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Apparently they dont believe him to be a big enough threat to cut ties with Thiel for supporting him. Make of that what you want.
by ThomPete 10y ago
Apparently they dont believe him to be a big enough threat to cut ties with Thiel for supporting him. Make of that what you want.
- tptacek 10y agoThank you. This perception is exactly why we keep telling Sam Altman and Paul Graham that they need to reconsider their stance on Peter Thiel.
- ThomPete 10y agoBut that's in support of my point that perhaps they don't mean it the way you want them to not yours that they really believe that Trump is a threat to democracy.
- edanm 10y agoYou can decide to read what Sam Altman says and say "but maybe he doesn't really mean it", but that's a bit of a stretch. Just read their actual thoughts on the subject. tptacek is not misrepresenting what they are saying. From Altman: "His racist, isolationist policies would divide our country, and American innovation would suffer. But the man himself is even more dangerous than his policies. He's erratic, abusive, and prone to fits of rage. He represents a real threat to the safety of women, minorities, and immigrants, and I believe this reason alone more than disqualifies him to be president. [...] Trump shows little respect for the Constitution, the Republic, or for human decency, and I fear for national security if he becomes our president."
- ThomPete 10y agoI am not saying he doesn't mean it, simply that he doesn't mean it enough (it would also be an absurd claim to compare Trump with Musolini) to do anything about it.