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The entire Peter Thiel situation has taught me that the tech industry, like the mainstream media, is so corrupt, that they have no problem colluding against som

The entire Peter Thiel situation has taught me that the tech industry, like the mainstream media, is so corrupt, that they have no problem colluding against someone that disagrees with their political views. Just remember: You might be the victim getting your livelihood taken away someday..all because of your differing political views.

CalChris 10y ago
Thiel is hardly a victim nor is the tech industry colluding against that particular tech billionaire. We regret the confusion.
- chinese_dan 10y ago
  "tech industry colluding against that particular tech billionaire." No confusion here. Multiple groups are colluding against him (and so is the media) because they don't like his political views.
  - astrodust 10y ago
    His list of enemies keeps growing with each thing he meddles with.
bobsil1 10y ago
Come now, Trump isn't about "small government," and this isn't about "differing political views." It's an attack on the system of gov't itself, women, minorities. In pure biz terms, Thiel's actions are dumb: ML/AI experts are dominated by the foreign-born.
- chinese_dan 10y ago
  "It's an attack on the system of gov't itself, women, minorities." The Clinton's have attacked more women than Trump. I also don't see how Trump has attacked 'minorities'. Wikileaks has shown us just how corrupt our government has become...and the media continues to cover it up and deflect. Illegal immigrants violating our current laws by being here. This is nothing new. You always have a chance of getting deported if you don't go through the proper channels to become a citizen. Most of the 'foreign-born' as you call it came to this country legally and through the proper channels. Trump has said this from the beginning. He wants to make it easier for people to come here legally. I remember his first speech about Mexico and 'the wall'. He only mentioned illegal immigration and the press ran with it and left out the illegal part. The people that didn't see the speech believed it. The tech industry loves all of immigration because they can hire engineers and other employees at a much lower salary than Americans. The employees get stuck into an essential slave contract because it's very difficult to move to another company while on an H1B visa. Hillary is more of the same corruption, wasted tax dollars, and making back-room deals with billionaires and Wallstreet. The government system needs to be attacked, because it's not doing anything in the best interest of its citizens.
  - bobsil1 10y ago
    That is a perfectly valid argument for a fictional candidate. Trump's campaign is run by a white supremacist and repeatedly RT's neo-nazis. We should marginalize extremists with the national equivalent of hellbanning.
    - chinese_dan 10y ago
      "Trump's campaign is run by a white supremacist and repeatedly RT's neo-nazis" The Clinton campaign is run by a bunch of Fascists and she is friends with the likes of Bill Ayers (someone who actually used explosives to harm innocent people). If the company you keep represents the person, both Obama and Hillary are pretty terrible people. I've never seen Trump re-tweet anything remotely related to neo-nazis...only fake bullshit copied by dummies on Social media.
    - theorique 10y ago
      Trump's campaign is run by a white supremacist (CITATION NEEEDED)
      - cmurf 10y ago
        Stephen Bannon is Trump campaign CEO. He runs Breitbart.com, which the Southern Poverty Law Center considers a racist organization. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/04/28/breitbartcom-becoming-media-arm-alt-right https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/04/28/breitbartcom-... http://inthesetimes.com/article/19417/trumps-new-campaign-ceos-website-wants-to-introduce-you-to-the-alt-right http://inthesetimes.com/article/19417/trumps-new-campaign-ce... http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/stephen-bannon-donald-trump-alt-right-breitbart-news http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/stephen-bannon-d...
Nokinside 10y ago
Here is my counterargument. It would be unethical to team publicly against average person, based on his opinions, but Thiel is not a average person. Large amounts of money change the status of a person. Money and political power are largely interchangeable. Thiel is billionaire and his status and influence is closer to major politician, large company or small state than average joe. Thiel has demonstrated that he is willing to use his money to attack against others he don't like, so I think he should be able to take some blowback. Hie livelihood is not in a stake.
- chinese_dan 10y ago
  This sort of mentality is sounding more and more like Germany in the 1930s. You have money? You can be treated as less than a human.
  - Nokinside 10y ago
    >This sort of mentality is sounding more and more like Germany in the 1930s. This is accepted principle in liberal democracies. Public Officials and figures get less protection than common man.
    - dreta 10y ago
      Sure, whatever helps you justify crucifying a person for their views.
    - chinese_dan 10y ago
      "Officials and figures get less protection than common man." This is an accepted principle in evil authoritarian countries, not liberal democracies. Everyone should have the same rights, regardless of wealth or status. This is just an excuse, so you can make yourself feel better at night for treating someone as less than human.
digler999 10y ago
Just remember: your "livelihood" should never include shaming people for their sexual orientation or exhibiting surreptitiously recorded videos of other people having sex.

