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Peter Theil threw his weight and cash behind getting Trump into office, and joined his transition team once the election was won. As the article says he also he
by confounded 9y ago
Peter Theil threw his weight and cash behind getting Trump into office, and joined his transition team once the election was won. As the article says he also helped fill administration positions with right-wing Stanford/Clarium/Palantir pals like Trae Stephens. He founded and is the majority shareholder in Palantir.
- jonnybgood 9y agoPalantir was popular in the intelligence community long before Trump.
- confounded 9y agoIndeed. I imagine they’re about to get a lot more popular though.
- xiphias 9y agoWhich means he has at least 500x ROI on the $1M campaign doation. Quite good return in 1-2 years.
- dominotw 9y agoSo only acceptable option here is to ban Plantir and Theil companies from govt contracts?
- noobermin 9y agoYes. Your political connections should not give you advantages in garnering government money.
- dominotw 9y agoThat makes no sense. Wouldn't that be like punishing Theil for supporting a political candidate? This fundamental right should be taken away from ppl who have companies that could apply for govt contracts. Even if assume that this contract was awarded due to corruption. Wouldn't that also mean we have no way to control corruption and hold ppl accountable so we resort to absurd policies like banning ppl from their free speech rights.
- confounded 9y agoDo you really believe that money is speech?
- dominotw 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley_v._Valeo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley_v._Valeo