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If you needed another reminder that Thiel delights in and financially backs despotic authoritarianism, here it is. His vision for our country's future is Russia

If you needed another reminder that Thiel delights in and financially backs despotic authoritarianism, here it is. His vision for our country's future is Russia today.

atlantas 5y ago
How is backing a permissive free speech focused video hosting site authoritarianism? Authoritarians lock down and control speech. You have it completely backwards. Putin, for example, does not support anything remotely like Rumble. It's the opposite of what he supports.
etangent 5y ago
Insane take, especially considering that over the past 10 years we have observed a steady creep of authoritarianism here in the West.
- scrollbar 5y ago
  A steady creep spearheaded by him and his closest allies?
  - TruthIsHeresy 5y ago
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  - sudden_dystopia 5y ago
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- 1270018080 5y ago
  Exactly?
- Miner49er 5y ago
  Thiel is very openly not a fan of democracy.
  - etangent 5y ago
    Well, neither am I, considering that the Western governments have been using the term "democracy" to launder a specific flavor of apparatchik authoritarianism.
danans 5y ago
> His vision for our country's future is Russia today. While I agree, I have to say it takes some skill to end such a dark and realistic assessment with a pun!
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