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Re:Peter Thiel hires disgraced ex-Austrian chancellor Sebast... by throwawaylinux on Friday December 31, 2021 @02:07AM (#29745719)
Bringing it back on topic yet again: if you agree Thiel is a libertarian and the fact he supports Republicans is not evidence he isn't one then we don't need to say any more here.
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Re:Peter Thiel hires disgraced ex-Austrian chancellor Sebast... by skinnymuch on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:02AM (#29747246)
This is the main topic I cared about the entire time. Thiel isn’t libertarian except as he says he is one.

The other poster has made a good reply. I posted about Thiel being a conservative Republican [now] in another nested thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29747080

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Re:Peter Thiel hires disgraced ex-Austrian chancellor Sebast... by Talanes on Friday December 31, 2021 @05:27AM (#29746624)
He supported a dude whose platform was mostly right-leaning populism. If he was just supporting Republicans because they were the closest to Libertarian ideals, why would support the dude driving the party away from Libertarian ideals?
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Re:Peter Thiel hires disgraced ex-Austrian chancellor Sebast... by skinnymuch on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:05AM (#29747257)
And continue supporting the person. I checked Thiel headlines. He’s working with Don Jr now against Liz Cheney for a Trump approved replacement. This is just recent headlines too.

Thanks for your insightful comments

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Re:Peter Thiel hires disgraced ex-Austrian chancellor Sebast... by throwawaylinux on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:16AM (#29747343)
Why? Presumably because he preferred that to the alternatives, none of which were obviously more libertarian -- pathetic old neoliberal dinosaur warmongers Clinton and Bush!
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