Tech Won't Save Us Peter Thiel is the Real Antichrist w/ Gil Duran
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Nov 20, 2025 Gil Duran, a newsletter writer and tech politics commentator, delves into Peter Thiel’s fixation on the Antichrist as a distraction from his own actions. He critiques Thiel’s shallow intellectualism and connects his rhetoric to apocalyptic capitalism in Silicon Valley. Duran argues that tech billionaires are constructing enemies to deflect blame and warns about the implications of their extreme ideas. He advocates for uniting diverse groups to challenge these elites and emphasizes the need for narratives that promote democratic futures.
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Scapegoating As A Strategic Obsession
- Peter Thiel fixates on scapegoating, fearing billionaires will be blamed for social collapse.
- He tries to manufacture alternate scapegoats to divert accountability from Silicon Valley.
Fascist Philosophy Woven Into Tech Rhetoric
- Tech billionaires borrow fascist thinkers and religious metaphors to frame politics as friend-versus-enemy battles.
- That fusion of Carl Schmitt and apocalypse talk reveals an authoritarian project behind tech ideology.
Expose Hyperstition To Neutralize It
- Expose propaganda techniques like hyperstition to reduce their power and influence.
- Show how memetic warfare works so the public can see through engineered narratives.
