Analysis of Peter Thiel's Apocalyptic Worldview and Its Political Significance

It has been widely reported that the US tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently gave a series of rambling lectures to a private audience in San Francisco in which he laid out his apocalyptic reading of world politics.

These lectures mark the culmination of two years of Thiel traveling the world speaking at Catholic universities, at international conferences, and on right-wing podcasts about how the Antichrist threatens global order.

While Thiel's discourse may lack clarity and coherence, it is still profoundly significant in view of the political and economic power concentrated in his hands.

Thiel's lurid, apocalyptic view of world politics may be ludicrous or even deranged, but his wealth and power mean that we can't afford to ignore it.