TL;DR: Silicon Valley billionaires are spending over $500 million through AI and crypto PACs to buy influence across both parties and push for corporate-run states as our next sociatal structure.

The Interview

A lot of people feel like tech billionaires are running politics behind the scenes, but it's hard to pin down how. Journalist Gil Duran recently laid out the specifics in a DW News interview about his book, "The Nerd Reich".

He tracks how tech figures like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk treat democracy as something to bypass. Tech-funded PACs have put together more than $500 million to back candidates in both major parties.

AI and crypto PACs have over $526 million ready for elections, which is more than what oil companies or banks put in.

The money goes to both Democrats and Republicans so tech companies stay protected no matter who wins.

Their long-term goal is replacing traditional government with corporate-run "Network States," drawing on ideas from books like "The Sovereign…