Naomi Klein's new book diagnoses 'end times fascism' in tech and politics
Klein and Astra Taylor argue modern fascism merges with apocalyptic thinking to justify accelerating collapse and elite survival.
Author Naomi Klein and filmmaker Astra Taylor have released a new book called End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World. Klein and Taylor argue fascism is evolving, not repeating: it now embeds itself in an apocalyptic worldview that assumes civilisation is collapsing.
The book traces how tech companies, including data firm Palantir, are marketing themselves as instruments of dominance on battlefields and factory floors. Klein and Taylor say this ideology takes economic breakdown, unaffordable housing, and ecological crisis as proof the world must burn and be remade from scratch.
Rather than fix these systems, proponents want to speed collapse so the chosen few can survive and thrive in what comes after. The authors argue this convergence between advanced technology and unapologetic violence marks a distinctly modern form of political extremism.
- Palantir
- Data firm
- Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
- Authors
Why it mattersThe analysis helps explain how major tech firms are selling themselves explicitly as tools of power and control, not neutral tools.
AustraliaAustralian tech companies and investors are increasingly connected to Silicon Valley firms that embrace this worldview, shaping how Australian data and AI infrastructure develop.
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