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Thiel is remarkably spot-on about a lot of things. He seems to be early in on every major economic, political and cultural trend.
by jongjong 2y ago
Thiel is remarkably spot-on about a lot of things. He seems to be early in on every major economic, political and cultural trend.
- throwway120385 2y agoIt's almost like, in some way, he's part of a shadowy cabal of people who are making these things happen by spending money through Super-PACs and influencers to spread ideas.
- jongjong 2y agoWith this interpretation, he'd have to be funding the problems and then presenting his ideas as the solutions. I think a lot the political problems which make Thiel's ideas appealing arose during the Biden era and given that Thiel supported Trump since his first run, it's hard to see how he would have had much influence under Biden. There are other billionaires who seem to be much more aligned with Biden and have been funding NGOs for decades and who don't seem to be aligned with Thiel. Maybe he served as controlled opposition, but IDK, controlled opposition is a kind of social over-engineering. Controlled opposition can easily turn into real opposition if the conditions arise. I think 'controlled opposition' is one of the ideas that conspiracy theorists tend to go overboard with. I sometimes wonder if maybe it is itself a narrative which exists to try to discredit any potential real opposition to make them seem fake and keep people down. We get deep into the tangled weeds of uncertainty here.
- danny_codes 2y agoNepotism is a route to success.