we got here, and why so many truly odious people have been able to take charge of our broken system and become so important in our lives. All we seem able to do is shake our heads and hold to the slim reed that someone will emerge to save the day. But before we truly fix the mess, we might need to explain how we got into it. So I\u2019m going to start recommending books that I believe do that. First up is <i>City on the Edge<\/i> by Jonathan Weber. That city is San Francisco, the epicenter of technology and some of this generation\u2019s leading Democrats. Weber\u2019s is the story of how, in thirty years, the tech industry, as a function of its own avarice, drive for power, messianic mission, and the peculiar people in it, takes over the nation, propelling its political partners with it. Looking past Donald Trump\u2014whose second term has been very much driven by tech money and power\u2014we can clearly see the next crisis of democracy on the horizon: a system overwhelmed by the interests of this industry and the power structure it has created.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1401\">Trump, 79, Becomes Trump, 80, and His Age Is Showing<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>For more of Michael Wolff\u2019s reading list, subscribe to <\/i><i>HOWL<\/i><i> on Substack.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read it at <span>Substack<\/span><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a profound lack of explanation for where we are, how we got here, and why so many truly odious people have been able to take charge of our broken system and become so important in our lives. 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