"It's billionaires versus democracy" with Gil Duran
Summary
Gil Duran discusses his new book, *The Nerd Right*, which argues that Silicon Valley elites have embraced apocalyptic, anti-democratic ideologies to justify authoritarian rule. He traces these ideas to the 1997 text *The Sovereign Individual* and the influence of blogger Curtis Yarvin on figures like Peter Thiel and JD Vance. Duran contends that this "tech fascism" merges corporate power with government, creating an existential threat to democracy. He urges political leaders to challenge billionaire oligarchy and warns that the current alignment of tech, MAGA, and religious extremism aims t…
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