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This is just idle speculation but it has occurred to me that Thiel may be in the "burn it down" camp. He's rich enough to probably make it through a bit of dep
by biztos 10y ago
This is just idle speculation but it has occurred to me that Thiel may be in the "burn it down" camp. He's rich enough to probably make it through a bit of depression, anarchy and/or world war unscathed, and maybe reckless enough to yearn for that show.
- cmurf 10y agoIt's completely reasonable to be troubled by the lack of a repudiation, even if it's not appropriate to deduce motive. I don't think it's reasonable that he wait a week or two to state disagreement with such a complete departure from this norm. Thiel stuck his neck out, on stage, at the RNC. Today Trump is saying he'll accept the outcome if he wins. That is not the same thing as presuming a fair election, and complete willingness to concede if he's the loser. The language proposes, ipso facto the election is not fair, if he does not win. I do think Democrats can overstate their position by suggesting its so easy to challenge electoral outcome legitimacy with one candidate's bullshit rhetoric, however. For all its warts, the president is not directly elected, it's the electoral college that certifies the winner on Dec 19.