The Biden Administration's regulatory actions were so repressive that people experienced psychological relief comparable to removing physical oppression once the threat was lifted, a psychological pattern called 'learned helplessness' where prolonged repression becomes normalized.

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Speaker

Ben Horowitz (likely)

Evidence Quote

there's a psychological term of learned helplessness and like you're under this level of repression for this long when it's relieved it takes you a little bit of time to realize you know my God I can actually I I and the founders we work with can actually do all the things that we that we are completely legitimate things to do

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Trump is About to Change Everything For Tech Startupsa16z
Created: 8/11/2026, 5:33:37 AM

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