The Digital Empire: Tech Elites and the Post-Democratic Shift (legrandcontinent.eu)

• Silicon Valley elites are establishing a governance model that prioritizes data-driven incentives over traditional politics.
• The current political shift is a transition toward a 'post-democratic' reality enabled by algorithmic infrastructure.
• European sovereignty faces an existential crisis as its model represents a non-imperialist alternative that clashes with US tech hegemony.

"Giuliano da Empoli discusses the rise of a 'shadow empire' where Silicon Valley elites exert power through algorithmic governance, effectively bypassing traditional political structures. He argues that Donald Trump acts as a chaotic, semi-conscious agent of this transition. By prioritizing data-driven control over human-centric democracy, this new elite poses an existential challenge to European sovereignty. Da Empoli suggests that Europe’s unique model, born from the collapse of past empires, makes it an ideological adversary to these emerging digital imperialisms that prioritize efficiency over democratic consensus."