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Re:Peter Thiel Pledges to Support Trump’s 2020 Campaign by village-idiot on Friday November 02, 2018 @11:55AM (#18363964)
> 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...

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Re:Peter Thiel Pledges to Support Trump’s 2020 Campaign by rchaud on Friday November 02, 2018 @12:05PM (#18364071)
> 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.

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Re:Peter Thiel Pledges to Support Trump’s 2020 Campaign by village-idiot on Friday November 02, 2018 @10:17PM (#18368285)
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.
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