Ruby Jones

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7am · “Nerd Reich”: Are big tech billionaires at war with democracy? · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

And so for many years, those ideas that you're talking about, they existed on obscure blogs, talked about in Silicon Valley circles. matched

Tell me more about how they actually made their way to the White House. matched

How did someone like Thiel gain traction and influence? matched

So Thiel quite famously has close ties to Vance. matched

Still to come, the project to create billionaire cities around the world. matched

How should we think about who is influencing who here? matched

Because I remember particularly around the time of Trump's inauguration in 2025, people were watching on as those tech CEOs sat behind Trump and thought that they were really being forced to sort of kiss the ring. matched

But do you think that we're looking at that relationship backwards? matched

Is Trump deferring to them now? matched

And at the most radical end of this, at the zealous core, some of these figures talk about not only wanting to take control of or collapsing existing governments. matched

They talk about creating these entirely new governments. matched

network states, so privately governed cities and even countries that are funded by billionaires. matched

Is that a project that we should think about seriously? matched

And here in Australia, Palantir has a significant foothold. matched

Our government has spent tens of millions of dollars on its technology. matched

So what safeguards should governments like Australia's be demanding when it comes to working closely with companies like this? matched

And you end your book calling for some aggressive measures, breaking up the tech monopolies, tougher AI regulation, even banning crypto. matched

Do you think that those measures are possible? matched

And where would you start? matched

Gil, thank you so much for your time. matched

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