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Peter Thiel Says British Affection for NHS Is Stockholm Syndrome

20 points by freebee56 4y ago

readonthegoapp 4y ago
https://archive.ph/hLvTW https://archive.ph/hLvTW
spacedcowboy 4y ago
Peter Thiel, and Palantir for that matter, can fuck right off. I believe, in fact, that [1] represents the general opinion of those in the UK for Peter Thiel and everything he stands for. Apart from the current UK government, of course, who'd love to find one last remnant of public assets to sell off and make themselves a quick gain at the expense of everyone else. But given their absolute historic [2: sorry for the twitter-link] level of unpopularity right now, I'm quietly confident they'll be out of power soon, and then stay that way for a good long time. [1]: https://img.ifunny.co/images/a7b1bd7e108b709f5250985ab200dac1a617c23477f05360a8a98ebff8b43dc0_1.jpg https://img.ifunny.co/images/a7b1bd7e108b709f5250985ab200dac... [2]: https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1616473287160172545?t=wFMFoiJkRPtsZcBkhUe3Og& https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/161647328716017254...
- cyanydeez 4y ago
  Most of us are hoping the same for the Americans and their export of far right blathering idiots.
epakai 4y ago
Peter Thiel's opinion of actual citizen's feelings on the NHS is gaslighting.
- sph 4y ago
  An ultra-capitalist billionaire doing PR and saying bollocks to a journo is not gaslighting. It's just bollocks. Stop misusing that word.
  - TheAtomic 4y ago
    Have you heard the joke about gaslighting?
    - sph 4y ago
      You've told me that joke already. Please stop.
      - TheAtomic 4y ago
        No I haven't.
  - epakai 4y ago
    If not it is getting pretty close. [ ] emotional abuse [x] false narrative [x] make people question their own judgement or perception It's clearly a case of someone in power using their reach to manipulate public opinion. Anyway, I find the term of Stockholm Syndrome equally misused here. I was responding in-kind.
sph 4y ago
And who the hell cares what this pillock says about the NHS?
version_five 4y ago
Canada is even worse I'd expect. We have a horrible healthcare system that explicitly disallows any other options, and people rave about the concept of it. This sounds like the same thing.
- moistly 4y ago
  You always have private options. They will require payment and may require travel, but the option is there for those who can afford it. And if not, the public option is there, albeit slow and under-resourced.
wkat4242 4y ago
... he says after screwing it all up with lobbying for excessive privatization. If they had kept their hands off it it would be great. Like the public system in Spain still is, even after the budget cuts during the credit crisis.

20 points by freebee56 4y ago

https://archive.ph/hLvTW https://archive.ph/hLvTW

Peter Thiel, and Palantir for that matter, can fuck right off. I believe, in fact, that [1] represents the general opinion of those in the UK for Peter Thiel and everything he stands for. Apart from the current UK government, of course, who'd love to find one last remnant of public assets to sell off and make themselves a quick gain at the expense of everyone else. But given their absolute historic [2: sorry for the twitter-link] level of unpopularity right now, I'm quietly confident they'll be out of power soon, and then stay that way for a good long time. [1]: https://img.ifunny.co/images/a7b1bd7e108b709f5250985ab200dac1a617c23477f05360a8a98ebff8b43dc0_1.jpg https://img.ifunny.co/images/a7b1bd7e108b709f5250985ab200dac... [2]: https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1616473287160172545?t=wFMFoiJkRPtsZcBkhUe3Og& https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/161647328716017254...

cyanydeez 4y ago
Most of us are hoping the same for the Americans and their export of far right blathering idiots.

epakai 4y ago

Peter Thiel's opinion of actual citizen's feelings on the NHS is gaslighting.

sph 4y ago
An ultra-capitalist billionaire doing PR and saying bollocks to a journo is not gaslighting. It's just bollocks. Stop misusing that word.
- TheAtomic 4y ago
  Have you heard the joke about gaslighting?
  - sph 4y ago
    You've told me that joke already. Please stop.
    - TheAtomic 4y ago
      No I haven't.
- epakai 4y ago
  If not it is getting pretty close. [ ] emotional abuse [x] false narrative [x] make people question their own judgement or perception It's clearly a case of someone in power using their reach to manipulate public opinion. Anyway, I find the term of Stockholm Syndrome equally misused here. I was responding in-kind.

sph 4y ago

And who the hell cares what this pillock says about the NHS?

version_five 4y ago

Canada is even worse I'd expect. We have a horrible healthcare system that explicitly disallows any other options, and people rave about the concept of it. This sounds like the same thing.

moistly 4y ago
You always have private options. They will require payment and may require travel, but the option is there for those who can afford it. And if not, the public option is there, albeit slow and under-resourced.

wkat4242 4y ago

... he says after screwing it all up with lobbying for excessive privatization. If they had kept their hands off it it would be great. Like the public system in Spain still is, even after the budget cuts during the credit crisis.