Peter Thiel, and Palantir for that matter, can fuck right off. I believe, in fact, that [1] represents the general opinion of those in the UK for Peter Thiel and everything he stands for.

Apart from the current UK government, of course, who'd love to find one last remnant of public assets to sell off and make themselves a quick gain at the expense of everyone else. But given their absolute historic [2: sorry for the twitter-link] level of unpopularity right now, I'm quietly confident they'll be out of power soon, and then stay that way for a good long time.

[1]: https://img.ifunny.co/images/a7b1bd7e108b709f5250985ab200dac...

[2]: https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/161647328716017254...

Most of us are hoping the same for the Americans and their export of far right blathering idiots.

Peter Thiel's opinion of actual citizen's feelings on the NHS is gaslighting.

An ultra-capitalist billionaire doing PR and saying bollocks to a journo is not gaslighting. It's just bollocks. Stop misusing that word.

Have you heard the joke about gaslighting?

You've told me that joke already. Please stop.

No I haven't.

If not it is getting pretty close.

[ ] emotional abuse [x] false narrative [x] make people question their own judgement or perception

It's clearly a case of someone in power using their reach to manipulate public opinion. Anyway, I find the term of Stockholm Syndrome equally misused here. I was responding in-kind.

And who the hell cares what this pillock says about the NHS?

Canada is even worse I'd expect. We have a horrible healthcare system that explicitly disallows any other options, and people rave about the concept of it. This sounds like the same thing.

You always have private options. They will require payment and may require travel, but the option is there for those who can afford it. And if not, the public option is there, albeit slow and under-resourced.

... he says after screwing it all up with lobbying for excessive privatization.

If they had kept their hands off it it would be great. Like the public system in Spain still is, even after the budget cuts during the credit crisis.