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> It's interesting that Peter Thiel's preferred mythology (bootstrappy problem-solver with an industrious spirit) has become canon even among skeptics. Peter T
by arinlen 4y ago
> It's interesting that Peter Thiel's preferred mythology (bootstrappy problem-solver with an industrious spirit) has become canon even among skeptics.
Peter Thiel's mythology revolves around the idea that all of society's problema are solved by industrious individuals, much like himself, instead of the state.
And now we see the likes of a Peter Thiel not only robbing the state of the means to actually do the job he's whining they should do, but also doing absolutely zero to do anything about the problem.
It's not a mythology. It's entitlement, hypocrisy, cinicism, and rationalized greed.
- blep_ 4y agoMythology, but in the Greek sense, where all the (gods|rich people) are actually terrible people, but you have to play along or your life will get worse, and we spin all failures to do so as personal failings.
- __derek__ 4y agoMy comment's target was the mythology about Thiel's origin story.