{"id":77973,"date":"2026-08-25T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=77973"},"modified":"2026-08-25T11:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:01:33","slug":"the-nerd-reich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=77973","title":{"rendered":"<h1><b>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #D52B1E;\">The Nerd Reich<\/span>\u201d<\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Submitted by GS<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;The Nerd Reich&#8221;: Author Gil Dur\u00e1n on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance &amp; the War on Democracy&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>A new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Dur\u00e1n investigates \u201ctech fascism\u201d and its mounting influence on U.S. politics. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy follows the rise of Vice President JD Vance, the former venture capitalist whose \u201coutsider\u201d campaign for Senate was bankrolled by the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, Peter Thiel.<\/p>\n<p>Dur\u00e1n traces the ideological lineage of the current Trump administration back from Vance to Thiel and the far-right-wing monarchist Curtis Yarvin, whose \u201cright-libertarian\u201d political theory has long made the rounds among Silicon Valley elite. \u201cThese guys were never libertarians,\u201d says Dur\u00e1n. \u201cNow that they are the government, we see their true face: They\u2019re fascists, and they\u2019re authoritarians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;The Nerd Reich&quot;: Author Gil Dur\u00e1n on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance &amp; the War on Democracy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sg7YNUbaV-8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Palantir of the Nerd Reich is connected to Israel&#8217;s Zionist-Reich &#8211; elite Talpiot program through personnel links at <a href=\"https:\/\/startupintros.com\/orgs\/kela-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/startupintros.com\/orgs\/kela-technologies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw23lbcRJK9sdIzixJljIrAd\">Kela Technologies<\/a>, a defense-tech startup founded by veterans of Israel&#8217;s high-tech military ecosystem.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/startupintros.com\/orgs\/kela-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/startupintros.com\/orgs\/kela-technologies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw23lbcRJK9sdIzixJljIrAd\">1<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>The Personnel Connection<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Talpiot Graduate:<\/strong> Israeli Alon Dror, the CEO and co-founder of Kela Technologies, is a graduate of the highly selective <a href=\"https:\/\/sequoiacap.com\/article\/partnering-with-kela-modern-defense-for-israel-and-western-allies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/sequoiacap.com\/article\/partnering-with-kela-modern-defense-for-israel-and-western-allies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3V7y3LaajoNThl6cqboImX\">Talpiot program<\/a>, which recruits top-tier math and physics minds for military R&amp;D.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/sequoiacap.com\/article\/partnering-with-kela-modern-defense-for-israel-and-western-allies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/sequoiacap.com\/article\/partnering-with-kela-modern-defense-for-israel-and-western-allies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3V7y3LaajoNThl6cqboImX\">1<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Palantir Leader:<\/strong> Israeli Hamutal Meridor, the president and co-founder of Kela Technologies, previously served as the General Manager for Palantir Technologies&#8217; business operations in Israel. [<a href=\"https:\/\/startupintros.com\/orgs\/kela-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/startupintros.com\/orgs\/kela-technologies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw23lbcRJK9sdIzixJljIrAd\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sequoiacap.com\/article\/partnering-with-kela-modern-defense-for-israel-and-western-allies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/sequoiacap.com\/article\/partnering-with-kela-modern-defense-for-israel-and-western-allies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3V7y3LaajoNThl6cqboImX\">2<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Startup Ecosystem:<\/strong>\u00a0Together, the leadership team blends Dror\u2019s technical background from Talpiot and MAFAT (Israel&#8217;s R&amp;D directorate) with Meridor\u2019s operational experience scaling Palantir\u2019s data-analytics footprint in the region.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/sequoiacap.com\/article\/partnering-with-kela-modern-defense-for-israel-and-western-allies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/sequoiacap.com\/article\/partnering-with-kela-modern-defense-for-israel-and-western-allies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3V7y3LaajoNThl6cqboImX\">1<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Shared Defense Focus<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>While Kela focuses on building an interoperable software layer to connect battlefield hardware and commercial devices rather than directly replicating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoprofits.org\/companies\/company\/7402?palantir-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.whoprofits.org\/companies\/company\/7402?palantir-technologies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3G4FlXo4U82ouzLrcknTRr\">Palantir&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0data analytics platform, the company&#8217;s leadership explicitly bridges the worlds of elite Israeli military research tracks like Talpiot and Western-facing defense software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore the startup launch details from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/backed-by-cia-defense-startup-emerges-with-tech-platform-for-modern-battlefield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/backed-by-cia-defense-startup-emerges-with-tech-platform-for-modern-battlefield\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw179WWEVG64QzfjCsWeaQc0\">Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the founding overview on the Sequoia Capital Article.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Check corporate profiling via Who Profits.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoprofits.org\/companies\/company\/7402?palantir-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.whoprofits.org\/companies\/company\/7402?palantir-technologies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3G4FlXo4U82ouzLrcknTRr\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/startupintros.com\/orgs\/kela-technologies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/startupintros.com\/orgs\/kela-technologies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw23lbcRJK9sdIzixJljIrAd\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calcalistech.com\/ctechnews\/article\/ftop7r3p8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.calcalistech.com\/ctechnews\/article\/ftop7r3p8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2naqyCcta5ZH7uuByqiOJi\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/backed-by-cia-defense-startup-emerges-with-tech-platform-for-modern-battlefield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/backed-by-cia-defense-startup-emerges-with-tech-platform-for-modern-battlefield\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw179WWEVG64QzfjCsWeaQc0\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sequoiacap.com\/article\/partnering-with-kela-modern-defense-for-israel-and-western-allies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/sequoiacap.com\/article\/partnering-with-kela-modern-defense-for-israel-and-western-allies&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3V7y3LaajoNThl6cqboImX\">5<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<b>How US Intelligence and an American Company Feed Israel\u2019s Killing Machine in Gaza<\/b>&#8220;, 12 April 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/es\/%C3%BAltimas-noticias\/palantir-allegedly-enables-israels-ai-targeting-amid-israels-war-in-gaza-raising-concerns-over-war-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/es\/%25C3%25BAltimas-noticias\/palantir-allegedly-enables-israels-ai-targeting-amid-israels-war-in-gaza-raising-concerns-over-war-crimes\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1J2TtLsOoVHqmiFo4dt95a\">https:\/\/www.business-<wbr \/>humanrights.org\/es\/%C3%<wbr \/>BAltimas-noticias\/palantir-<wbr \/>allegedly-enables-israels-ai-<wbr \/>targeting-amid-israels-war-in-<wbr \/>gaza-raising-concerns-over-<wbr \/>war-crimes\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\u00a0<b>File: Peter Thiel and Palantir<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kla.tv\/index.php?a=showsearch&amp;search=File%3A%20Peter%20Thiel%20and%20Palantir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.kla.tv\/index.php?a%3Dshowsearch%26search%3DFile%253A%2520Peter%2520Thiel%2520and%2520Palantir&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1787754513798000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1KgF_qDeIkPLWw3_htotU4\">https:\/\/www.kla.tv\/index.php?<wbr \/>a=showsearch&amp;search=File%3A%<wbr \/>20Peter%20Thiel%20and%<wbr \/>20Palantir<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77973"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77980,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77973\/revisions\/77980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}