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Barcode30293102391195
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call No320.973 Dura
TitleThe nerd reich : Silicon Valley fascism and the war on democracy / Gil Duran.
AuthorDuran, Gil, author.
CollectionNF
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102391195320.973 Dura8/31/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 1668221403 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 9781668221402 (hardcover)
Personal Name Duran, Gil, author.
Title Statement The nerd reich : Silicon Valley fascism and the war on democracy / Gil Duran.
Edition Statement First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Avid Reader Press, 2026.
Physical Description x, 339 pages ; 24 cm.
Formatted Contents Note Introduction -- The sovereign individual: Peter Thiel and the politics of apocalypse -- The acid story: Curtis Yarvin and the "cathedral" -- Exit: Balaji Srinivasan and the network state -- The new reality: the tech right rises -- The unicorn: JD Vance and the road to the White House -- Apokalypsis: tech fascism unveiled -- Antichrist: Silicon Valley's new religion -- The future: billionaires or democracy.
Summary, Etc. When Silicon Valley says it is 'moving fast and breaking things,' the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Duran reveals something far more sinister: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule. Drawing on insider political experience and new investigations, Duran traces this ideology from its philosophical roots in The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. He introduces its modern apostles -- some of Silicon Valley's biggest names -- and shows how the promise of technological liberation has transformed into a global movement for digital feudalism, powered by cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and the algorithmic propaganda of social media. The Nerd Reich explains the origins, strategies, and ambitions of Silicon Valley's war on democracy for the first time. From San Francisco's weaponized elections and secret billionaire projects to the White House, Duran exposes how the world's richest men are building a new political order. The Nerd Reich is more than a hidden history, it's an urgent warning: democracy is being dismantled not by coups or tanks, but by code, capital, and the illusion of innovation. Duran insists there is still time to fight back -- if we act now.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Democracy.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Corporate state.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Fascism.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States Politics and government.
Index Term-Genre/Form Informational works.

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