You're not supposed to imminentize the eschaton (try to bring about the end times); you're also not supposed to imminentize the Katechon (try to institutionalize the restraining force); if you identify the Katechon with one specific thing, it can go very wrong.

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Speaker

Peter Thiel

Evidence Quote

“you're not supposed to imminentize the eschaton, you're also not supposed to imminentize the Katechon. And and so if you if you identify too much as one thing, that can go very wrong.”

Source

Peter Thiel on Political Theology | Conversations with Tyler— Mercatus Center
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:36:56 AM

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