Plainly, holds up.

5 claims that hold up when you read them the way most people would.

Critics say AI billionaires are buying the election to control what happens in kids' classrooms.

The nine-figure spending targets candidates by their stance on AI regulation, not by their stance on schools.

Critics say companies are using AI as a cover story for ordinary layoffs.

Real AI-driven job cuts are also happening. Both things are true at the same time.

Critics say the AI industry is selling inevitability to make opposition feel pointless before it forms.

A hundred-plus cities protested data centers five months after the industry's biggest ad push.

Sacks says California's "one-time" billionaire tax was never going to stay one-time.

He was right that a second tax proposal followed. Nobody's found a backer who actually wants the industry destroyed.

Sacks says the AI jobs crisis is a hoax the press is running on purpose.

A real study found no AI-driven hiring collapse, and the same outlets gave the skeptical case prominent coverage too.