While we're at it we might also strive for people not requiring every aspect of a debate to be catered to their familiarity with the subject at hand It seems p

While we're at it we might also strive for people not requiring every aspect of a debate to be catered to their familiarity with the subject at hand It seems plausible that anyone using HN for discussion could probably read a little about Thiel and see why someone might believe him to be unethical, certainly. What he might describe as his political "strategy" is actually a bonfire for money often found to be burning in support of the most atavistic and reactionary candidates. I'm sure others would characterise it as a master plan but to me it seems impulsive and haphazard. (I accept that one clearing the hurdle of "set up a political action committee to funnel millions of dollars into hard line candidates" is not impulsivity in the same way that children exhibit it, but I hope that's clear.) If you're genuinely in the dark about why Palantir – a company which exists to help inexpert government agencies and QUANGOs to spy on their citizens and which I believe counted the CIA among its first institutional investors – is the sort of company an unethical man might start, then I'm happy to share my reasoning, but these are not contentious points. I was really just astonished that the current UK government keeps finding ways to make itself more unelectable with every passing minute.