The Techcrunch article is framing it as an "escape hatch," but offers no evidence that Thiel actually purchased it for that reason. He may have purchased the N

The Techcrunch article is framing it as an "escape hatch," but offers no evidence that Thiel actually purchased it for that reason. He may have purchased the NZ citizenship for tax purposes, or so he could buy this "sensitive land." Neither of which are going to win him a Humanitarian Of The Year award, but neither do they indicate that he foresees or is trying to bring about an economic catastrophe in the United States.