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Billionaires Called Civilizational Collapse The Event in Secret 2017 Preparedness Meetings

Julian Dorey Daily · LEAKED Peter Thiel Conspiracy NOBODY Is Talking About | Julian Dorey · July 7, 2026
Billionaires Called Civilizational Collapse The Event in Secret 2017 Preparedness Meetings
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LEAKED Peter Thiel Conspiracy NOBODY Is Talking About | Julian Dorey
"When he went to talk to these guys, it wasn't like they were wondering or speculating that something could happen. They literally had a name for what would happen. They called it the event. They said it could be anything from nuclear disaster to artificial intelligence having a serious issue to a pandemic to something with the climate."
Tech futurist Doug Rushkoff revealed in an interview that he was hired in 2017 or 2018 to advise billionaires on preparing for what they called "the event" - a predetermined civilizational collapse scenario. The wealthy figures had already accepted that some form of catastrophic event would occur and were focused on survival planning including bunker construction. When pressed, Rushkoff confirmed the identity of one of the meeting's leaders to the host, who noted the individual's name should have been obvious based on their public statements about societal transformation.

About this episode

Host Joey DiPaolo delivers a blistering Fourth of July monologue examining newly released documents about Jeffrey Epstein's cushy jail conditions, Peter Thiel's controversial journalist investigation platform, and what he views as America's descent from its founding principles at its 250th anniversary. The episode reveals that Epstein operated from a 3,881 square foot office with luxury amenities during his supposed incarceration, where he continued to abuse women and openly celebrated his pedophilia by subscribing to magazines honoring the author of Lolita, his favorite book. DiPaolo then exposes Objection, Thiel's new venture that allows wealthy individuals to pay former intelligence operatives and AI tribunals to investigate journalists, with the first target being a reporter who wrote critically about Purdue Pharma heir Michael Sackler. The host also discusses leaked documents linking Epstein and former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to mineral extraction operations in Africa using Israeli mercenaries. In an extended reflection on America's founding, DiPaolo argues that both the Biden and Trump administrations have betrayed constitutional principles through censorship, foreign entanglements, family corruption, and alliances with technocratic billionaires. He warns that the very foreign influence and consolidation of power that George Washington and Benjamin Franklin cautioned against has come to pass, with unelected figures like Jared Kushner conducting shadow diplomacy while profiting from foreign investments. Despite his critiques, DiPaolo maintains that America's multicultural experiment remains valuable and worth preserving, even as it faces existential threats from within its elite class.

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