f{"id":49735,"date":"2026-08-17T11:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49735"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:21:34","slug":"the-nerd-reich-author-gil-duran-on-big-tech-fascism-peter-thiel-jd-vance-the-war-on-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/the-nerd-reich-author-gil-duran-on-big-tech-fascism-peter-thiel-jd-vance-the-war-on-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Nerd Reich&#8221;: Author Gil Dur\u00e1n on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance &amp; the War on Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;The Nerd Reich&quot;: Author Gil Dur\u00e1n on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance &amp; the War on Democracy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sg7YNUbaV-8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DemocracyNow\">Democracy Now!<\/a> Aug 17, 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLneypbodq-jYq9a6Y8BjobC6KJOIBLCZB\">Latest Shows<\/a> Support our work: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUTJxNkp2UUZWOXFJWWcwRW1FZmUxVHxBR3JiS2FuWlhxWHVUZXFNbXJaLWF4SDRZZEl4UklMdnM2emQ2Sjc4QTJYMDRkUkJ1anhDOE1mZElzTDRrQjVHZEsyQlMxbUphSVNMSkd5T2pwNEYxQzhvNGtRRFpyckNpcVp4&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdemocracynow.org%2Fdonate%2Fsm-desc-yt&amp;v=sg7YNUbaV-8\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/democracynow.org\/donate\/sm-de&#8230;<\/a> A new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Dur\u00e1n investigates \u201ctech fascism\u201d and its mounting influence on U.S. politics. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy follows the rise of Vice President JD Vance, the former venture capitalist whose \u201coutsider\u201d campaign for Senate was bankrolled by the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, Peter Thiel. Dur\u00e1n traces the ideological lineage of the current Trump administration back from Vance to Thiel and the far-right-wing monarchist Curtis Yarvin, whose \u201cright-libertarian\u201d political theory has long made the rounds among Silicon Valley elite. \u201cThese guys were never libertarians,\u201d says Dur\u00e1n. \u201cNow that they are the government, we see their true face: They\u2019re fascists, and they\u2019re authoritarians.\u201d Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUM4Zm9rUWtLWHJuUG5XTkNld1pRRk5RZF9rZnxBR3JiS2FtN0IzSFRuZEd0UFNucUV1cWRyaXhUWUxtdm1kc1lwSU9DcGJIR3BxeTgzbGt1a09RQzNSOEl4c2JqVzdSVWNRcmtlQV9GRUtZUDdJUnU1NDVfMFVFeEx5eVdfQmYx&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdemocracynow.org%2Fsubscribe&amp;v=sg7YNUbaV-8\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/democracynow.org\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democracy Now! 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