It’s been said before: Americans, in their pursuit of creative comforts have lost their way. This summer’s best-selling bombshell chronicle entitled: “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” It is a must read for those of us who sense danger for the planet as we observe autocracy now possibly controlling a majority of the populace worldwide. Can we flip it back? By the way, the term “Nerd Reich” has been a moniker used by techies who have opposed this form of intolerance for a number of years.

Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire, is considered the most significant ideologue of this movement. His writings are murky and self-serving unless you buy into it because it is provocative. He believes that a CEO should be our president and that he must be a white man. Democracy is an outdated idea which will cause the US to lose world influence and as an opposing force, it’s the “anti-Christ.” Our country should be divided into sectors which will be ruled by the corporation which dominates its respective region.

JD Vance is an adherent, i.e. a convert to the writings of Peter Thiel. Thus, you can imagine him to be more radical than Trump, who would be more comparable to the low life who gets invited to a banquet and stuffs the silverware into his jacket.

The takeover will be orchestrated by a combination of social media manipulation and cryptocurrency. Crypto undermines governmental authority by evading tax collection. But the tech fascists would rather present window dressing, like Mussolini’s “Doctrine of fascism,” wherein Il Duce states: “Fascism is a religious conception in which man is seen in his immanent relationship with a superior law…” this sounds a bit mystical on the face of it. Don’t buy it.

Umberto Eco’s response to this fascism extolls an “Armageddon Complex.”

The Nerd Reich assures us that a technocratic oligarchy will be the only possible salvation for mankind.

Music is the antidote. Please listen to the Rolling Stones song “Salt of the Earth,” written in the 1960’s. It’s a benediction.

Allan Frank

Phillipsport