Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU

Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by seppin on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:39PM (#13554941)

I think people vastly overestimate how much ideology matters once you get past a certain net worth. At that point, they're all in it for the same reasons

cue the picture of the Clintons laughing at Trump's wedding

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by pavlov on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:51PM (#13555077)

I think people vastly underestimate how many rich people still have other values in their life than money.

Look at Bill Gates. In the '90s, most of the tech industry viewed him as the stereotypical greedy monopolist, a robber baron of software. 20 years later, he has done more to help mankind than almost any billionaire ever. The picture is not black and white, but a continuum of shades.

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by a_j_c on Thursday February 02, 2017 @04:51PM (#13555064)

Yeah...But don't tell the party loyalists on either side about it.

Dem pundit: "It's the uneducated white cis male patriarchy that wants the south to rise again..."

GOP pundit: "Those minority transgender liberals want to take your guns and religion..."

Oligarchy: smiles

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Re:Peter Thiel won’t be involved in YC’s work with the ACLU by r00fus on Thursday February 02, 2017 @06:23PM (#13555992)

This is why Sanders wasn't so enamored about fighting the GOP. He was in it to fight their funders.

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