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> Thiel writes: “one may define a “liberal” as someone who knows nothing of the past and of this history of violence, and still holds to the Enlightenment view
by stonethrowaway 2y ago
> Thiel writes: “one may define a “liberal” as someone who knows nothing of the past and of this history of violence, and still holds to the Enlightenment view of the natural goodness of humanity.”
> I have to say, I think this describes my worldview pretty well (although I would argue that in my limited knowledge of the past, it does seem to me like an increasing level of abundance and education can ward off violence pretty well).
I’m surprised the author (oh, hi submitter!) hasn’t clued in that perhaps it’s time to put blogs to the side and learn a bit more about history and how today came to be prior to attempting to “understand” Peter Thiel.
The thinly veiled “weird” memery going around as of late in the subtitle is trite and immediately, in my mind, devalues the blog post. It basically signals “this isn’t an objective attempt to understand as much as it is me taking the piss out on Peter Thiel.”
I gained no new knowledge about the guy, unfortunately. Hyper focused on trump and the like as usual and treats the guy like he’s a 1D political villain. So this was essentially empty content.
Put another way, I’ve seen much better shitposts about Thiel than “this guy thinks he’s smarter than everyone else.”
- mtnGoat 2y agoAt least he is willing to put his name on his opinions… unlike the one using the throwaway account to lodge his complaint.
- stonethrowaway 2y agoIt’s a very, very low effort shitpost about Peter Thiel feigning to “understand” him but just talking shit about him. Did you even read it? It should be flagged if anything. It is uncharitable from the headline downwards. I’m calling it out for what it is. People are free to attach their name to whatever they like. HN is an anonymous tech discussion forum.
- metadat 2y agoI don't agree, it seems like a reasonable effort to understand certain dimensions of the subject. I'm curious why you're so hyper-sensitive about a wealthy narcissist who probably doesn't care about you at all, and is unlikely to give you a first and especially not a second thought. Are you okay? p.s. These sorts of submissions almost always get flagged off the front page within a few minutes, regardless of the quality of discussion.
- windexh8er 2y ago> Are you OK? Come on. Concern trolling aside... > I'm curious why you're so hyper-sensitive about a wealthy narcissist who probably doesn't care about you at all... Well, we know he doesn't care about anybody. He's a narcissist, right? But maybe beyond that people are starting to care since his money and power are changing the landscape of our world with his best interests in mind.
- mtnGoat 2y agoYou aren’t calling out anything, rather just stating your opinion from an anonymous moniker, that gives it zero value to me. If you feel so strongly about it, why not do it from your normal account? Otherwise you’re adding less value then you claim the author is. I’d rather hear disagreeing opinions from real people than those hiding behind anonymity, afraid to own their opinions publicly.
- jbaber 2y agoI'm happy to hear an opinion from an anonymous person, who would otherwise not share it.
- kcplate 2y agoDid I miss where the commenter above you said he didn’t read his opinion? He obviously did…he commented on it. His point was about owning your opinions even if they are unpopular.