You might have a different perspective if you lived and worked in a region whose once vibrant manufacturing industries had decimated by globalization. Or if you

You might have a different perspective if you lived and worked in a region whose once vibrant manufacturing industries had decimated by globalization. Or if you invented something valuable and had it instantly ripped off by a Chinese competitor beyond the reach of western IP laws. Etc. etc. You may not like Thiel's "nationalism", but there is certainly a coherent through line from a society whose middle class has been eroded by globalization to its increasingly polarized and manic politics. Trump voters, for example, feel he speaks directly to their pain, which has its roots in globalization. Thiel's view on globalization seems to be that it has not been good on a number of dimensions, but that the real problem for the U.S. (and all of humanity) is the stalling out of real technological innovation.