Lysandre, Musk and the end times

Lysandre has so much in common with modern tech oligarchs like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel that I have to wonder: did Pokémon X and Y predict Silicon Valley's turn to the political right? —— Support me on Ko-Fi to join the UmbreonLibris community on Discord: https://ko-fi.com/umbreonlibris Become a channel member to unlock custom emotes for comments and live chat: http://bit.ly/JoinLibros Follow me on the Fediverse: https://donphan.social/@libris Related projects RatePKMN: https://ratepkmn.com The New 151: https://new151.tumblr.com/ —— Chapters 00:00 Who's That Billionaire? 02:31 Roll the intro! 03:07 The ideology of Team Flare 07:54 Nobusuke Kishi and techno-fascism 10:02 (CW: skip to here) 12:19 Elon Musk and tech oligarchy 17:44 Peter Thiel and end times fascism 25:47 Wealth is a drug 29:08 Was this predictable? 31:36 Shauna gets it 34:23 Thank you for watching! —— Sources Klein, Naomi, and Astra Taylor. "The rise of end times fascism." The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.co