Book Review, November 5, 2025

By John Titus

If you want to understand exactly what the reigning kleptocracy is up to and where its tech-oriented luminaries like Elon Musk are headed, The Technocratic Dark State: Trump, AI, and Digital Dictatorship by Iain Davis is an absolute must-read. Davis reached out to me and asked if I'd read it. I'm glad I agreed. The book blew me away as much as anything I've read in 20 years and provided so many penny-drop moments that I lost count of them.

In The Technocratic Dark State, Davis offers three crystal-clear snapshots of the complex machine that the reigning criminal class is building in order to steal every last legal right and asset from us: first, where the various parts of this machine came from; second, where the machine stands now (under the second Trump Administration); and third, what final form it is likely to take if left unchecked (which, as Davis is careful to point out, is not set in stone).

For me personally, and in addition, the book has likely eliminated a long-standing annoyance, which I'll talk about last.