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Peter Thiel & The Antichrist: Silicon Valley Apocalypse Hype
Why are some of the richest people in the United States suddenly talking about demons, apocalypse, and even the “Antichrist”? On Monday, Peter Thiel—Palantir co-founder, Trump ally, and one of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley—will launch a secretive four-part lecture series in San Francisco. His topic?
To help us make sense of it, we first turned to Dr. Robert Fuller, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Bradley University and author of Naming the Antichrist: The History of an American Obsession. What I find disconcerting is the language and worldview into which it's put this cosmic battle between all good versus all evil, which again, no compromise, no shades of gray, no sliding scale of thought and nuance is possible. And it seems to me that kind of part of what's happening right now, if I'm going to be completely rational and cold about it, is that these right-wing reactionary tech billionaires are trying to find common ground with the religious right in this country, who are a lot more familiar with how to use this Antichrist meme.
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