Peter Thiel's Gospel Part II: Palantir and the Philosopher-King

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

Politics, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Dr. Brad Onishi dives into the ideological roots of one of Peter Thiel's most significant ventures, Palantir. Drawing from Thiel’s reflections on Leo Strauss's philosophy and the aftermath of 9/11, Onishi explores how Palantir embodies a tech-driven strategy for national defense. The discussion extends to Thiel's collaborations with figures like Alex Karp and how their collective efforts align with a vision of Western superiority, national security, and technological dominance. This episode also touches on the broader implications of Palantir's integration into U.S. government and surveillance, raising crucial questions about civil liberties and geopolitical strategies. www.axismundi.us www.swaj.supercast.com #peterthiel #news #trump #armageddon #antichrist #palantir #ice #theology #philosophy #politics #religion #tech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Axis Mundi.
0:10.0	Palantir is the application of what Teal took away from Leo Strauss.
0:18.0	The guy who gave Teal the idea that when it comes to wartime,
0:23.6	you need to use illiberal outside of the normal channels kinds of tactics and strategies.
0:32.6	To me, Palantir is the application of that, and Alex Karp is the guy that embodies that.
0:47.4	Welcome to Straight White American Jesus, I'm Brad Anishi.
0:50.0	Last time we did this, we talked all about Peter Thiel's gospel and the ways that Peter
0:54.9	Teal has developed over the last two decades, a kind of techno theology that is really heavy
1:01.5	on Armageddon and the Antichrist and sees Jesus as in many ways redeeming us from our fallen
1:09.5	nature, which is as gigantic imitation machines.
1:13.1	And opening the way for us to be innovative tech kings, Peter Thiel calls miracles technology,
1:21.5	and he believes that technological breakthroughs map onto creation.
1:26.2	In other words, to be somebody in God's image is to be a tech
1:30.8	founder and creator. So that was last time. And one of the things we emphasized there was that
1:37.1	the decoder ring for Peter Thiel's work and his worldview is really a 2004 essay called
1:43.3	the Straussian moment. And that was written
1:46.2	right in the wake of 9-11. It was written at a time when Peter Thiel himself was scared and fearful
1:51.3	of what was next. One of his mentors, Wolfgang Palover, has said that he saw real fear in
1:58.0	Peter Thiel's person in the wake of 9-11. Like a lot of people,
2:03.6	Teal wasn't sure if we were going to have more attacks, if this was going to become something
2:10.0	that was normal, if it was something that would be, you know, routine for there to be terrorist
2:16.7	attacks in the United States on a regular basis.
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