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Re:Peter Thiel only spent 12 days in NZ before being granted... by m12k on Thursday June 29, 2017 @02:40AM (#14661245)
If his monetary support helps to get a figure similar to Trump elected in NZ then he'd have done way more damage than good for the country. Whatever your stance on his politics, his election has done immense damage to the image of the US in the rest of the world.

Edit: Wow, my first negative score comment. Could some of the people silently downvoting please specify whether they think my comment is factually incorrect or non-pertinent?

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Re:Peter Thiel only spent 12 days in NZ before being granted... by chillingeffect on Thursday June 29, 2017 @02:45AM (#14661265)
I back you up. There's more than just a dollar figure to these subjective decisions.

E.g. Seychelles islands grants immunity to misdemeanors for a $2 million fee. But how can a society function with the rule of law suspended for the wealthy?

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Re:Peter Thiel only spent 12 days in NZ before being granted... by godzillabrennus on Thursday June 29, 2017 @02:52AM (#14661290)
It only does so temporarily before people revolt.
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Re:Peter Thiel only spent 12 days in NZ before being granted... by flukus on Thursday June 29, 2017 @02:44AM (#14661259)
In NZ the conservative party makes the US democrats look like a far right party. It's hard to see a Trump emerging in a landscape like that.
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Re:Peter Thiel only spent 12 days in NZ before being granted... by censoredforlife on Thursday June 29, 2017 @02:59AM (#14661324)
Untrue - just look at their punitive drug laws for e.g.. Aus and NZ are nanny states. Maybe Thiel's libertarian influence would be good for the country.
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