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Gil Duran

gilduran@journa.host

<p>California journalist and writer. Ida Tarbell stan. FrameLab (w/@GeorgeLakoff). Beat: tech fascism, billionaire extremism, meta narratives, network state, mirror worlds.</p>

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    TECH INFLUENCE WATCH: 👀 $526.6 million from tracked cryptocurrency and AI industry companies &amp; individuals 🤨 $352.1 million &quot;on hand&quot;—held by crypto- &amp; AI-focused committees. 🫠PAC spending: $179.8 million spent directly on federal elections this cycle via @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io) https://influence.citationneeded.news/

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    Curtis Yarvin praising Hitler, Peter Thiel ranting nonstop about the Antichrist…and no one asks JD Vance about his deranged gurus? I’m old enough to remember when we had to talk about Obama’s pastor for a year or so. https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-curtis-yarvin/

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    Peter Thiel can&#39;t stop talking about the Antichrist. He says evil is &quot;kind of good.&quot; He&#39;s the billionaire who co-founded Palantir, bankrolled JD Vance, and champions a man who wants to end democracy. He keeps pointing at everyone else. But here&#39;s who he&#39;s really describing 👇 Video below. Full story in my book, &quot;The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.&quot; #PeterThiel #VentureCapital #Palantir #JDVance #Antichrist #NerdReich

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    “Democracy has been hailed as, like, the holy grail for the last couple hundred years, but democracies are inefficient,” said the crypto billionaire. “If you get a benevolent dictator, it’s actually extremely efficient.&quot; Hmm, where have I heard this before? It’s not just one billionaire. It’s a full-blown cult of billionaires who believe dictatorship should replace democracy—and that technology (crypto and AI) will make this inevitable. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/business/changp...

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    Peter Thiel praises evil. Peter Thiel hates democracy. Peter Thiel founded Palantir. Peter Thiel owns JD Vance. Peter Thiel is the most powerful billionaire in the United States. Peter Thiel can’t stop talking about the “Antichrist.” Find out why. Read “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.&quot;

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    Axel Springer, the company that owns Politico, awards its top prize to...Antichrist lecturer Peter Thiel. No mention of the $50 million Thiel gave the son of Axel Springer&#39;s CEO to start a venture capital fund. But the CEO lauds Thiel&#39;s &quot;courage and non-conformity.&quot; https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article6a59f86c29b150f031b16072/in-eigener-sache-peter-thiel-erhaelt-den-axel-springer-award-2026.html?wtrid=socialmedia.socialflow....socialflow_twitter

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    Tech billionaires think they are building a digital “god.” But is Silicon Valley trying to build God...or the “Antichrist”? Palantir billionaire Peter Thiel is giving nonstop speeches about the “Antichrist.” But if you listen closely to Thiel’s description of the biblical bogeyman, it sounds terrifyingly similar to Silicon Valley’s venture capital playbook. What is he trying to tell us? #tech #peterthiel #siliconvalley #nerdreich

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    We did it! “The Nerd Reich” is a New York Times Instant Bestseller! My book debuts at #3 on the non-fiction list. Thanks to all who pre-ordered /bought the book—or requested it at the public library or promoted it on social. Without you, I’m just an unemployed guy with a laptop. But with you…

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    Trump&#39;s &quot;communist&quot; panic isn&#39;t just senile ranting. It&#39;s a strategy. It comes straight from a book Bannon and Vance endorsed, a genocide-themed screed that calls for dehumanizing Democrats as demons who don&#39;t deserve rights. The &quot;Unhumans&quot; playbook, exposed: https://www.thenerdreich.com/why-trump-keeps-talking-about-communism-the-unhumans-playbook/

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    I was sunning by the pool when the boxes arrived. And here in my hand is my life’s work: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy.” Coming 8/18. Pre-orders make a huge difference! Make a fascist sweat—pre-order today! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=24006513995&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADv-uEkWp8z8v90-41_7yjIScppnq&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw9szSBhBNEiwAC57Sq98sKrETXDsUcZLl5hzGLTLhCA4PJF9fUPpP8JG47cR5vGkP-8--...

