Peter Thiel & The Antichrist

Why are some of the richest people in the United States suddenly talking about demons, apocalypse, and even the “Antichrist”?

On Monday, Peter Thiel—Palantir co-founder, Trump ally, and one of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley—will launch a secretive four-part lecture series in San Francisco. His topic? The Antichrist.

What’s the deal? And why does Thiel keep tying his ideas about the Antichrist to Nazi political theorist Carl Schmitt?

We pull back the curtain in our latest podcast, The Antichrist Playbook: Peter Thiel & Silicon Valley Apocalypse Hype. Featuring Dr. Robert Fuller, author of Naming the Antichrist:The History of An American Obsession, and theologian Dr. Matthew Fox, we expose how the Antichrist myth has been used to demonize enemies, justify extremism, and even push society toward violence.

“Once we label our adversaries in these cosmic terms—all good versus all evil—there's now going to be no compromise,” says Dr. Fuller. “No rational discourse is possible, because the Antichrist is a deceiver, so all the arguments that might be brought for the worth of an opposing point of view are ‘deception.’ And so there can be no rational compromise. It only will bring out all-out tribal cohesion, tribal loyalty, unquestioning commitment. And so it usually leads to...sometimes violent consequences.”

Thiel has suggested climate activist Greta Thunberg as a potential Antichrist, showing a willingness to use biblical framing against political opponents.

“The effort to paint a Greta, or anyone who's working on behalf of the survival of the planet, as Antichrist...is saying more about the speaker than it is about Greta,” said Dr. Fox. “Here's this young woman who’s put herself in a lot of dangerous situations to support the survival of Mother Earth, And she’s been called an Antichrist by a powerful billionaire in America.”

If you want to understand why certain tech billionaires are suddenly talking about the end of days—and what it means for our future—don’t miss this one.