The Valley of Domination. The new authoritarian face of Silicon Valley

A two-voice conversation exploring the shadowy connections between politics and technology, focusing on the entanglements between the Trump administration and Silicon Valley. Here, digital capitalism is no longer just an economic infrastructure but the very heartbeat of contemporary power dynamics. From the authoritarian visions of figures such as Elon Musk and Peter Thiel to the growing influence of California’s “bro-li­garchy” aligned with the White House, a portrait emerges of a technological ecosystem setting the rules of the global game. Against the backdrop of artificial intelligence and a renewed arms race, the ideological and political contours of an era come into focus—one in which the libertarian promise of the web appears to be turning into domination.