Peter Thiel and The Anti-Christ

<p dir="ltr">With Trump's health visibly in decline, attention is shifting to Peter Thiel's invention, JD Vance, who may soon be president. Which means Thiel, a billionaire doomsday prepper who thinks the Anti-Christ is Greta Thunberg, could effectively rule the world. What does Thiel's obsession with the Anti-Christ reveal about how we can resist him?</p> <p dir="ltr">Thiel's worldview isn't just weird Silicon Valley paranoia; it's vintage fascist fan fiction. His ideas trace back to Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt, who justified Hitler's violent purges as necessary for "saving civilization." Schmitt's argument was simple and horrifying: democracy is too weak, so we need a strongman to suspend the rules. Thiel recycles Schmitt's logic in a twenty-first-century sermon on why democracy itself is the real threat. In Thiel's version, collective action to solve global crises like man-made climate change is the definition of evil. So you know what to do, folks: double down on building collective action.</p> <p dir="ltr">In Part One of our conversation with journalist Gil Duran, of the <a href="https://www.thenerdreich.com/is-peter-thiel-the-antichrist-nyt-didnt-think-to-ask/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong>Nerd Reich newsletter</strong></a>, that tracks Silicon Valley's billionaire Bond villains, we dig into Thiel's apocalyptic delusions, how they shape his politics, and why it's a very big deal that a man this afraid of democracy has his hands in everything from expanding government surveillance to election data. Part Two will be out this Thursday, with a special look at Thiel and Trump's Big Brother–their latest efforts to establish a Chinese-style surveillance state. </p> <p><strong><strong id="docs-internal-guid-811f5b0c-7fff-0727-6ad5-48111d178732">Want to hear Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, exclusive Q&amp;A sessions, our group chat, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at <a href="http://patreon.com/Gaslit">Patreon.com/Gaslit</a>!</strong></strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Show Notes:</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Action alert! Send postcards to California to ensure Prop 50 passes and help support other must-win races: <a href="https://www.activateamerica.vote/postcards">https://www.activateamerica.vote/postcards</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Action alert! Sister District x Gaslit Nation Halloween Phonebank for VA! https://www.mobilize.us/sisterdistrict/event/847185/</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">The One Trait That Predicts Trump Support (w. Matthew MacWilliams) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp19ZKI2m2w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp19ZKI2m2w</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Gil Duran's The Nerd Reich: Is Peter Thiel the Antichrist? NYT Didn't Think to Ask https://www.thenerdreich.com/is-peter-thiel-the-antichrist-nyt-didnt-think-to-ask/</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel's Antichrist Obsession: Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They've been a road map for the billionaire ever since. <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-real-stakes-real-story-peter-thiels-antichrist-obsession/"> https://www.wired.com/story/the-real-stakes-real-story-peter-thiels-antichrist-obsession/</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">I Worked At Palantir: The Tech Company Reshaping Reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ95Gmvg_D4</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Why Everyone Around Trump is Paranoid Now: Michael Wolff | Inside Trump's Head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplPf8F5NaI&amp;t=13s</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Peter Thiel calls the anti-Christ as a humanitarian: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CQ5ATBoF8og</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Peter Thiel compares Greta Thunberg to the Anti-Christ: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4xVOOgmH3-w</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Thiel compares being woke to Saudi Arabia <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-873PUOq1s8">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-873PUOq1s8</a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Trump's Texts to CNN Host Renew Health Speculation <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-texts-to-cnn-host-renew-health-speculation/"> https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-texts-to-cnn-host-renew-health-speculation/</a></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Has Big Brother arrived? Inside the secretive Trump effort to centralize government data on millions of Americans <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-doge-palantir-data-immigration-b2761096.html">https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-doge-palantir-data-immigration-b2761096.html</a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">EVENTS AT GASLIT NATION:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">October 27 4pm ET – Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky + Total Resistance by H. 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