Peter Thiel warns of technocratic scapegoating in new Antichrist lecture series

Tech entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel, co‑founder of PayPal and early Facebook investor, has delivered a series of talks on the “Antichrist” in Rome and Buenos Aires. In a recently released recording with journalist Sam Wolfe for the conservative religious magazine First Things, Thiel argues that modern bureaucrats, climate regulators, artificial‑intelligence safety advocates and international bodies are using the language of peace and security to build a centralized technocratic order that could scapegoat powerful individuals and firms. He draws on the theories of René Girard and the 19th‑century Russian philosopher Vladimir Solovyov to explain how societies may unite against perceived elites through mimetic contagion. The First Things interview documents these ideas and provides a platform for public discussion of Thiel’s controversial thesis.