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Re:New Zealand Is ‘the Future,’ Peter Thiel Said in His Push... by azernik on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @09:17AM (#13540836)
In certain circles, New Zealand citizenship is seen as a rich survivalist's hedge against the collapse of American society [1]. Especially given that he's gotten this citizenship and is not intending to live there (and doesn't even travel there often enough to go through his naturalization ceremony in-country), that is the most likely motivation. And given that this is just after Thiel so enthusiastically helped Trump get elected, it's easy to see this as voter's remorse, even though Thiel started this process long before Trump was running (in fact, even before Obama was running in 2008).

[1] http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-f...

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Re:New Zealand Is ‘the Future,’ Peter Thiel Said in His Push... by humanrebar on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @09:22AM (#13540880)
So Thiel supported Trump and isn't a jingoist, at least not a traditional one. I guess that's interesting but not front page material for a thoughtful community.

It's clearly a response to his thoughts on the recent immigration order. But it's a long-form logical fallacy.

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Re:New Zealand Is ‘the Future,’ Peter Thiel Said in His Push... by rev_null on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @09:33AM (#13540962)
Thiel made the mistake of taking Trump seriously when he should have been taking him literally.
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Re:New Zealand Is ‘the Future,’ Peter Thiel Said in His Push... by fighttf on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @10:43AM (#13541522)
Mmmm... I think thiel knew exactly what he was getting with trump. Let's not make excuses for the guy
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Re:New Zealand Is ‘the Future,’ Peter Thiel Said in His Push... by rev_null on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @12:38PM (#13542872)
I meant it as a half-joking inverse of Thiel's claim pre-election that the media takes Trump literally but not seriously [1]. It's very clear now that much of what Trump said was literal.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/10/...

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