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In certain circles, New Zealand citizenship is seen as a rich survivalist's hedge against the collapse of American society [1]. Especially given that he's gotte
by azernik 10y ago
In certain circles, New Zealand citizenship is seen as a rich survivalist's hedge against the collapse of American society [1]. Especially given that he's gotten this citizenship and is not intending to live there (and doesn't even travel there often enough to go through his naturalization ceremony in-country), that is the most likely motivation. And given that this is just after Thiel so enthusiastically helped Trump get elected, it's easy to see this as voter's remorse, even though Thiel started this process long before Trump was running (in fact, even before Obama was running in 2008).
[1] http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-f...
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- humanrebar 10y agoSo Thiel supported Trump and isn't a jingoist, at least not a traditional one. I guess that's interesting but not front page material for a thoughtful community. It's clearly a response to his thoughts on the recent immigration order. But it's a long-form logical fallacy.
- rev_null 10y agoThiel made the mistake of taking Trump seriously when he should have been taking him literally.
- fighttf 10y agoMmmm... I think thiel knew exactly what he was getting with trump. Let's not make excuses for the guy
- rev_null 10y agoI meant it as a half-joking inverse of Thiel's claim pre-election that the media takes Trump literally but not seriously [1]. It's very clear now that much of what Trump said was literal. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/10/31/peter-thiels-media-critique-reporters-take-trumps-statements-literally-but-not-seriously/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/10/...