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How Big Tech money is undermining US democracy

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October 21, 2026

US Author Gil Durán warns that Silicon Valley "billionaires have enough money to buy both sides" in any US election.

In his book „The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy“ US Author Gil Durán pieces together public statements from powerful tech investors like Peter Thiel that amount to a chilling attack on democracy as we know it.

Durán criticises both Republicansand Democrats for refusing to take on big money in tech.

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