“It’s about radical individualism,” he explained. “It’s survival-of-the-fittest, a belief in the rights of the wealthiest and most powerful among us to do whatever the fuck they want, including living forever. Thielism doesn’t necessarily represent a human apocalypse, per se. Humanity could still continue living under its conditions. But it’s an assault on the civilizational values I hold most dear, like creativity, empathy, love, freedom of expression, connection.”
