2026-06-03 02:42 UTC
In 2024, I mentioned Bari Weiss as one of the people trying to "circle-jerk this parallel world into being." At the time, she was heading Joe Lonsdale's faux "University of Austin."
But she has moved up in the world—doing to CBS what Elon Musk did to Twitter.
https://newrepublic.com/article/178675/garry-tan-tech-san-francisco
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@gilduran@journa.host 2026-06-03 02:42
That's Network State shorthand for parallel strategy: Do to (institution) what Elon did to Twitter. Buy it, gut it, purge it, and create a twisted version that serves tech fascist oligarchy. We will see this over and over again, so it's crucial to know it's a strategy with a name. Silicon Valley's plan to buy up all the power and remake the world is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy." https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402