Posts here should inform, or at least attempt to inform. Thiel appears to have a messianic complex, believes that he must 'Save the Shire'. What does that mean?

Posts here should inform, or at least attempt to inform. Thiel appears to have a messianic complex, believes that he must 'Save the Shire'. What does that mean? Perhaps he believes there are cultural roots in America - in Protestant Christianity and many other aspects - that are slowly being bled away by liberalism, capitalism, and multiculturalism. I think he's essentially correct in this. I just don't believe that he is doing anything to solve this issue. By supporting reactionaries, he's just going to make things worse, and in the end throw the babies, humanism and the enlightenment, out with the bathwater. The last 80 years have proven that while people may not be essentially good, if you give them the benefit of the doubt, they often surprise you. But you need to believe in them.