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Re:Peter Thiel on the Global Economy, Technology, Artificial... by qrendel on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @07:54AM (#11760765)
>... nevertheless his endorsement is worth discussing. It's obvious that trump is more aligned with his world view of a more risk taking, long-term planning and less people-pleasing leadership.

Given some of Thiel's views and statements on politics (and without necessarily making a value judgment on those views), I'd honestly put more money on his just wanting to hurt the functioning and credibility of the US government as much as possible by seeing Trump elected.

At least one source[1] reports it as: "'Peter has become an increasing admirer of Trump's public attacks on political correctness, especially what he has been saying about women,' says a close friend of Thiel...."

[1]https://heatst.com/politics/the-real-reasons-peter-thiel-has...

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Re:Peter Thiel on the Global Economy, Technology, Artificial... by return0 on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @10:29AM (#11761793)
It's certainly a possibility. But what if political correctness is indeed becoming problematic. For example political correctness is often limited to "what he has been saying about women", even though in america racism is visibly more prevalent than sexism. In the end, i may not agree with the positions, but he doesnt sound like a fundamentalist who is not open to debate. Certainly people with contrarian views are not "not welcome".
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