End Times Fascism is a political and cultural concept describing a convergence of far-right ideologies, tech-oligarch accelerationism, and apocalyptic fatalism. Coined and popularized by social critics Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, the term diagnoses how contemporary far-right figures no longer promise a functional, shared future for society. Instead, they treat planetary, economic, or social collapse as inevitable—or even desirable—and focus on hoarding resources to ensure their own survival.
Rather than attempting to fix global crises like climate change, economic inequality, or failing infrastructure, this mindset pivots to a dark, exclusionary survivalism.
Key Factions of the “Apocalyptic Alliance”
The framework identifies three distinct groups that have aligned under this fatalistic worldview:
- Tech-Oligarchs & Accelerationists: Figures in Silicon Valley and high-tech industries who promote “exit” strategies—building underground bunkers in New Zealand, establishing tax-free private fiefdoms, seasteading, or planning off-planet colonies on Mars—rather than investing in public goods or planetary preservation.
- Religious Fundamentalists: Christian nationalists and end-times accelerationists who view ecological or political chaos through a messianic lens, interpreting global decline as a necessary prelude to a promised end-times purification or rapture.
- Ethno-Nationalists & Border Hardliners: Populists focused on “bunkering” the nation-state. This involves heavily militarized borders, mass deportations, and strict internal surveillance to wall off national wealth from refugees and external crises.
Core Characteristics
| Trait | Description |
| Monopolized Survival | Society is divided into the “saved” (those with wealth, purity, or technological power) and the disposable. |
| Nihilistic Fatalism | A belief that collective, democratic solutions are impossible; therefore, destruction should be accelerated or managed for personal gain. |
| Extractive Fortress Capitalism | Resource extraction is pushed to the limit, accompanied by private security, militarized walls, and gated enclaves to protect the extractors from the fallout. |
Unlike mid-20th-century classical fascism, which relied on mass utopian promises of national rebirth and industrial mobilization for the collective body of citizens, end-times fascism is inherently privatized, fragmented, and defeatist regarding humanity as a whole. Its critics argue that it is fundamentally an attempt to legitimize abandoned civic duties, offering an escape pod for elites while leaving the remainder of the population to navigate the consequences.
This video offers context on the book End Times Fascism and breaks down how organizers analyze this apocalyptic strand of modern politics: What is ‘End Times Fascism’ & How do we organize it.