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That's on the tame end of Peter Thiel's rather demented belief system. Another tidbit: he believes Greta Thunberg is very possibly the actual antichrist. http
by estearum 1y ago
That's on the tame end of Peter Thiel's rather demented belief system.
Another tidbit: he believes Greta Thunberg is very possibly the actual antichrist.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ao_umPlSV6o https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ao_umPlSV6o
- gyanchawdhary 1y ago[flagged]
- estearum 1y agoSure. There's a big difference between believing a 20 year old climate activist is a clown versus a harbinger of the apocalypse as foretold in an ancient text 2000 years ago.
- gyanchawdhary 1y ago[flagged]
- nancyminusone 1y agoThat sounds like something the real antichrist would say
- ImJamal 1y agoI think he was saying the antichrist would be more likely to be a person like Greta, not Greta herself, but the clip cuts off the context at the beginning so it is hard to say.
- Jtsummers 1y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/peter-thiel-antichrist-ross-douthat.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/peter-thiel-antic... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/peter-thiel-antichrist-ross-douthat.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.AIXW.Ys9hZ4ICyby_&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/peter-thiel-antic... - Gift link https://archive.is/mPjPq https://archive.is/mPjPq - Archive link So yes, he does say it's more likely to be Greta Thunberg than an "evil tech genius", but does not outright say she's the Antichrist. I still find it strange that he's afraid of her creating a one world government.
- ilikehurdles 1y agoWhy is our media literacy so in the gutter? A few second clip of an easily accessible and free interview from a NYT podcast would not be accepted as gospel fact in the hn of the past. You may very well and with good reason disagree with Thiel on the downstream effects of climate regulating agreements/regimes on global productivity and liberty, but regurgitating “Greta is the Antichrist” just replaces discussions of interesting issues to yelling at shadow puppets in Plato’s cave.
- estearum 1y agoI stated exactly what is true, which is that he believes Greta Thunberg might be the actual antichrist. He said it himself.
- inemesitaffia 1y agoYou've been handily corrected. Are you wrong or were you lying?
- estearum 1y agoWhat? GP didn't even contradict anything I said, just claimed there's some ambiguous problem with citing a few second clip of the person saying the thing I accused them of saying.
- inemesitaffia 1y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44786967 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44786967 I actually went to listen to it too. I've seen this nonsense before from journalists
- estearum 1y agoMy claim: "he believes Greta Thunberg is very possibly the actual antichrist" Thiel's words: > Thiel: ... The way the Antichrist would take over the world is you talk about Armageddon nonstop. You talk about existential risk nonstop, and this is what you need to regulate.... > in the 17th century, I can imagine a Dr. Strangelove, Edward Teller-type person taking over the world. > In our world, it’s far more likely to be Greta Thunberg. https://youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?t=2748 https://youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?t=2748
- macrolocal 1y agoSay what you will about Peter Thiel, he does have a sense of humor.