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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ANECDOTE

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.
ANECDOTE

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.
INSIGHT

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.
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