Peter Thiel has promoted the Sovereign Individual, which says that the shift from “mass democracy” to “individual sovereignty” can happen “invisibly” (and without a shift in public opinion) via tax-free zones & free ports & that the power of nation states will eventually splinter into fragments. 1/
2/ Screenshot from my copy of The Sovereign Individual.
3/ Peter Thiel even wrote a new preface for The Sovereign Individual, as indicated at the top of this screenshot.
4/ Link for screenshot in post 1: instagram.com
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Balaji: “If ur building a startup society, [unintelligible] community, network state, shld you…pitch Andreessen Horowitz?” Ben Horowitz: “For sure. We're very interested in it. We believe in the whole thing from the Sovereign Individual on up, so we wanna be part of it for sure.” - Oct 2025 1/
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Discussing the Pax Silica project led by Trump official Jacob Helberg (a Palantir alum), Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale says a “free economic zone” “makes sense for PHILIPPINES,” he hopes for one in EUROPE, & he “hear[s] maybe something w/ ISRAEL.” Helberg: “WE WANT…ONE IN EVERY HEMISPHERE…” 1/
7/ Peter Thiel on The Sovereign Individual: “This book breaks the taboo on prophecy: We're not supposed to talk about a future that doesn't include the powerful states that rule over us today. Rees-Mogg & Davidson argue that national governments could soon become…antiquated..."
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When Trump’s Undersecretary of State Jacob Helberg—who came from Peter Thiel’s Palantir—defends the creation of a new special economic zone, as he just did re: the Philippines, it’s helpful to know this quote from the Sovereign Individual (quote from book; Thiel wrote a separate preface). 1/
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Curtis Yarvin wrote that “as the crappy govts we inherited … are smashed, they shld be replaced by a global spiderweb of…independent mini-countries, each governed by its own…corporation w/o regard to the residents’ opinions.” This reminds me of DOGE, “Network States,” & “Freedom Cities.” You? 1/
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😳 “A law to sell [parts of] Argentina to the ultra-rich of the world *** On Aug 6, the Senate plans to vote on Milei's new bill, the Private Property Inviolability Law. If approved, tech tycoons like Peter Thiel will be able to keep the water, energy & climate of Patagonia” By F. Gomez, 7/31/26… 1/
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👀 Argentinian president Milei has been promoting the so-called “Super RIGI” bill, which wld provide “tax breaks…for investors splashing US$1B into hi-tech…industries” Maxi Ferraro—a prominent Argentine politician— asserted in June that "Super RIGI is a law with a first & last name: Peter Thiel…” 1/
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Oh look. Argentina’s Economy Minister, Luis Caputo, who signed Argentina’s “Super RIGI” bill on May 22 or 23, met with Peter Thiel on or about May 12. #Argentina #Thiel
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Milei “said he wants to…allow companies run by machines” & has also “announced a ‘social digital twin’ program, which wld use publicly available citizen data to create simulations intended to inform public policy...” (Thiel recently moved to Argentina & OpenAI opened a data center there.) 6/5/26 1/
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Dafuq? “Milei also revealed that Thiel is interested in ‘becoming president as an anarcho-capitalist,’ like himself.” 4/23/26 … 1/
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3/ Have these Pax Silica countries never heard of the Sovereign Individual (preface written by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel) & the network state movement backed by Thiel & Marc Andreessen? My God. en.wikipedia.org
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23/ 😳 “FIRST OF MANY: The Luzon hub [in the Philippines] is intended to be the first Zone in a broader industrial network—a CONSTELLATION of integrated manufacturing sites, logistics corridors, and shared financial instruments spanning partner nations across multiple continents.”
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