The End Times: How Silicon Valley absorbed ‘techno-religious’ doomerism

The End Times: How Silicon Valley Absorbed 'Techno-Religious' Doomism

In recent years, the world's most powerful elites, including Christian Zionists and tech billionaires, have been investing in the apocalypse. This phenomenon is known as 'techno-religious' doomerism, a belief that the world's end is near and that those with power and resources should prepare for it. Peter Thiel, a prominent tech billionaire and Palantir founder, is a prime example of this ideology.

Thiel, who describes himself as a "small-o orthodox Christian," met JD Vance, a US Vice President, at a talk by Thiel in 2011. Thiel, an obsessive hunt for the Antichrist who will usher in the apocalypse, has donated $15 million to Vance's 2022 Senate campaign and allegedly helped court Trump's endorsement. Thiel has stated that the Antichrist will be a luddite who wants to stop all science, citing climate activist Greta Thunberg as an example of this.

The ideology of accelerationism, which views violence as a necessary means of catalyzing societal collapse and ushering in a new global order, has influenced Thiel's thinking. This ideology has led to billionaires investing in underground bunkers and far-right parties seeking to build fortressed ethnostates. Furthermore, tech giants are causing real harm to people and the planet, according to Donald Campbell, a lawyer at Foxglove Legal.

Musk, another tech billionaire, has collaborated with far-right political movements across 18 countries, inciting narratives about civilizational replacement during rallies. Palantir's technology is used to monitor migrants for deportation in the US and facilitate mass surveillance and targeting of Palestinians for Israel. These actions are just a few examples of how powerful elites are investing in the apocalypse, while continuing to profit from industries that actively create crises such as climate breakdown and global conflict.