Axis Live: Peter Thiel Is His Own Antichrist | Plus: Suing Texas Over the Ten Commandments

Peter Thiel says that if you're evil, maybe you're actually good. Brad Onishi (author of American Caesar) and Matthew D. Taylor (author of The Violent Take It by Force) break down the viral clip: what Thiel means by "bad" versus "evil," why he frames progress as an all-or-nothing choice, and how his Antichrist theology, technological accelerationism, and contempt for the "mimetic sheeple" shape his influence on J.D. Vance and the tech right. Then Rev. Mara Richards Bim, a Baptist pastor and plaintiff in the lawsuit against Texas's Ten Commandments classroom law, joins to explain why she calls the Texas version sacrilegious, how teachers and principals are resisting, and what gives her hope. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:11 The Thiel clip and first reactions 4:16 Thiel's worldview: progress and the "middle class compact" 9:51 The hubris of deciding for eight billion people 11:37 Monarchism, mimetic desire, and Silicon Valley 15:04 The Pope, AI, and the one-world-government argument 17:03 Why Thiel rejects Hegel 19:38 Why it matters: Thiel and J.D. Vance 24:15 Decoding "bad," "evil," and "good" 29:24 Thiel's Nashville Antichrist lectures 32:09 Rev. Mara Richards Bim on the Texas Ten Commandments lawsuit 57:03 Reason for hope If you enjoy our work, please subscribe. Paid subscribers get bonus content, ad-free listening, access to the entire 1k episode archive, an invite to our Discord community, and access to the Axis Daily Brief. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🔔Subscribe - Substack: www.axismundi.substack.com Books mentioned: 📕 American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy by Brad Onishi — out September 15: https://static.macmillan.com/static/e... 📗 Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists by Matthew D. Taylor — out October 6: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/... Live events: Full tour dates: https://axismundinetwork.substack.com... 🔗 axismundi.us www.quo.com/SWAJ - Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months www.groundnews.com/SWAJ 40% off the Vantage Subscription! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices