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(neologism, politics) A small group of ultrawealthy men who exert inordinate control or influence within a political structure, particularly while espousing views regarded as anti-democratic, technofascist, and masculinist.

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A Strange Stain in the Sky: How Silicon Valley Is Preparing A Coup Against Democracy (allr.cat)

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Cross-posted from "A Strange Stain in the Sky: How Silicon Valley Is Preparing A Coup Against Democracy" by @[email protected] in [email protected]

The first, and also the most futuristic techno-utopian one, is the colonisation of Mars. Elon Musk founded Space X in 2002 (Peter Thiel was the first outside investor) with the idea of re-founding humanity. It’s all there: the call to save humanity by turning it into a multi-planetary species, the desire to start from scratch without the legal constraints of Earth, and the will to break with the established order. As you can read, half-hidden, on the terms and conditions page of the Starlink service owned by Space X:

The parties recognize Mars as a free planet and that no Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities.

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[–] klu9 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Mainly about Peter Thiel as the eminence grise pushing for an end to democracy and nation states.

Thiel-backed Balaji Srinivasan's manifesto for "network states" sounds scarily like the "Franchise-Organized Quasi-National Entities (FOQNEs)" from Snow Crash.

[–] TheAgeOfSuperboredom 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

These idiots all took the wrong lesson from cyberpunk novels.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

"We are proud to announce that after years of R&D, we have finally managed to build a working Torment Nexus from the bestselling novel 'For the love of god please don't build a Torment Nexus'!"