The Bay Area is typically known as an incubator of left-of-center ideas. But in recent years, it has become known as the source of an ideology influencing the Trump administration, a belief system journalist Gil Duran describes as “tech facism.” In his newsletter “The Nerd Reich,” Duran looks at how controversial writers such as Curtis Yarvin—who has argued that the United States should be a “monarchy” run by a “CEO”—have shaped the views of some of Trump’s top advisors,...| Commonwealth Club World Affairs
Dark Enlightenment guru sees his desired revolution unraveling under the weight of its own stupidity| The Nerd Reich
'I don’t think he meant it in a bad way, but I don’t think he meant it in a good way, either.'| The Nerd Reich
In 2022, one of Peter Thiel's favorite thinkers envisioned a second Trump Administration in which the federal government would be run by a “CEO”| The Nerd Reich
Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.| The New Republic