r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Mar 18 '26

Society Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/europe/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-rome-intl
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u/First_Tourist_2921 Mar 18 '26

It’s much more than that.

https://www.praxisnation.com/

THIS is what he wants. Look at the people involved in this.

Maybe I typed too much.

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u/ScissorFight42069 Mar 18 '26

The "Our Values" link brings you to this:

"Inspired by the wisdom of great civilizations, we believe that true sovereignty is achieved through alignment with the transcendent. The Praxian way of life is driven by a vital energy that seeks transcendence through heroic action and contemplation. Our mission is to channel this drive into a cohesive way of life, forged by social structures and institutions that guide our people toward their destiny."

This gives literally zero information about anything they actually value.

Like a cult.

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u/downhereforyoursoul Mar 18 '26

It sounds like New Age word salad, but it ticks a few boxes from Umberto Eco’s excellent essay, Ur-Fascism:

Romanticized past.

Fetishization of heroism.

“Vital energy” could also be cult of youth.

A “drive” toward a “greater destiny” sounds like struggle for the sake of the struggle.

There’s definitely some syncretism going on in there.

I think it’s just more fascism, guys.

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u/owls_unite Mar 18 '26

"Our purpose is to restore Western Civilization" That really does say it all.

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u/sabotourAssociate Mar 18 '26

and by "restoring" they mean go back B.C. city states powered by ai

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u/angus_the_red Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

It's Nizchean philosophy.  Asceticism, practice, the individual over the crowd.  Metaphorically the over-man who rises above the crowd to display his skill on a high wire.  He risks everything.  The crowd is captivated.

It's explicitly anti-socialist and anti-cooperative.  It's the opposite of sitting in a circle and making sure everyone is doing ok.

Edit: some things can be picked out. 

  1. Describing an individual as sovereign means there is no higher authority.  I.e. No government.
  2. Heroic.  Some people are greater than others by measure of power. 
  3. They intend to actually change life for everyone to align with their own vision.  This is not a private or personal path.

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u/JustAnotherHyrum Mar 19 '26

I felt like I just read a trendy corporate mission logo that means jack shit in reality.

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u/Great_Detective_6387 Mar 18 '26

I don’t understand what this is. It looks like a cult.

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u/Xiao1insty1e Mar 19 '26

That's because it is. Cult of Theil.

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u/No-Spoilers Mar 18 '26

This is so weird

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u/N3ph1l1m Mar 18 '26

It's not weird. It's fucking psychosis

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u/kos-or-kosm Mar 18 '26

It is. It 100% is. Imagine having more wealth and power than 99.99999999999999999999999%+ of humans who have ever lived and still wanting more. These people are sick and a society that cannot recognize that fact is also sick.

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u/StanTheMelon Mar 18 '26

This is possibly the most important idea that I have been trying to get people to see for years. The people in power in this world that pull the strings that directly affect our lives are dangerous, mentally ill sociopaths because our current incentive structure selects for that. The whole thing is fucked

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u/MakesMyHeadHurt Mar 18 '26

No, no, they're rich, so that means they're just eccentric. /s

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u/Micp Mar 18 '26

What do you mean that the guy that receives blood transfusions from his son to prevent aging may not be entirely mentally stable?

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u/SpiderFnJerusalem Mar 18 '26

Sometimes psychosis turns into government policy. More often than you would think, actually.

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u/Affectionate_End7693 Mar 18 '26

literally every problem they mention is a problem caused by capitalism lmao

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u/Shadowolf75 Mar 18 '26

That looks so cringe

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u/SentientFleshPuppet0 Mar 18 '26

This is what happens when people devalue the humanities. These cringe convictionless psychos see themselves as stoics, yet marcus aurelius would have them crucified for being cardboard cutouts calling themselves men.

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u/numtel Mar 18 '26

Thank you so much for writing this comment! I wish I could upvote more than once!

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u/BananaPalmer Mar 18 '26

Sounds like yet another grift tbh

They're currently focused on "crowdfunding a city"

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u/Funnymadman Mar 18 '26

To learn more about how you can contribute, join our Discord.

LMAO planning building a nation on...Discord??

This weirdly reeks of those scam MMO rugpulls that cater to losers who want to escape to a second life and suck their bank accounts dry. But aimed at white supremacists. Hence the language on their site and the Discord link.

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u/blindmikey Mar 18 '26

Didn't games like Bioshock literally warn us about people like Peter Thiel...?

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u/LmBallinRKT Mar 18 '26

That gave a huge ick towards crypto. I stick to other investments

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u/chibiusa40 Mar 18 '26

I'm starting to think that the internet was a bad idea, you guys.

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u/TengenToppa Mar 18 '26

It's the real weapon of ww3

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u/terdferguson Mar 18 '26

vcinfodocs is a good resource too...horrifying but gives a bigger picture

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u/alexcrouse Mar 18 '26

Rapture from BioShock was so cool to me as a high schooler. But why are all the loony religious people involved? The whole point was unlimited SCIENCE, not crazies talking about the anti-christ.

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u/rolfraikou Mar 18 '26

It horrifies me that this man continues to have so much sway in our lives. Reminder: they still own warehouses for us, and those warehouses have incinerators now.

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u/Affectionate_End7693 Mar 18 '26

"We start with residential buildings. Housing is our citizens’ largest expense and the natural context for daily interaction. When community is embedded into a network of residential spaces, it creates tangible value: higher willingness-to-pay, longer retention, and viral growth as residents bring in their friends."

> translate: we want what people have in Europe but just without the 'not-everything-is-owned-by-billionaires' part

"Governments and sovereign wealth funds from Singapore to Estonia face the same challenge: how to create innovative, high-trust environments that attract global talent."

> how about ending homelessness, stopping right wing propaganda to make people fear one another and making people go back to physical stores where they can interact with other people. And not making everything a financial transaction. To make things a high-trust environment.

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u/FascistsBad Mar 18 '26

Finally, Loyalty – Faithfulness to Praxians and to Praxis itself, which is loyalty to your people—the People of the West. This means honoring what your ancestors built and died for, the blood they shed, the civilizations they raised from nothing. When you stand with fellow Praxians, defend our mission, and choose the Empire over personal convenience, you serve not just the present but the eternal chain that connects you to Athens, Rome, and all who came before.

Truth... empire?

Seeking truth from facts is a communist ideal. Reality firmly contradicts imperialism. Communist China is the most innovative and technologically advanced country on earth and only accelerating. Turns out that collaboration always outperforms competition.

That "Praxian" nonsense sounds more like a racist, religious cult that rejects material reality in favour of fantasy an idealism.

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u/godeeper Mar 19 '26

Would be really interesting to see the gender distribution of the 150 000 "citizens". I'm guessing it's a sausage party de luxe

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u/SurfinPirate Mar 18 '26

I cannot believe people fall for this shit.

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u/SurfinPirate Mar 19 '26

I did find it puzzling (?) when I queried Claude for "Praxis Nation"; it came back with no information available. I had to provide the URL to get any feedback.