{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3dd76634-7b1c-45c2-a9cf-2f6f96d4e0b4/67c606dbaed11c1d06de54d7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Welcome to the Nerd Reich","description":"<p><strong>Listen to this episode commercial free at </strong><a href=\"https://angryplanetpod.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https://angryplanetpod.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>We’re living in a bizarre age of technofascism. The richest man who has ever lived, a man who dreams of <a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-denies-volunteering-sperm-to-start-a-martian-colony-2024-7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">colonizing Mars with his children</a>, is America’s CEO. Donald Trump, the man people voted for, is just the chairman of the board.</p><p><br></p><p>What does Elon Musk believe? Is there a playbook for DOGE? How bad are things going to get? On this episode of Angry Planet journalist Gil Duran, author of <a href=\"https://www.thenerdreich.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Nerd Reich</a> newsletter, walks us through what’s coming.</p><p><br></p><p>Over on <a href=\"https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic-insiders-are-sharing-a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Shatter Zone</a>, journalist and former Angry Planet guest Robert Evans has published a document that Democratic think tanks are passing around. It gives extra context to Duran’s reporting. All the major players and themes we talk about in this episode are there: Curtis Yarvin, Nick Land, the Butterfly Effect.</p><p>If you want to understand why so many federal workers are getting fired and the Silicon Valley ideology that’s infected D.C., then give us a listen.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Curtis Yarvin’s unimpressive programming career</li><li>“Democracy doesn’t work”</li><li>Bullshit and cherries</li><li>RAGE and Reboot</li><li>The Chairman of the Board</li><li>It’s always about the money</li><li>“Move fast and break things” comes to D.C.</li><li>The Engineer’s Disease</li><li>Nick Land is mentioned and I’m sorry</li><li>“Trump is more intellectual property than man.”</li><li>The horror of comedy</li><li>Selling the Nerd Reich to the Religious Right</li></ul><p><a href=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8e71f4e-2f4c-425e-83a0-b68e37ff4f5d_680x495.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc8e71f4e-2f4c-425e-83a0-b68e37ff4f5d_680x495.jpeg\"></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.thenerdreich.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Nerd Reich</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.404media.co/ai-video-of-trump-sucking-musks-toes-blasted-on-government-office-tvs/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">AI Video of Trump Sucking Musk's Toes Blasted on Government Office TVs</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://gizmodo.com/trumps-ai-gaza-video-is-the-tip-of-a-horrifying-gaz-a-lago-iceberg-2000569276\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump’s AI Gaza Video Is the Tip of a Horrifying ‘Gaz-A-Lago’ Iceberg</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/techno-fascism-comes-to-america-elon-musk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Techno-Fascism Comes to America</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazine/curtis-yarvin-interview.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening.</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-musk-ceo-dictator-doge/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook</a></p>","author_name":"Matthew Gault and Jason Fields"}