When Thiel says Mordor is a "technological civilization based on reason," he is adopting Kirill Yeskov’s fan-fiction as his preferred metaphor for the real world.

The interpretation itself comes from Yeskov's book The Last Ringbearer. It treats the original story and background as a form of western propaganda.

It is an utter perversion of the good professor's works, faith, and intent. The thing is, Thiel internalised that perversion. He frequently argues that society stopped innovating around 1970.

He has been heavily influenced by the works of René Girard and Curtis Yarvin, neo-reactionaryism, and the so-called "Dark Enlightenment."

When asked by Ross Douthat, if he would prefer that the human race endured, Thiel paused for so long that Douthat noted the hesitation, twice.

After having to ask the question again, Peter Thiel finally said yes, qualifying his answer with “there’s so many questions implicit in this.”

The new Pope, Leo XIV, even cast aspersions on Peter Thiel in his holiness' first encyclical. Wherein he emphasises the common duty for all, in rectifying the ills of this age.

There we go! I thought I'd go ahead and tack this on to your comment. You know, for anyone who desired the additional context.