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The most damning thing to me about this is that Peter Thiel is content to let YC take the flack for him. He knows he's damaging them; that partners are walking
by bonaldi 10y ago
The most damning thing to me about this is that Peter Thiel is content to let YC take the flack for him. He knows he's damaging them; that partners are walking away from YC, and it's down to him.
A decent person would walk away at that point, to save YC and take the heat on themselves.
He doesn't. Which makes it all the more odd that sama will still go to bat for someone he a) disagrees with and b) wouldn't do the same in return.
- inimino 10y agoHe should support the political ostracism by making it easier for everyone by ostracising himself? What an odd definition you must have of "decent".
- bonaldi 10y agoThe political ostracism has happened - people are already distancing themselves from him. It's a given here. I'm saying he should limit the damage of it to himself, rather than letting his friends be dragged down with him, yes. By forcing YC to stand with him, he has dragged them into his fight and undone a lot of their previous good work.
- inimino 10y agoSurely there are adversaries so fearsome that the noble thing is to cut ties and avoid collateral damage, but a mob of angry partisans on the internet shouldn't be one of them. To do that would mean giving up on civil political disagreement and sets a terrible precedent. I don't think any good work is being undone here but perhaps you could say some political capital is being spent defending the free and open exchange of ideas.