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sounds a little demagogue and vague. did he close the first paragraph by stating a belief in immortality? i can't even tell i got the first paragraph right...

• gragas 10y ago
  >sounds a little demagogue and vague It's almost as if you didn't even read his essay before commenting on it. Thiel explicitly states "Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible." How could you possibly interpret that as demagogic? He's specifically against tyranny by the masses.
  • gcb0 10y ago
    understood that part. then he moves to say, in the same phrase you quoted, that he also no longer believe in mortality. i did stop reading at around 60%... you are correct on that.
    • gragas 10y ago
      >understood that part. then he moves to say, in the same phrase you quoted, that he also no longer believe in mortality. Nowhere in that paragraph does he mention anything about mortality. "But I must confess that over the last two decades, I have changed radically on the question of how to achieve these goals. Most importantly, I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible. By tracing out the development of my thinking, I hope to frame some of the challenges faced by all classical liberals today."
      • rwbhn 10y ago
        Previous paragraph: "I stand against ... the ideology of the inevitability of the death of every individual"