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Interesting article. I get why Thiel would be of interest to a small nation, but it's interesting to me the stigma he has in the US, especially among the tech c
by aaron-lebo 9y ago
Interesting article. I get why Thiel would be of interest to a small nation, but it's interesting to me the stigma he has in the US, especially among the tech community.
Even the title is invoking Citizen Kane which is not alltogether flattering. You compare him to Musk or Bezos (who are darlings) and he's not that different and probably has a smaller impact among the three. Bezos is actually owning his own newspaper now, he continues to gobble up industries, he's got god knows how many houses spread around. Musk has been taking government money and overpromising and delaying projects for two decades now.
They're all from the same wave of tech, similar connections (Musk and Thiel doubly and obviously so), but Musk is Tony Stark, Bezos is Swole Bezos and in this article Thiel is described as a Bond villain. Are they really that different?
Is the politics where the dislike comes from, or is it something else?
- davesque 9y agoIs that a serious question? You're genuinely wondering why a man who expressed support for one of the most antithetical figures to the values expressed by the tech community is generally disliked by the tech community? Thiel claims to hold libertarian opinions, but how do you square that with fascism?
- aaron-lebo 9y agoYes? The tech community expresses lots of contradictory values and actions. I don't think that tech people should value monopolizing and proprietary companies but they do. The tech industry is contradictory, like Thiel. That's why I asked.