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    Ten years ago today, JD Vance published an essay calling Donald Trump “cultural heroin” and “an opioid of the masses.” Now, he’s the #1 pusher of Trump’s poison. This July 4, let’s remember the words of a man who sold his soul to sell out his nation. gift link: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/opioid-of-the-masses/489911/?gift=Kjaw0NITl7f2TdiJgnhQhe6MH1ddptWw0Ljf3dq-wnI&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share

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    &quot;It&#39;s not clear why we need these new cities.&quot; I talked to @moreperfectus@bird.makeup about Silicon Valley&#39;s push to replace government with billionaire-run city-states. The Network State cult: From Próspera to Gaza to California Forever. 224K views in a day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iLf2h_fo-w&amp;t=162s

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    When billionaires preach &quot;abundance,&quot; remember that the richest man in the world killed the poorest children in the world just for the LOLs. And if these AI fascists get their way, most of us will join the starvation class. https://www.thenerdreich.com/a-silicon-valley-genocide/

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    World’s richest man kills world’s poorest children …and becomes a trillionaire. This is Greek myth territory. I joined @krystalball@bird.makeup and @kylekulinski@bird.makeup to discuss Elon Musk&#39;s USAID cuts, which my book describes as “Silicon Valley’s other genocide.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL3vhTJR8ac&amp;t=696s

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    AI, Argentina, Antichrist. Peter Thiel’s decision to plant roots in Argentina makes a lot more sense now that President Javier Milei has unveiled plans to ban AI regulation and allow &quot;non-human&quot; corporations. The &quot;Network State&quot; rears its ugly head. https://www.thenerdreich.com/ai-argentina-and-the-antichrist-thiels-vision-blooms/

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    What&#39;s happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call &quot;parallel&quot; strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the &quot;Network State.&quot;

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    @woltiv @gjm This seems to be a concern for about .00001% of the population.

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    East Coast podcasters are pumping California Forever, the massive private city tech billionaires seek to build in Solano County. But the project aligns suspiciously with a cultish dystopian movement to build so-called “network states.” They don&amp;#39;t mention this: https://newrepublic.com/article/177733/billionaire-solano-california-tech-secession

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    Peter Thiel Flees To Argentina. As Trump falters, the Palantir billionaire and Antichrist enthusiast buys a $12 million mansion and heads south for an extended stay. Is he chasing prophecy again? https://www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-flees-to-argentina/

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    My first book, &quot;The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War On Democracy,&quot; will publish on August 18. It tells the true story of how a small cult of venture capitalists embraced a grim prophecy in which technology will destroy the United States in the 21st century. And they worked to make it true, pushing their ideas all the way into the core of the Trump regime. My book is being published in the USA, UK/Commonwealth, Italy and Poland.

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    &amp;quot;Others in San Francisco are calling it The Nerd Reich.” The Hollywood Reporter examines the weird tech fascist plot to topple democracy: “F*** These Trump-Loving Techies”: Hollywood Takes on Silicon Valley in an Epic Presidential Brawl https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/election-2024-hollywood-silicon-valley-1235967050/

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    @scott Every terrorist has good intentions in their own mind.

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    What’s behind the Tech/MAGA alliance? A lot more than just a hatred of taxes and regulations…. It&amp;#39;s a shared belief in a very specific moral order — a coherent, intersectional, organized system of supremacies. https://www.theframelab.org/understanding-the-maga-tech-authoritarian-alliance/

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    MAGA shocked to discover that President Musk is a globalist immigrant who wants to put a chip in what&amp;#39;s left of their brains. Some thoughts on the MAGA racist vs. Tech Eugenicist &amp;quot;civil war,&amp;quot; and why Elon Musk is DUMB. https://www.thenerdreich.com/maga-shocked-elon-musk-immigrant/

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    The United States is evolving into an AI-controlled &amp;quot;Network State,&amp;quot; says a respected military analyst. Get ready for increased turmoil and &amp;quot;bursts of authoritarianism.&amp;quot; https://www.thenerdreich.com/network-state-government-ai-tech-takeover-united-states/

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    @socprof That is the book that started my own research.

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    Last week, a board member of Politico’s parent company blasted its reporters for alleged bias. Meanwhile, Peter Thiel quietly invested $50M in the son of Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. The younger Döpfner&amp;#39;s nickname? “The German JD Vance.” Let&amp;#39;s talk about it 👇 https://www.thenerdreich.com/politico-peter-thiel-problem-dopfner-jd-vance/

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    Tech Fascists: We shall weaken the nation, destroy the economy, replace the dollar with crypto, replace people with AI, and create new Network State cities everywhere. Normie Journalists: Folks, this is total chaos and incompetence with no structure or plan.

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    Whether you like him or not (and I don&amp;#39;t), Gavin Newsom is one of the few Democrats who understands that this is an Information War. But can a Trump copycat save democracy? My thoughts on Newsom&amp;#39;s journey from MAGA lapdog to resistance memelord. https://www.theframelab.org/from-maga-lapdog-to-trumps-worst-enemy/

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    @thejacenallen That is sadly the name of the game