Thiel’s talk of an “end of modernity” has relevance in a world where democratic institutions are strained, trust in elites is low, and technology has outpaced existing rules. But where he reads this as proof that Enlightenment ideals of equality, rational debate, and shared institutions have failed, critics argue the crisis reflects the opposite—a failure to live up to those ideals in the face of massive inequality and corporate concentration. In other words, who is the real Antichrist?

On point.