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Peter Thiel Embodies Silicon Valley’s Conservative Past and Dystopian Future

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Peter Thiel Embodies Silicon Valley’s Conservative Past and Dystopian Future

In August 2020, Thiel told Die Weltwoche that COVID-19 had created an opening. “Changes that should have taken place long ago did not come because there was resistance. Now the future is set free.” But the future desired by Thiel is one that involves less democracy, more restrictive immigration measures, and a tech industry even more aligned with the interests of the US government. Tech’s libertarian age is waning, but its future could be even worse.

Far-Right Intellectuals Are Offering Workers a Rotten Deal

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Far-right intellectuals like Steve Bannon claim to speak for a working class put upon by out-of-touch liberal elites. But their anti-modernist, hierarchical vision of the world doesn’t offer workers what they really need: more money in their pockets, and more power at the workplace.

Far-Right Intellectuals Are Offering Workers a Rotten Deal

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