• Triasha@lemmy.world
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    I think the antichrist looks like Peter Theil, and shares a name with him. He’s hiding in plain sight.

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    I’m just tired of religion in general. The older I get, the more disgusting it is that adults are rooting for a petty apocalyptic torture porn revenge fantasy.

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    Ah yes, the antichrist is famously depicted as a champion for climate change awareness and ending genocide.

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    It is projection. Peter Thiel is the closest thing to the anti-christ alive in terms of his impact. Trump would be a close second purely based on his personality, impact, current, and past deeds.

    TL;DR; the people who are doing anti-christ like shit, are the ones worried the most about the anti-christ.

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    The people perpetrating the end of modernity warn of the end of modernity and blame the people who are trying to prevent said end. Where does narcissism end and where does delusion start?

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    Thiel links these religious themes to what he calls the exhaustion of the Enlightenment story of progress and the crisis of modern liberal democracy, arguing modernity’s faith in reason, institutions, and global cooperation is breaking down under the weight of geopolitical conflict and technological upheaval. He has suggested the stagnation of transformative innovation, rising bureaucracy, and a growing reliance on supranational bodies are signals that the modern era is ending and that a new, more openly theological politics is emerging in its place.

    Within this framework, Thiel has repeatedly singled out Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as emblematic of what he calls “legionnaires of the Antichrist”—figures who seek to halt or tightly control scientific and technological development in the name of safety or planetary survival. In leaked recordings of a four‑part “Antichrist” lecture series, he described the modern Antichrist not as a reckless technologist, but as a “Luddite who wants to stop all science,” adding, “It’s someone like Greta,”

    Lets say for the sake of argument his overall idea has merit, but hes way off in choosing Thunberg. Who do we know, what major political figure, has massively undermined society’s faith in reason, institutions, and global cooperation? What major political figure has rejected scientific advancement that would save the planet in favor of the archaic “drill baby drill” model of propping up destructive industries like coal, oil, etc.? What major political figure has argued that the United States should have unilateral control over the western hemisphere, and has time and time again reduced global cooperation via the UN, treaties, etc.?

    I dont even think most of his argument is that far off base. I also think its plainly obvious that Donald Trump is the antichrist if there is one. His followers wear the mark of the beast on their foreheads (MAGA). He seemed to suffer mortal wounds, or came close, and yet miraculously survived (Covid. Or almost being shot in the face). He literally calls himself the “President of Peace” which is such a blatant ripoff of the “Prince of Peace” aka Jesus Christ. The antichrist is someone who will turn good people into bad people by convincing them that being on the side of evil is actually righteous. Look at the moral denigration of his followers who will never see the light.

    There was a website that tracked all the ways he was similar to the biblical descriptions of the antichrist that is ten miles long. They stopped updating it years ago before he even reached a second term in office. Its only gotten more obvious in the interim. Trump is literally the antichrist

    https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

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      the modern era is ending and that a new, more openly theological politics is emerging in its place.

      Yeah, that’s what he’s working his ass off to make happen.

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    Is he saying there that the entire reason they are destroying the world is to bring about their religious doomsday fantasies?

    I mean by now “every accusation is a confession” is pretty much proven about these people. So this too has to be projection and actually about his team.

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      i think you put too much value on the ramblings of a mentally ill person in the midst of a psychotic episode.

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        No, lots of them openly want this…

        Why do you think a bunch of Christian white supremacists are so fucking set on the Jewish people controlling Israel?

        It’s because in their fairy tale book, armegeddan starts in a Jewish controlled Israel.

        Like, it’s a crazy plan, but how anyone in 2026 can think that means it’s not someone’s plan…

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      Next time I won’t be around to copy paste the article so disable Javascript on fortune and you should have some luck reading it. It worked the first time around less so the second. Don’t give them traffic this time.

      Author removed because fuck them they didn’t write it. Emphasis mine:

      Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example

      Peter Thiel has begun tying his warnings about “the Antichrist” and an impending apocalypse to what he describes as the “end of modernity,” casting climate activist (and Gen Z icon) Greta Thunberg as a central example of the forces he believes are driving Western civilization toward a terminal crisis.

      In a series of recent talks and interviews, most recently behind closed doors in Paris, as reported by Le Monde and Politico, the billionaire investor and close ally of President Donald Trump has sketched a worldview in which environmentalism, technology regulation, and global governance are not just political disagreements, but spiritual markers of an end-times struggle over the future of the West.

      In lectures on Christianity delivered to select audiences, Thiel has argued the Antichrist in the 21st century will not resemble the stereotypical mad scientist, but rather a self-described protector who promises peace, safety, and an end to technological risk. Drawing on apocalyptic passages from the Bible, he portrays an approaching choice between a “one‑world state” aligned with the Antichrist and an Armageddon‑style collapse if that project fails, framing both scenarios as live possibilities for contemporary politics and technology.

