Re:Peter Thiel Pledges to Support Trump’s 2020 Campaign
by notfromhere on Friday November 02, 2018 @11:43AM
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Peter Thiel is no fan of democracy, so I'm not surprised he's cozying up to the Trump administration
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Re:Peter Thiel Pledges to Support Trump’s 2020 Campaign
by selfselfself on Friday November 02, 2018 @11:47AM
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Interesting. Any proof that he's not a fan of democracy?
Re:Peter Thiel Pledges to Support Trump’s 2020 Campaign
by burkaman on Friday November 02, 2018 @11:52AM
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https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/educatio...
> Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.
Re:Peter Thiel Pledges to Support Trump’s 2020 Campaign
by village-idiot on Friday November 02, 2018 @11:55AM
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> I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible
From the article linked below.
Honestly, reading that over, his political ideology is a hot mess of inconsistency. I'm not exactly sure what the hell Peter Thiel stands for, other than his own pocket book.
https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/educatio...
Re:Peter Thiel Pledges to Support Trump’s 2020 Campaign
by rchaud on Friday November 02, 2018 @12:05PM
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> his political ideology is a hot mess of inconsistency
That's what happens when you treat "libertarianism" as the immutable word of God. Doesn't translate to the way human society works.
Re:Peter Thiel Pledges to Support Trump’s 2020 Campaign
by village-idiot on Friday November 02, 2018 @10:17PM
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I think the funniest thing is this idea that you can escape to space or wherever and enjoy a free society, as if all the problems didn’t come from humans in the first place.
Re:Peter Thiel Pledges to Support Trump’s 2020 Campaign
by thrower123 on Friday November 02, 2018 @12:09PM
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If you are smarter or harder working than the schlub on the street, it is hard not to think that democracy gives too much power to those useless dubs.