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Palladium is a Thiel-backed rightwing propaganda outlet that insists it's "non partisan". It's a shame to see t shared here
by ahoy 4y ago
Palladium is a Thiel-backed rightwing propaganda outlet that insists it's "non partisan". It's a shame to see t shared here
- woodruffw 4y agoExactly. It's also particularly concerning to see them increasingly adopt the esoteric, syncretic style of reactionary writing.
- mechanical_bear 4y agoI disagree. I also think there is more value in debating the message rather than the outlet.
- fleetwoodsnack 4y agoThere’s nothing lost knowing more about a source of information. In most disciplines it’s actually a necessary step in interpreting text.
- Barrin92 4y ago>Thiel-backed I think that's in fact a reason why, and even the article itself is aware of this, these subcultures and the commentary on it seem so banal in real life. In reality it's more or less an economic grift to get funded by ideologically motivated venture capitalists, and everything centers around this. In Germany we call it "Hofberichterstattung". something like royal court reporting.
- batman-farts 4y agoI did not know, but am not surprised, that Palladium takes Thiel funding. That greatly clarifies this article’s purpose for me. It seemed odd to see another think piece about the NFT trend when it has already largely burned itself out, but Davis here is acting as something of a “party whip” for Thiel’s nascent political movement. The message of the article is much more aimed at the people being described in the article than it is at you or I: be less like these insipid Twitter personalities, be more like JD Vance and Blake Masters.
- s5300 4y agoSorry if I’ve misinterpreted something you’ve stated - but as somebody from the “area”, I just wanted to mention JD Vance is an astroturfed loser in the most major way & absolutely nobody should aspire to be like him. Like, I’m pretty sure I’m from the poorest district in the state/area. Vance is a fucking loser any of the even mildly intelligent around despise.
- Sebguer 4y agoI think the person you are responding to's point isn't that these are people to look up to, but it's how Peter Thiel would prefer people acted. Thiel was a major sponsor of Vance's campaign.
- lupire 4y agoParent was agreeing with you directionally, but with less trashy rhetoric. Vance and Masters are Thiel proteges.
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