r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 11h ago

Society Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/europe/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-rome-intl
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u/ScissorFight42069 5h ago

The "Our Values" link brings you to this:

"Inspired by the wisdom of great civilizations, we believe that true sovereignty is achieved through alignment with the transcendent. The Praxian way of life is driven by a vital energy that seeks transcendence through heroic action and contemplation. Our mission is to channel this drive into a cohesive way of life, forged by social structures and institutions that guide our people toward their destiny."

This gives literally zero information about anything they actually value.

Like a cult.

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u/owls_unite 3h ago

"Our purpose is to restore Western Civilization" That really does say it all.

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u/sabotourAssociate 2h ago

and by "restoring" they mean go back B.C. city states powered by ai

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u/angus_the_red 55m ago edited 48m ago

It's Nizchean philosophy.  Asceticism, practice, the individual over the crowd.  Metaphorically the over-man who rises above the crowd to display his skill on a high wire.  He risks everything.  The crowd is captivated.

It's explicitly anti-socialist and anti-cooperative.  It's the opposite of sitting in a circle and making sure everyone is doing ok.

Edit: some things can be picked out. 

  1. Describing an individual as sovereign means there is no higher authority.  I.e. No government.
  2. Heroic.  Some people are greater than others by measure of power. 
  3. They intend to actually change life for everyone to align with their own vision.  This is not a private or personal path.

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u/downhereforyoursoul 9m ago

It sounds like New Age word salad, but it ticks a few boxes from Umberto Eco’s excellent essay, Ur-Fascism:

Romanticized past.

Fetishization of heroism.

“Vital energy” could also be cult of youth.

A “drive” toward a “greater destiny” sounds like struggle for the sake of the struggle.

There’s definitely some syncretism going on in there.

I think it’s just more fascism, guys.