An apocalyptic alliance of religious fundamentalists, billionaire Silicon Valley tech kings and ethno-nationalists is gathering momentum. They aren’t just exploiting collapse, they’re provoking and accelerating it, whilst protecting themselves from the fallout. The world’s fate is increasingly in the hands of men who are ambivalent about its survival and betting money on the end.
Already, anger at the building of data centres is cutting across left and right, in a way that climate politics rarely has – but how do we make sure that anger is heard? How do we separate necessary alarm from fatalism? And what can we prepare for the impending AI crash?
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:16 What Is End Times Fascism?
- 06:12 How Neoliberalism Fuelled Fascism
- 09:31 Armageddon Politics: Why Some Fascists Want the World to End
- 13:31 Christian Zionism, Israel and the Far Right's End-Times Prophecy
- 20:34 Suffering, Redemption, and the Human Need for Myth
- 27:43 Inside Peter Thiel's Apocalypse Ball
- 31:11 The Truth About Why Silicon Valley Backed Trump
- 37:27 AI Won't Free Us From Work
- 40:28 The Real Risks of AI
- 44:22 AI Warfare: How Algorithms Are Used to Target People in Gaza
- 50:28 Can AI Serve the Left, or Is It Inherently Dangerous?
- 58:09 Can the Left Beat Fascism? Mamdani and the New Left
- 1:09:56 How to Prepare for the AI Bubble?
- 1:17:49 Not Quitting Planet Earth: Solidarity, Socialism and Building a Liveable Future