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Thiel is like a super villain straight from a comic. His own republic somewhere in the ocean, his blood boys, his disdain for democracy, where does this end?
by siva7 4y ago
Thiel is like a super villain straight from a comic. His own republic somewhere in the ocean, his blood boys, his disdain for democracy, where does this end?
- dools 4y agoAll economic libertarians are super villains, but think that they're champions of freedom. What's interesting is that, imho, the entire concept of "super heroes" is actually fraught with libertarian ideology. In super hero narratives you have super powerful individuals battling each other, with incompetent governments unable to intervene to keep anyone safe.
- rayiner 4y agoSocial libertarians are villains too. Both are antisocial, just in different ways. Society decides your role in it and what you owe it and how you can work for its benefit.
- dools 4y agoIn as much as "left-libertarianism" is a vehicle for anarchism, I agree with you. In practise I find most left-libertarians actually just want liberty from puritanical or religious morality, and/or "nanny state" restrictions. For most left libertarians (in practice), if you let them smoke weed and ride a bike without a helmet, they're good. The problem is that left libertarians are captured by economic libertarians who pitch their policies as anti-authoritarian, but who are actually fascists.
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- andsoitis 4y ago> his blood boys The desire to use blood transfusions from the young for life extension is very old. The Ancient Greeks and Leonardo da Vinci wanted to do it too.
- Sporktacular 4y agoAnd so..?
- djohnston 4y agoI mean what's wrong with it? There's nothing morally off pursuing medical benefits of these transfusions with consenting donors.
- adamors 4y agoPeople who consent to this are in a vulnerable position usually, exploiting someone like that is rather unethical.
- djohnston 4y agoHard disagree. There are plenty of people in bad positions that need to do things that they would rather not. At one level it's having a job in the first place. I don't consider their consent to be unethical, it is the best choice they can make in the current situation, and the person asking for blood did not craft the entire situation.
- ramraj07 4y agoSure nothing wrong, but why would you get offended if they call him blood boy man? Doesn’t seem to have any connotations, literally a factual statement (assuming it really is true he uses or used blood boys).
- andsoitis 4y agoIt’s a slur that is rooted in puritanical values and I have an aversion to close mindedness.
- m0llusk 4y agoSeasteading predates Thiel and if anything Thiel's embrace disrupted progress. Stop using Thiel as an excuse to smear whatever he touched.