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Re:Trump signals scrutiny of Google's ties with China after ... by ordinaryradical on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @03:15PM (#20453013)
Agreed. Thiel wasn't playing realpolitik at all. He is adamantly anti-democratic in his political views and appreciated Trump precisely because he lined up neatly with his corporatist-authoritarian views.

Thiel has unusual politics that don't fit neatly along the right-left spectrum and lucked into a candidate that matched them more closely than anyone who had come before.

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Re:Trump signals scrutiny of Google's ties with China after ... by moate on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @03:49PM (#20453268)
>>don't fit neatly along the right-left spectrum

That's because it's more of a grid. You have 2 axis: Authoritarian/Libertarian, Economic Left/Economic Right.

If you're looking at it as a line, all sorts of things "don't fit neatly".

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Re:Trump signals scrutiny of Google's ties with China after ... by Gibbon1 on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @03:47PM (#20453253)
It's 'interesting' that posts using that word get deleted.
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Re:Trump signals scrutiny of Google's ties with China after ... by dang on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:20AM (#20456425)
Users flagged the comment, no doubt because it was unsubstantive and written in the flamewar style. Even when a topic is as politicized and divisive as the current one, users are expected not to post like that. Would you (both) mind reviewing the site guideline and sticking to them when posting here?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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