Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by etrautmann on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:42PM
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from the article: "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible. "
Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by imron on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:55PM
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Did you look at his reasoning for saying that?
Are you able to make an argument disagreeing with those reasons or would you prefer to just cherry pick quotes to present a narrative that confirms your world view?
> Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians — have rendered the notion of “capitalist democracy” into an oxymoron.
Source: https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/educatio...
In the context, I believe he's claiming that women voting resulted in a distancing from libertarian values, which he disagrees with ideologically. There's a significant difference between that and claiming that "giving women the vote was a bad thing."