Marc Andreessen Is a Maniac [Video]

At first glance, Marc Andreessen would appear to have all sorts of contradictory beliefs. From a distance, the venture capitalist spouts your standard brand of right-wing libertarianism, but he’s also somehow a huge fan of the Pentagon. He’s a big fan of “America” but doesn’t seem to like most Americans very much. His VC firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has claimed that the U.S. government is being strangled by special interests and lobbying but, last year, he spent an ungodly amount of money lobbying that same government.

While Andreessen may be all over the place ideologically, when you burrow down to his core beliefs they seem pretty simple. He’s a big fan of power. That is power for certain people—i.e., people like him. Rich people, in other words. I used to consider Andreessen to be something of a buffoon—a guy who has been so rich for so long that it’s effectively addled his brain. His love of investing in …