Please note: You can watch the video and join the conversation on my Substack.
In December 2025 I sent a review copy of my new book The Technocratic Dark State: Trump, AI, and Digital Dictatorship to John Titus hoping it would interest him and that he might consider a brief review. A former electrical engineer and patent lawyer, John Titus took a new direction and, in my view, is today the best monetary historian and independent financial analyst around. His work, both on his own channels and for The Solari Report, informed key sections in the book.
I was very pleased when John offered the following short review of The Technocratic Dark State:
Somehow, Iain Davis has surveyed the decades-long blizzard of “innovations” from that factory of droning tech-bros and delivered a comprehensive and must-have map of the digital concentration camp that they happen to be snapping into place. What makes the remarkable lucidity of The Technocratic Dark State so horrifying, though, is the extensive history behind what’s going on. [John Titus]
I was dead chuffed when John contacted me and said he would like to interview me to discuss the book and was honoured that he took the time to write a full review for The Solari Report. The interview was conducted on 18th December 2025 for Solari subscribers, and my thanks go to Catherine Austin Fitts and the team at Solari for editing the discussion and digging out the relevant clips to so clearly illustrate some of our talking points.
There are so many other people I need to thank for getting the book into your hands, should you choose to grab a copy. The book is dedicated to my editor Susan. Having already received positive feedback from readers complimenting the structure and composition of the book, I can assure you it is Susan who deserves all the credit. Without her patience and hard work, it would probably have read more like a technical manual.
I cannot thank Whitney Webb of Unlimited Hangout, the author of the two-part One Nation Under Blackmail, and Mark Goodwin, former editor-in-chief of Bitcoin Magazine and author of The Bitcoin-Dollar: An Economic Monomyth, enough. Like John Titus, their research and outstanding journalism have been a source of invaluable information for me, not just in researching The Technocratic Dark State, but for many years.
That Whitney and Mark chose my book to be the first published by their new venture, Papercut Publishing, is a privilege. My thanks also go to BAZA, whose graphic design skills are off-the-charts and who made our book look so cool—in my humble opinion. Please keep an eye on Unlimited Hangout and Papercut Publishing. Whitney and Mark have a number of exciting projects in the pipeline, including Papercut Magazine, and are wisely moving more into physical, printed media as well as increasing their use of video.
As with any new venture, there were a few teething problems, specifically distribution of the book following the preorder of the first edition. This was no one’s fault but rather an unavoidable consequence of embarking on a massive undertaking, such as organising global distribution of a book for the first time. While a few readers were concerned, thinking delivery of their copy had been overlooked, it speaks volumes for all my readers that everyone showed patience and understanding when the situation was explained to them.
The Technocratic Dark State is now being distributed to readers. Some have yet to reach readers outside of North America, but they are on their way and will be with you shortly.
Ultimately, my thanks go to all my readers not only for their patience but also for their willingness to look beyond the surface narratives we are spoon-fed by governments and their mainstream media propagandists. In my view, you are on the right path, my friends. To know what is really happening in the world is not to be “black pilled”; it is to have the fortitude to look the sometimes ugly truth in the face, often overcoming personal challenges along the way. I thank you all.
It is what we do with that knowledge that really matters. We do not have to suffer the tyranny of oligarchs, and we can build something better. It is my firm belief in this possibility that inspired me to write The Technocratic Dark State, and I hope you find the information contained within its pages useful in your own journey.
regarding the Iran war, Patrick Wood may have it figured out:
https://patrickwood.substack.com/p/imec-trumps-war-with-iran-is-about?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
It’s all about the trade route starting from India, through the Straight of Hormuz, on to railways through Saudi Arabia, Israel, Gaza, and then by sea to Greece. Controlling this trade route for oil and goods, and splitting India away from the BRICS alliance, is worth trillions over decades. I don’t know whether a proposed new canal (the Ben Gurion Canal) stretching across Israel is part of it. They could just use a railway for that section, but the canal through Gaza would eliminate a long stretch of railway and the need to unload and reload cargo onto ships multiple times. Also, a railway through Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey is an option. Developing and expanding this trade route would explain why Prime Minister Modi from India seems to be helping Israel. India could deliver their products to Europe more easily. But shipping through the Red Sea with the proposed Ben Gurion canal seems the cheapest way to get goods from India to Europe. For the record, I’m now anti-Trump and especially anti-Jared Kushner, who will benefit tremendously from all of this. Trump lied to us. Democrats will win future elections by telling voters to look at the stupid Iran war that Trump started. The oligarchs can use the trillions gained from this war to build the technocratic control state. The more people who understand the technocratic-AI-social credit score-tokenization plan, the less they will be able to control us.
Thanks Jeff. Yep, it is a very good piece of research.
in 81 years since 1945 nobody has worked on a different way to start a nuclear fission reaction. 81 years of new technology, we never saw a modification of technology used to confirm nuclear fission works like they have told us it does. sticking with the critical mass, even though we know that just a hand powered collision between two objects can release enough to kill the person. Seems to me that we’re believing lies. Logically there should be no release of energy significantly more than the energy required to break the case an a-bomb is delivered in. There is no proof that there is, there is just the “word” of people who can be proven to have taken money to swear to lies quite often.
“The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.” ~ Henry A. Kissinger
Jeff,
That may well be the eventual outcome of events, but I’m not sure it was a pre-cursor of them.
As a major & rising economy of the world, India has far more to gain from being part of BRICS than splitting away from them, & their partners also so…including Iran.
If India is assisting the Israelis, it’s because they are cleverly playing both sides to balance their interests against the eventual outcome.
However, whatever the outcome of the war, I think we can agree that changes will happen, & I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they follow your descriptions.