“but the connection to Trump seems contrived.”
You really didn’t notice all the silicon valley technocrats sucking themselves up to Trump? They are absolutely going to try and enslave the world with tech and use Trump to help do it.
Do you really think that Trump put everything on the line to enslave us? He could have stood on the sidelines & watched that reality which has been playing out for decades. Or do you perhaps believe that Trump is really the anti-Christ?
I think that this article is targeted for people like you who seem to wobble at the slightest breeze blown in their direction.