Anti-Democratic ‘Dark Enlightenment’ Ideas Have Spread From Silicon Valley to Washington

Anti-democratic ‘Dark Enlightenment’ ideas have spread from Silicon Valley to Washington

This esoteric and obscure ideology has increasing influence on U.S. politics

Technopopulism’s Trojan Horse: How the Dark Enlightenment Hijacked the Populist Movement

By all appearances, a populist revival is sweeping the globe, from rural heartlands to digital spaces and political rallies. It is a movement claiming to reclaim the nation from the grasp of corrupt elites, transnational bureaucracies, and decaying liberal democracies. But look closer, and the image distorts. What presents itself as grassroots rebellion is often being driven by figures and ideologies that despise the very foundations of populist…