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Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming by mark_l_watson on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:17PM (#12131230)
+1 good comment! I read Thiel's Zero to One book twice, and you might have nailed the reason.

BTW, off topic, but this campaign is crazy. I don't like either Clinton or Trump, and have mentioned to friends and family that I will leave the presidential part of the ballot in November blank or vote for Jill Stein. It just seems wrong to me to vote for someone I simply don't like. For this honesty, I have several friends who are all over my case for 'wasting my vote.'

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Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming by Miner49er on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @04:05PM (#12132014)
Your vote actually counts for more, at least in non-swing states. If Stein gets 5% of the popular vote (not electoral collage) the Green party gets funding next election and more recognition as a party. It's the first step to ending the two party system. You're right to vote who you like best, not who you think actually has a chance to win.
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Re:Peter Thiel’s Embrace of Trump Has Silicon Valley Squirming by tlrobinson on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:42PM (#12131419)
If you really want to upset your unprincipled friends tell them you're going to write in "Giant Meteor" https://twitter.com/votegiantmeteor
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