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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World is Now on the Table

September 12, 2026·37 min·5-min readinterviewpolitics
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue that a dangerous alliance of tech billionaires, religious end-timers, and ethno-nationalists has coalesced around a shared belief in the inevitability of civilizational collapse — not to prevent it, but to accelerate it and ensure their own survival, for

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Naomi Klein

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Naomi KleinAstra TaylorDavid MarcheseElon MuskPeter ThielDonald TrumpMike HuckabeeJ.D. VanceSam Altman

Books

The Shock DoctrineEnd Times: Fascism and the Fight for the Living Worldby Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

Companies

SpaceXOpenAIDebt Collective

Topics

Artificial IntelligenceClimate ChangeInequalityLong Form JournalismTech IndustryUs Politics

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