GP (T.me) 🚨 The Technocratic dark state: a Warning from Iain Davis
📖 In his 2025 book “The Technocratic Dark State”: Trump, AI, Digital Colonialism and Techno-Oligarchy, investigative journalist Iain Davis issues a stark warning.
▪️He argues that "counter-elites"—a network of tech billionaires and their allies now shaping much of the second Trump administration's policies—are pushing a vision of governance that could prove even more authoritarian than the multilateral globalist systems (like those tied to Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum) long criticized by Trump's base.
▪️This shift risks entrenching a form of ‘digital feudalism’ or techno-authoritarianism, where private oligarchs wield unprecedented control through public-private partnerships and ideological alignments.
📱 The PayPal mafia's unprecedented influence
▪️ Key figures from the "PayPal Mafia" secured massive access and roles:
- Elon Musk (co-leader of DOGE)
- Peter Thiel (whose protégés include VP JD Vance)
- David Sacks (AI and crypto czar)
- Marc Andreessen (informal advisor)
▪️ Tech CEOs like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sundar Pichai attended the inauguration in force, donating millions to secure policy gains such as AI deregulation and favorable crypto frameworks (including the GENIUS Act).
💭 Neo-reactionary ideas shaping governance
▪️ Drawing from Curtis Yarvin's "Dark Enlightenment" philosophy—which envisions replacing democracy with a "national CEO" model of elite technocratic rule—the administration has promoted anti-democratic rhetoric, accelerationism, and pronatalism targeted at "high-value" demographic groups.
⌛️ DOGE's legacy: efficiency or ideological purge?
▪️The Department of Government EfficienPost too long. Click here to view the full text.