Scottsdale, AZ
March 13, 2025
by Rich Scheck
Peter Thiel and his Palantir Company have achieved a deep penetration of the
Trump Administration that is tantamount to a modern form of Fascism.
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-peter-thiel-trump-administration-connections/
Rather than expressing the populist sentiments embedded in the election rhetoric used
to enroll the MAGA faithful, Trump has opted to look to the AI powered geniuses from
Silicon Valley to transform the federal government in ways that will benefit them far more
in all probability than the millions of disaffected voters who understandably saw him as
their savior from Harris/Biden wokeness.
Trump exploited the immense anger within the body politic during all three of his election
cycles starting in 2016 and culminating in his amazing 2024 victory in ways that clearly
echoed my own call for a Left/Right populist rebellion against the DC Swamp.
https://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=32281
Sadly, he has confirmed the attacks on his character and credibility from the Left as well
as from Libertarians on the Right like Thomas Massie and Rand Paul as he adds a new
layer to the structure of corporate dominance already extant within the National Security State by turning to the contemporary business giants in Silicon Valley to undergird his shift towards a New Golden Age.
He has dazzled many of his core base and stunned the Left with his Energizer Bunny
maneuvers led by Musk’s DOGE corps. But he has mostly picked off low-hanging fruit
and created distractions while failing to produce substantial results in ending the wars
in Ukraine and Gaza or keeping his “all will be revealed” promise pertaining to transparency by releasing those secret files linked to JFK, MLK, RFK, 9/11. Seth Rich or UFOs!
His deals have at least the appearance of being self-serving to him and special interest
groups lodged mostly in Silicon Valley while holding the alluring vision of future prosperity to those who have been struggling economically at least since the 2008 financial meltdown.
Trump Gaza reeked of shameless self-aggrandizement and insensitivity even if it was a
clever gimmick to spark more active participation from the Arab nations that have fallen
short of helping the beleaguered Palestinians. It is symbolic of Trump’s overall style and
reflects his deal making predilections that should be augmented with authentic diplomacy
instead of the manipulative pragmatism that most see as bullying.
There will be more to say on all this in the days ahead where hopefully he can improve
on his pledge to end both wars within one day of assuming office and achieve greater
transparency.
In the interim, I believe relentless grass-roots activism is the best approach to defeating
the Silicon Valley, monopolistic billionaires who, under Trump, are creating a modern
form of fascism with the integration of Big-Tech corporations into government structures.
Perhaps then, an authentic populist party will emerge along the lines I outlined back
in 2016 with my call for The American Peace Party. Perhaps!