#1703 The Broligarchy and the Rise of Technofeudalism

Air Date: 4-14-2025

Everything, it turns out, is a double-edged sword. Democracy and freedom are great, but they also contain the keys to their own destruction. Love is pretty good, but it turns out that only love can break your heart. And technology, which has freed people from countless hours of menial labor, also has the power to subsume our economy, our politics, and much of our everyday lives. It may even be said to have supplanted capitalism itself.

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ACTIVISM ROUNDUP

KEY POINTS

KP 1: The Broligarchy Pt 2: Is this Techno-Fascism? Part 1 - Close All Tabs - Air Date 4-2-25

KP 2: Capitalism Has Mutated Into Something Worse with Yanis Varoufakis - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 2-7-24

KP 3: How Technofacism is Rooted in Silicon Valley / Becca Lewis Part 1 - This Is Hell! - Air Date 2-11-25

KP 4: We Went To Georgia Facebooks Data Center Took This Town Hostage - More Perfect Union - Air Date 3-27-25

KP 5: The Rise of Techno-Authoritarianism - Radio Atlantic - Air Date 2-26-24

KP 6: What does Palantir actually do? - Good Work - Air Date 3-28-25

(00:52:52) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the faustian bargain of the internet's walled gardens

DEEPER DIVES

(01:02:20) SECTION A: FALLOUT

A1: Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism (w/ Yanis Varoufakis) - The Chris Hedges Report - Air Date 1-29-25

A2: How Capitalism Becomes Feudalism Severance and Technofeudalism - Literate Machine - Air Date 6-25-24

A3: Neofeudalism Part 1 - Against the Grain - Air Date 4-1-25

A4: Wall Street_s War on Workers (with Les Leopold) - Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer - Air Date 3-11-25

A5: Neofeudalism Part 2 - Against the Grain - Air Date 4-1-25

(01:45:41) SECTION B: ORIGINS

B1: How Technofacism is Rooted in Silicon Valley / Becca Lewis Part 2 - This Is Hell! - Air Date 2-11-25

B2: The story of Technocracy, Inc, and its ties to Elon Musk (Technocracy Now, pt. 1) - Darts and Letters - Air Date 10-24-23

B3: The Broligarchy Pt 2: Is this Techno-Fascism? Part 2 - Close All Tabs - Air Date 4-2-25

(02:10:50) SECTION C: TECH BROS

C1: How Four Billionaires Are Creating A Horrible Future For All of Us (w/ Jonathan Taplin) - Current Affairs - Air Date 4-19-24

C2: The Broligarchy Pt 1: Chronicles of the PayPal Mafia Part 1 - Close All Tabs - Air Date 3-26-25

C3: Elon Musks Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid Neo-Nazi Movements - Democracy Now! - Air Date 3-27-25

(02:37:42) SECTION D: APARTHEID

D1: “The PayPal Mafia”: Meet the South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel - Democracy Now! - Air Date 2-10-25

D2: The Broligarchy Pt 1: Chronicles of the PayPal Mafia Part 2 - Close All Tabs - Air Date 3-26-25

Technofeudalism

SHOW IMAGE:

Description: A composite image of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Jeff Bezos wearing tiny golden crowns with dollar signs on them. An illustration of tiny replication of workers at desks in cubicles is in the background.

Credit: Custom composite design. | Component Licenses: 1) “Elon Musk” by Gage Skidmore, Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 2.0, Changes: Background removed, reduced saturation, crown added 2) “Peter Thiel” by Gage Skidmore, Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 2.0, Changes: Background removed, reduced saturation, crown added 3) “Jeff Bezos Unveils Blue Origin Lunar Lander” by Daniel Oberhaus, Wikimedia, License: CC BY 4.0, Changes: Background removed, reduced saturation, crown added 4) “termination-cancel-office-monotony” by RosZie, and “Crown” by everton_rebas, Pixabay, License: Pixabay