
Geopolitics & Empire Bryan McClain: On the Brink of Skynet, 1984, & Full Out Technocracy
Feb 11, 2026
Bryan McClain, founder of Alternate Current Radio and former Naval Postgraduate School liaison with a computer science background. He traces tech origins to WikiLeaks and dives into technocracy, psyops, AI militarization, cloud-dependent edge devices, digital IDs and economic control. Short, punchy takes on surveillance, media co-option, and strategies to resist and document creeping centralized power.
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Inside A Military Tech Lab
- Bryan McClain worked 16 years at the Naval Postgraduate School liaising between academics and the military-industrial complex.
- He saw bleeding-edge tech and classified projects that shaped his skepticism about government secrecy.
Blocked From WikiLeaks Sparked A Shift
- Bryan got a base-wide ban notice for WikiLeaks and immediately visited the site at home out of curiosity.
- That and watching Zeitgeist triggered his deep dive into geopolitics and conspiracy research.
Technocracy Is The Core Project
- McClain sees technocracy as a coordinated erosion of liberties using AI and surveillance.
- He frames current events as psychological operations to distract from systemic control.




