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Re:Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump by _yvjs on Sunday October 16, 2016 @12:42AM (#12716982)
Has Thiel described himself as "libertarian" recently? Even if he has, I'm not sure he means it in the same sense as the general population.

I like Samuel Hammond's analysis. His shorthand for Thiel's political philosophy is "corporate feudalism":

https://medium.com/@hamandcheese/why-peter-thiels-endorsemen...

https://medium.com/soapbox-dc/peter-thiels-plan-to-become-ce...

Strange to be investing this late in the race though.

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Re:Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump by Senji on Sunday October 16, 2016 @04:46AM (#12717675)
Neoreactionary(NRx). Dark Enlightenment.
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Re:Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump by abcampbell on Sunday October 16, 2016 @06:56AM (#12718043)
Why doesn't someone just ask him why he's giving the money.

He's participating the democratic process, would be interested to hear his rationale rather than a bunch of speculations about what he may or may not believe.

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Re:Peter Thiel to Donate $1.25M in Support of Donald Trump by Sacho on Sunday October 16, 2016 @10:40AM (#12718783)
You don't need to ask him - he already gave a speech at the RNC endorsing Trump.
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