CalChris 10y ago

Thiel is hardly a victim nor is the tech industry colluding against that particular tech billionaire. We regret the confusion.

chinese_dan 10y ago
"tech industry colluding against that particular tech billionaire." No confusion here. Multiple groups are colluding against him (and so is the media) because they don't like his political views.
- astrodust 10y ago
  His list of enemies keeps growing with each thing he meddles with.

bobsil1 10y ago

Come now, Trump isn't about "small government," and this isn't about "differing political views." It's an attack on the system of gov't itself, women, minorities. In pure biz terms, Thiel's actions are dumb: ML/AI experts are dominated by the foreign-born.

chinese_dan 10y ago
"It's an attack on the system of gov't itself, women, minorities." The Clinton's have attacked more women than Trump. I also don't see how Trump has attacked 'minorities'. Wikileaks has shown us just how corrupt our government has become...and the media continues to cover it up and deflect. Illegal immigrants violating our current laws by being here. This is nothing new. You always have a chance of getting deported if you don't go through the proper channels to become a citizen. Most of the 'foreign-born' as you call it came to this country legally and through the proper channels. Trump has said this from the beginning. He wants to make it easier for people to come here legally. I remember his first speech about Mexico and 'the wall'. He only mentioned illegal immigration and the press ran with it and left out the illegal part. The people that didn't see the speech believed it. The tech industry loves all of immigration because they can hire engineers and other employees at a much lower salary than Americans. The employees get stuck into an essential slave contract because it's very difficult to move to another company while on an H1B visa. Hillary is more of the same corruption, wasted tax dollars, and making back-room deals with billionaires and Wallstreet. The government system needs to be attacked, because it's not doing anything in the best interest of its citizens.
- bobsil1 10y ago
  That is a perfectly valid argument for a fictional candidate. Trump's campaign is run by a white supremacist and repeatedly RT's neo-nazis. We should marginalize extremists with the national equivalent of hellbanning.
  - chinese_dan 10y ago
    "Trump's campaign is run by a white supremacist and repeatedly RT's neo-nazis" The Clinton campaign is run by a bunch of Fascists and she is friends with the likes of Bill Ayers (someone who actually used explosives to harm innocent people). If the company you keep represents the person, both Obama and Hillary are pretty terrible people. I've never seen Trump re-tweet anything remotely related to neo-nazis...only fake bullshit copied by dummies on Social media.
  - theorique 10y ago
    Trump's campaign is run by a white supremacist (CITATION NEEEDED)
    - cmurf 10y ago
      Stephen Bannon is Trump campaign CEO. He runs Breitbart.com, which the Southern Poverty Law Center considers a racist organization. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/04/28/breitbartcom-becoming-media-arm-alt-right https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/04/28/breitbartcom-... http://inthesetimes.com/article/19417/trumps-new-campaign-ceos-website-wants-to-introduce-you-to-the-alt-right http://inthesetimes.com/article/19417/trumps-new-campaign-ce... http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/stephen-bannon-donald-trump-alt-right-breitbart-news http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/stephen-bannon-d...

Nokinside 10y ago

Here is my counterargument. It would be unethical to team publicly against average person, based on his opinions, but Thiel is not a average person. Large amounts of money change the status of a person. Money and political power are largely interchangeable. Thiel is billionaire and his status and influence is closer to major politician, large company or small state than average joe. Thiel has demonstrated that he is willing to use his money to attack against others he don't like, so I think he should be able to take some blowback. Hie livelihood is not in a stake.

chinese_dan 10y ago
This sort of mentality is sounding more and more like Germany in the 1930s. You have money? You can be treated as less than a human.
- Nokinside 10y ago
  >This sort of mentality is sounding more and more like Germany in the 1930s. This is accepted principle in liberal democracies. Public Officials and figures get less protection than common man.
  - dreta 10y ago
    Sure, whatever helps you justify crucifying a person for their views.
  - chinese_dan 10y ago
    "Officials and figures get less protection than common man." This is an accepted principle in evil authoritarian countries, not liberal democracies. Everyone should have the same rights, regardless of wealth or status. This is just an excuse, so you can make yourself feel better at night for treating someone as less than human.

digler999 10y ago

Just remember: your "livelihood" should never include shaming people for their sexual orientation or exhibiting surreptitiously recorded videos of other people having sex.