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> As a result of this history and success, there is a certain sense in which Mark Zuckerberg has been cast as the spokesman for the Millennial generation I’ve
by AndrewKemendo 2y ago
> As a result of this history and success, there is a certain sense in which Mark Zuckerberg has been cast as the spokesman for the Millennial generation
I’ve had a few interactions with Thiel. Like other megalomaniacs I know, they all have this tendency of speaking in these very strong macro generalities about humanity or society with absolutely no justification with any type of hypothesis testing, statistics, or any type of actual measurable research
Like this is quite a claim frankly, to say that an entire generation worldwide is looking towards the richest capitalist as a moral guide for society
Then going on to make all these ridiculous “..and therefore” arguments that just accept the premise
It’s frankly absurd and indicative of how this class of owners views the rest of the world. And to be clear for the most part, they are not hiding these perspectives and it’s not new historically with political dominionists (of which Thiel is one and a strong supporter of fascists like Trump)
They’re very aggressively, pushing this idea that there are genuinely different classes of people have power differentials respectively because of their positioning and access.
To the extent where they view their role as managing global perceptions of their own power distribution and how they’re managing to pull power from cross society and consolidated into the hands of their elite friends via classic propaganda and nudge based manipulation for power:
“Nick -- I certainly would not suggest that our policy should be to embrace Millennial attitudes unreflectively. I would be the last person to advocate for socialism. But when 70% of Millennials say they are pro-socialist, we need to do better than simply dismiss them by saying that they are stupid or entitled or brainwashed; we should try and understand why.”
It’s ironic to see these clowns talking about the impending overthrow of the elites, not recognizing that they are precisely the people that are about to have their metaphorical “King Charles I” moment coming soon - brought to you by the rapidly organizing labor force.
- crop_rotation 2y agoThe problem with King Charles was he kept on doing stupid things and not recognizing what could happen to him. Thiel seems smarter to understand that and might wanna go the route of James II when the time comes (off course these are all just broad analogies)
- kibwen 2y ago[flagged]
- SoftTalker 2y ago> They’re very aggressively, pushing this idea that there are genuinely different classes of people have power differentials respectively because of their positioning and access. Is this not absolutely true, and has it not been the case for all of human history?
- campbel 2y agoI 100% agree that it is. Which is why democratic institutions must be protected at all costs. Imagine if these kinds of people had unilateral control over something even remotely more powerful than they already do.
- campbel 2y agoI suspect, at least in part, that Peter says this (along with using "we" with respect to Mark's actions) as a way to subtly gain influence over him.
- kingbiz 2y agoAt least to me, there's nothing subtle about it. As soon as I read that paragraph I wondered how obvious it was to Zuck that Thiel was blowing smoke up his ass.