The Fascist Tech Bro Takeover Is Here

The future of the United States is no longer decided in Washington. That ship has sailed. It's now dictated in the bunkers, private jets, and compounds of an ideological Silicon Valley, by billionaires and wealth extremists intent on treating democracy as a nuisance that must be swatted away. These men - raised on a rabid press that mythologized their existence in their lifetimes, called them Wunderkind and treated them as something above and beyond mere mortality - have consumed a steady diet of libertarian and authoritarian fan fiction and conceived a new order, designed to elevate their lofty egos at any and all cost.

The Internet was supposed to be the great equalizer. It was meant to be a force that shattered hierarchies and gave power to ordinary people. Instead, it enabled the wealth extraction and avarice of a cartel of overfed, over-pampered despots who enriched themselves in the name of innovation, bled the world to the point of near-total collapse, intellectualized their power fetish and now view public institutions as the final obstacles to be dismantled in their megalomanic pursuit of More.

Elon Musk, an Apartheid baby who self-branded as a genius pushing the boundaries of technology, has become one of the chief engineers of an America first, but undoubtedly global authoritarian nosedive. Many dismissed his endorsement of Trump in 2024 as a PR stunt, a poorly conceived business move. But it was a direct assault on democracy. Musk's $277 million campaign contribution secured him unprecedented access to the levers of Government and cemented his grip on the political machine. In 2025, Musk's influence has infected every arm of Government. And he is using his wealth, his control of Twitter's husk, and his presence in the Trump orbit to steer the country away from democratic principles and toward oligarchic rule.

Musk's authoritarian fantasies aren't pipe dreams; he is constructing them, forcing them into being. His social media platform spreads rightwing propaganda, disinformation, and lies, his companies serve political interests, and his regular presence at Mar-a-Lago and the White House shows his intimacy with America's barely legitimate President and convicted felon. Every statement, every action, every so-called defense of "free speech" is another ham-fisted Muskian attempt to normalize extremism and undermine democratic governance. The man is a Nazi in all but name, a walking, talking, tweeting, sieg-heiling argument against his own master race musings. But he is not alone.

Peter Thiel may not stand beside Musk, but he stands aligned, financing a political machine intended to entrench corporate rule and feed humanity into the meat grinder. Thiel has spent decades working to dismantle democracy, viewing it as a roadblock to elite power, himself the elite personified. The Rockbridge Network, his multi-billion-dollar operation, channels funds into candidates and media outlets that push an authoritarian agenda. Thiel is writing a future where elections are little more than formalities and billionaires set the rules.

At the core of this "movement" lurks Curtis Yarvin, whose political ideology - if it can be called such - has provided the intellectual framework for dismantling democracy. His "Dark Enlightenment" philosophy promotes a world where governments serve only the Superior (defined, of course, by Yarvin), a select few inherit power, and the public exists to obey. Considered fringe by anyone who still maintains contact with reality and decency, his masturbatory notions of hyper-fascism now resonate among maladjusted, incellionaire tech executives and simpering, self-elevating Republicans who seek to shape the world in a sordid and distorted image of ill-conceived faux masculinity. JD Vance considers himself a fan. Peter Thiel funds his work. This is the preferred blogger of a set of men who believe themselves above and better than the concept of democracy.

Beyond the cult itself, there are the corporate tech "leaders" - and I use the term both lightly and with utter disdain - like Jeff Bezos, Linda Yaccarino, Sundar Pichai, and others who contribute, collaborate, and betray through their silence, their subservience, and the shame of their complicity. They blithely choose stock prices and their own squalid wealth over human rights and democratic stability. Their unwillingness to take a stand, to the point of total capitulation, enables the erosion of democratic norms and accelerates the consolidation of power into fewer and fewer hands, all grasping desperately at the same isolated remnants of humanity they don't yet own.

America's decline into fascism was enabled, supported, nurtured, and encouraged by tech billionaires and CEOs who are so far removed from humanity and human flourishing that they imagine themselves better stewards of our existence than we are. It was preventable. It is deplorable. And it should be an affront to anyone who believes in freedom, determination, and autonomy.

This is not an abstract debate or a distant concern. This is not a conspiracy theory, although, on some level, it is clearly a conspiracy. The authoritarian slide in the United States is happening today, enabled by billionaires who see governance as a tool for personal gain. Democracy is being dismantled in real-time, not through military coups but through corporate takeovers, algorithmic propaganda, and the unchecked influence of wealth.

The power of these tech elites to shape the future is undeniable. What remains uncertain is whether the public will allow them to dictate the terms of that future.

The world is watching. The United Nations has issued its warnings. European consumers are rejecting Tesla, sending its sales into freefall. Global leaders see the signs, recognizing the growing influence of unelected, unqualified tech oligarchs in shaping U.S. policy.

But polite warnings and cautious discussions will not change the trajectory. Unless consumers and voters resist the fantasies and greed of the grifting, power hungry tech elites, the future will belong to a small group of ultra-rich power brokers who operate without accountability, warping the world itself to meet their own warped personalities. The fight for democracy mandates an active response, a refusal to cede power to those who believe their wealth entitles them to rule. The decision is clear: mobilize against this rising technocratic authoritarianism or accept a world where freedom is just another asset for the tech-enabled extractors to buy and sell.