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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7h

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 7h

Peter Thiel is going to burn the world to the ground because of his fear that he might have to pay a substantial amount of tax.

(Also: Kind of hilarious how he must be so disappointed that the untaxable world promised to him by The Sovereign Individual didn't eventuate 😂)

Screenshot from Washington Post article on Peter Thiel's lecture series on the Antichrist: "“It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money,” Thiel said, according to the recordings. “An incredible machinery of tax treaties, financial surveillance and sanctions architecture has been constructed.” Wealth gives the “illusion of power and autonomy,” Thiel added, according to the recordings, “but you have this sense it could be taken away at any moment.”"

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 15h

I think we could all “triumph over our critics” if we sucked at the fetid financial teats of Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and Larry Ellison. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 20h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 1d

Sighting of @jacobsilverman.com’s new book Gilded Rage in the wilds* of Australia!

(* My local bookstore)

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 2d

I already assumed that James Gunn's version of Lex Luthor was inspired by Thiel, given the 'Dark Enlightenment'-themed storyline of wanting to go create his own country.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

Peter Thiel is the Lex Luthor of our universe.

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 2d

Obligatory:

Tweet by @Merman_Melville that says "Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day"

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 6d

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 5d

Archived page version for those blocked from the above:

archive.is/zwLBb

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 5d

I am torn between knowing the strategically correct thing to do would be to encourage all these Roganverse influencers to keep moving away from Trump, but at the same time wanting to just straight up tell them that they've ruined the lives of many regular folk.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Manosphere Influencers Who Boosted Trump Are Now Cooling on Him

Prominent influencers including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz are starting to distance themselves from Donald Trump and his policies.

www.rollingstone.com

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 6d

Still the greatest heading/subheading combo in history.

Blog post heading of "The Enigma of Peter Thiel", with subheading immediately underneath it of "There is No Enigma - He's a Fascist".

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 6d

Just want to point out that part of the overall plan of the Dark Enlightenment/Network State oligarchs is to create a parallel media which they control, as I noted in this article last year (Bari Weiss is a long-time fixture in the Thielverse):

www.dailygrail.com/2024/10/the-...

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 12d

Actually Bill, your critics aren't concerned with regular folk in Saudi Arabia, and unlike you definitely didn't think they are all savages with machetes.

The critique is of you taking money from the *ruling regime*, which *chops its critics up with a bone saw* if they speak out about the regime.

Screenshot of text from article: "After a successful show in Bahrain, Burr was at a bar where he was watching interactions among the locals and decided, “I’m like, these guys, they’re just like us … I don’t speak the language, but I get it.”

When he flew into Saudi Arabia, Burr’s nervousness crept back, but he was struck by the amount of local Western influence. “You think everybody’s going to be screaming ‘death to America’ and they’re going to have like fucking machetes and want to like chop my head off, right?” Burr said. “Because this is what I’ve been fed about that part of the world. I thought this place was going to be really tense. And I’m thinking like: ‘Is that a Starbucks next to a Pizza Hut next to a Burger King next to McDonald’s …? They got a fucking Chili’s over here!”"

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 12d

Which reminds me of this banger of an essay on Peter Thiel from 2022:

www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-enigma...

The Enigma of Peter Thiel

There Is No Enigma — He's a Fascist

www.unpopularfront.news

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 12d

Thread:

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 1

In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.

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ORIENTATION
FACT SHEET
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WAR DEPARTMENT-WASHINGTON 25, D. C. • 24 March 1945 FASCISM!
Note For This Week's Discussion:
Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis;
(2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.

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Laura Bullard @laurabullard.bsky.social · 12d

Taking a brief break from sporadically posting photos of my pitbull to shout this into the void:

I’ve spent the last seven months thinking about the Antichrist, and now those thoughts are published over at @wired.com.

www.wired.com/story/the-re...

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.

www.wired.com

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 12d

The creation of 'Grokipedia' was inspired by some throwaway comments by the All In Podcast tech-douches:

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 12d

Beyond Musk's long-time beef with Wikipedia, 'Grokipedia' appears to have been created at the suggestion of the All In Podcast tech-douches when they interviewed Musk a few weks ago, simply because they don't like their Wikipedia bio pages.

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 12d

The creation of Grokipedia seems to have been inspired by this interview from a few weeks ago:

bsky.app/profile/weir...

Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 12d

Beyond Musk's long-time beef with Wikipedia, 'Grokipedia' appears to have been created at the suggestion of the All In Podcast tech-douches when they interviewed Musk a few weks ago, simply because they don't like their Wikipedia bio pages.

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 12d

Source:

youtu.be/qeZqZBRA-6Q

Elon Musk on DOGE, Optimus, Starlink Smartphones, Evolving with AI, Why the West is Imploding

YouTube video by All-In Podcast

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 12d

Beyond Musk's long-time beef with Wikipedia, 'Grokipedia' appears to have been created at the suggestion of the All In Podcast tech-douches when they interviewed Musk a few weks ago, simply because they don't like their Wikipedia bio pages.

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 13d

Great to see the mainstream media continuing to cover this topic, even if a little late.

My article from before the election last year, warning of what was about to happen:

www.dailygrail.com/2024/10/the-...

The Technocratic Conspiracy: How tech tycoons plan to disrupt democracy and become the new rulers of the world - The Daily Grail

On July 25, 2024, Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for the presidential election in the United States, selected as his running mate 39-year-old senator JD Vance. It was in some ways a strange pick...

www.dailygrail.com

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Weird Bros @weirdbros.bsky.social · 13d

New article from @wired.com on the Dark Enlightenment cult of billionaires who want to become the new rulers of the world:

bsky.app/profile/tell...

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 16d

NEW from me for @wired.com's politics issue: I have spent SO much time fascinated by the "network state"--privatized cities in special economic zones (SEZs) where the normal rules and regulations don't apply.

www.wired.com/story/tech-b...

Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

From Montenegro to Northern California, the tech elite dream of building cities where they make the rules. Is this, finally, their moment?

www.wired.com

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 16d

New Network State just dropped…

Balaji announces the creation of …UZ-TECH-ISTAN

A very niiice new country for tech bros. Who needs San Francisco when you’ve got Astana?

Vladimir Putin will never invade and liquidate your whole thing or anything like that. Pinky swear.

Balaji Srinivasan tweet: It's happening.

Kazakhstan recently signed a deal with the Solana network state to create a special economic zone.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Json Momoa @jotatx.bsky.social · 14d

"Silicon Valley is not about innovation anymore, Silicon Valley is about fascism now, until further notice" @gilduran.com

spot on

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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 15d

EXCLUSIVE: Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel behind Trump exporting MAGA playbook to Britain - embedding across three parties: Blue Labour, Tories, Reform - via a network of race science believers. By me with @peterjukes.bsky.social via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

'Blue Labour' and the Thiel Effect: How MAGA Is Making In-Roads Into British Politics

The ideology of the ‘Make America Great Again’ movement, which has transformed politics in the United States, is having an impact in the UK. But how is this influence being transmitted?

bylinetimes.com

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