      Some of Thiel’s most extensive public remarks came in a June 2025 appearance on a New York Times podcast, when interviewer Ross Douthat asked Thiel what the Antichrist means to him. Thiel responded: “How much time do we have?”

      Thiel links these religious themes to what he calls the exhaustion of the Enlightenment story of progress and the crisis of modern liberal democracy, arguing modernity’s faith in reason, institutions, and global cooperation is breaking down under the weight of geopolitical conflict and technological upheaval. He has suggested the stagnation of transformative innovation, rising bureaucracy, and a growing reliance on supranational bodies are signals that the modern era is ending and that a new, more openly theological politics is emerging in its place.

      Greta Thunberg as symbolic antagonist Within this framework, Thiel has repeatedly singled out Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as emblematic of what he calls “legionnaires of the Antichrist”—figures who seek to halt or tightly control scientific and technological development in the name of safety or planetary survival. In leaked recordings of a four‑part “Antichrist” lecture series, he described the modern Antichrist not as a reckless technologist, but as a “Luddite who wants to stop all science,” adding, “It’s someone like Greta,” and pairing her with AI safety advocate Eliezer Yudkowsky.

      Thiel has argued climate activism and AI skepticism, when tied to calls for far‑reaching regulation and empowered global institutions, foreshadow the rise of a one‑world government that could suppress dissent and freeze innovation. Commentators note that by casting Thunberg and other critics of Big Tech as quasi‑religious enemies, he turns policy debates over emissions, data, and algorithms into a cosmic showdown between salvation through innovation and a deceptive, authoritarian environmentalism.

      While it appears that Thunberg has never called out Thiel by name, she has been typically ferocious in her criticism of the wealthy in general. Generally, she often frames “the rich,” including private-jet users and fossil-fuel investors, as sacrificing people and the planet “to maintain their extreme lifestyles,” and has criticized private jets and airport expansions as symbols of this. Perhaps most famously, at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in 2023, she accused the political and business elite of putting “corporate greed” and “short-term profits” above the planet and people, saying they are “at the very core of the climate crisis.”

      Thunberg declined to comment, while Thiel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

      Politics, power, and the post‑liberal turn The apocalyptic framing has far‑reaching political implications, particularly given Thiel’s role as a deep-pocketed backer of political causes. Just this past January, Thiel made one of his biggest political donations in years to help defeat California’s billionaire tax ballot proposal. Some critics counter that Thiel’s fixation on apocalyptic scenarios reveals less about looming biblical prophecy than about the anxiety of a tech elite resisting limits on capital and code at a moment when public pressure for accountability is rapidly growing.

      Historically, “the Antichrist” has been a fluid, contested symbol within Christian traditions, not a fixed label for contemporary activists or regulators. Thiel’s claim that climate policy and global cooperation are precursors to a one‑world dictatorship ignores how such policies actually work. International climate agreements like the Paris accord set targets but are implemented through national legislatures, courts, and elections, where governments remain accountable to their citizens and can be voted out.

      Thiel’s talk of an “end of modernity” has relevance in a world where democratic institutions are strained, trust in elites is low, and technology has outpaced existing rules. But where he reads this as proof that Enlightenment ideals of equality, rational debate, and shared institutions have failed, critics argue the crisis reflects the opposite—a failure to live up to those ideals in the face of massive inequality and corporate concentration. In other words, who is the real Antichrist?

      For this story, Fortune journalists used generative AI as a research tool. An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing

  • Joe@lemmy.world
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    I didn’t know she’s mentioned in the Epstein files, unlike himself…

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      It’s called projection. You accuse an enemy of something that actually applies to you or your team. Heavily used by people on the far right. People also refer to it as “every accusation is a confession”.

      Like when Musk called that diver a pedophile, when Musk is the actual pedophile.

      That’s why the accusation seems odd since the antichrist is more likely to come from the Republican party than some random activist. Because this is actually about the Republican party, not Greta.

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      trump meets all the descriptions and signs for the Antichrist.

      Thiel helped him rise to power…

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          Many Baha’is believed the US Dollar was the antichrist for the US, because their definition of antichrist was anything that gets in the way of the masses finding their own spirituality. Then Trump got elected in 2016…

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          Spiritually, yes it can be anyone or group whose behavior is diametrically opposed to the teachings of Christ. But usually “antichrist” refers to a specific apocalyptic individual who embodies Satan the way Jesus embodies God. There are a number of prophecies concerning the rise, activities, and destruction of this individual. Funny that Peter Thiel doesn’t use either to describe his antichrist. He just makes shit up and calls it antichrist because that’s what works on the hateful bigots of the maga base.

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    He’s only listening to the voices in his head at this point. Maybe he’ll go full Steve Ballmer in front of Trump soon.