The Secret Antichrist Running the Government
Host Mark Gagnon and guest Joey Avery explore Thiel's philosophical influences, including René Girard’s mimetic theory and Carl Schmitt’s political theology, to explain his recent lectures on the Antichrist as a systemicsummaryThiel’s philosophical framework is heavily influenced by René Girard’s mimetic theory (desire is imitated, leading to rivalry and violence) and Carl Schmitt’s political theology (sovereign is he who decides on the excepttakeawayThiel’s lectures on the Antichrist are invitation-only, held in symbolic locations like Rome (near the Vatican) and Paris, blending theology with technology to frame his surveillance tools as a defense against globalist takeaway














