The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

Gil Durán
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The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

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  • Published date: Aug 18, 2026
  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 352
  • Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
  • ISBN: 9781668221402
  • Dimensions: 6.0" W x 1.2" L x 9.0" H
"Reader take note: Gil Durán is a deep, thoughtful, and expansive observer of events that shape the current and future of our American democracy." —George Lakoff, author of The All New Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate

"A clear and compelling account of the threats posed by technofascism to democracies everywhere." —Ruth Ben-Ghiat, historian and author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

"Gil Durán is an essential voice on this technofascist moment—where it comes from and where we are going." —Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist, The Nerve

"The Nerd Reich is a clarion warning about the rise of techno-fascist sociopaths who seek to profit off of our collective misery. In clear, compelling and meticulously-researched detail, Gil Durán sounds the alarm about this incestuous cabal of broligarchs. He brings the receipts and the righteous rage." —Wajahat Ali, The Left Hook

"A detailed guidebook for understanding why Big Tech now seeks not just wealth but political domination." —Kirkus Reviews

“You could not ask for a more complete and hair-raising compendium of the insane things that Silicon Valley moguls have said and advocated for than journalist Gil Durán’s new book, The Nerd Reich.” —Laura Miller, Slate

“Durán, a journalist and former political adviser, lays out the narrative in exacting detail, outlining the connections between these men (and it is all men) and the origins of their often deeply weird beliefs, many of which view everyone outside their circle or opposed to their agenda as expendable.” The Guardian

"The Nerd Reich is a fantastically unputdownable must-read."  —The Irish Times
Gil Durán was born in Tulare, California, in 1976. The grandson of Mexican immigrant farmworkers, he got his first taste of work in the fields, but took an interest in journalism after winning the local newspaper’s “My Mom Is the Best” contest in the fifth grade. In the tenth grade, his family moved from California to Kentucky, where he dropped out of high school for a year, then returned and befriended an English teacher who encouraged him to apply to college. He graduated DePauw University in 1998 and started his journalism career at the San Jose Mercury News. As the newspaper industry hit turbulence, he pivoted to politics and spent ten years as an advisor to politicians including Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, and Kamala Harris. In 2018, he returned to journalism as California opinion editor of The Sacramento Bee, and then became editorial page editor of the San Francisco Examiner. Now an independent journalist, he publishes two newsletters: The Nerd Reich, focused on extremist tech politics, and FrameLab, focused on political language.

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