Counterpoint. Musk was the sacrificial lamb, just like Thiel did to him at Paypal. Tesla was the most popular electric car company in the world. Their whole business model was based on reaching net zero. What if this was all done on purpose to stop adoption of electric vehicles. Fossil fuel industry is a huge player in this. Copenhagen Atomics is set to deploy their first thorium salt nuclear reactor in 2027. That plus electric cars means no need for fossil fuels. As it stands, in two generations, our planet will be basically uninhabitable due to climate change. The whole techno dystopian future big tech want with their freedom cities would be way easier to pull off, if the environment outside is totally inhospitable. Wouldn’t that make sure forced adoption of brain implants like neuralink, or Meta, or Valve’s brain chips a much easier sell? If it was that, or imminent death from exposure and air pollution. Peter Thiel is a transhumanist who believes we can ascend humanity through merging with machines.

Curtis Yarvin said that he would virtualise non-useful people as a humane alternative to genocide. Doesn’t that make generative AI make way more sense? You don’t want to adopt the surveillance state in your head, fine, live out the rest of your life as you slowly die of dehydration and hunger. If Trump is impeached we get Vance, whose entire career was created by Thiel. It all makes too much sense. Meta are now a defense contractor, Britain has said it will rebuild its military using “outside contractors.” Palantir already have Israel and America. Big Tech want control of the world’s armies, fighting proxy wars on their behalf. Once your military requires their systems, they can turn them off if any opposes them. This is all starting to turn the gears in my head.