{"product_id":"nerd-reich-gil-duran-9781668221402","title":"The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the international stage, exploring the wild and dystopian ambition of the technocrats at its center, and offering a road map to resistance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Silicon Valley says it is ''moving fast and breaking things, '' the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on insider political experience and new investigations, Durán traces this ideology from its philosophical roots in \u003ci\u003eThe Sovereign Individual\u003c\/i\u003e by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. He introduces its modern apostles--Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Balaji Srinivasan, and Elon Musk--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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Nerd Reich\u003c\/i\u003e 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, Durán exposes how the world's richest men are building a new political order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Nerd Reich\u003c\/i\u003e 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. Durán insists there is still time to fight back--if we act now.","brand":"Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49876155171009,"sku":"9781668221402","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9781668221402.jpg?v=1766973905","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/nerd-reich-gil-duran-9781668221402","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}