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mmh0000 1y ago
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metalman 1y ago
here is a bit of it " Even if one doesn’t accept every point made by Hobsbawm, Brenner, or similar Marxist thinkers, their analysis at least has a sturdy basis in political economy and material reality. By contrast, Thiel has a bizarrely cultural analysis of stagnation that doesn’t even pass the laugh test. The Western world, he claims, entered into five decades of anemic growth because of the counterculture of the 1960s. According to Thiel, “in my telling of the history of the 1970s…the hippies did win. We landed on the moon in July of 1969, Woodstock started three weeks later and, with the benefit of hindsight, that’s when progress stopped and the hippies won.” Thiel adds that “everyone became as deranged as Charles Manson.” Because of the hippies, says Thiel, Western powers embraced an ideology of peace and safety that stalled technological growth."
- xorvoid 1y ago
  Is there an original recording of him saying this. Feels like a huge stretch, discounting all technology invented after 1969! Does he address that? I often prefer the source material because so much context is lost in reporting.
  - bigbadfeline 1y ago
    > Is there an original recording of him saying this. That's an unreasonable request, usually made by people trying to insert FUD in the topic. Recordings require specially arranged interviews, copyrights and agreements to record and distribute, etc. It's only reasonable to ask for references and witnesses and find them yourself, then you can inform us about the results and state your agreement/disagreement with facts. > I often prefer the source material That's nice, the only source material is the person who uttered the quoted words. You can take that up with him and ask about his quoted opinion - did he have it, has he changed it since then, what is he thinking now? Reportedly, he's a billionaire concerned about your well being, he wouldn't deny such an altruistic request. Failing to provide "source material" contradicting the OP article would automatically validate it. Fair game.
- os2warpman 1y ago
  >Western powers embraced an ideology of peace and safety that stalled technological growth Does Thiel have a hose running from his rectum to his nose so he can get high off the smell of his own farts? More technological growth has occurred from Woodstock to today than at any similar-length span of time in human history. He is rich because of that technological advancement and the fortune he amassed due to that technological advancement means he has the ability to pollute the media with his moronic worldview, and bribe politicians in order to make it a reality for the rest of us.

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here is a bit of it " Even if one doesn’t accept every point made by Hobsbawm, Brenner, or similar Marxist thinkers, their analysis at least has a sturdy basis in political economy and material reality. By contrast, Thiel has a bizarrely cultural analysis of stagnation that doesn’t even pass the laugh test. The Western world, he claims, entered into five decades of anemic growth because of the counterculture of the 1960s. According to Thiel, “in my telling of the history of the 1970s…the hippies did win. We landed on the moon in July of 1969, Woodstock started three weeks later and, with the benefit of hindsight, that’s when progress stopped and the hippies won.” Thiel adds that “everyone became as deranged as Charles Manson.” Because of the hippies, says Thiel, Western powers embraced an ideology of peace and safety that stalled technological growth."

xorvoid 1y ago
Is there an original recording of him saying this. Feels like a huge stretch, discounting all technology invented after 1969! Does he address that? I often prefer the source material because so much context is lost in reporting.
- bigbadfeline 1y ago
  > Is there an original recording of him saying this. That's an unreasonable request, usually made by people trying to insert FUD in the topic. Recordings require specially arranged interviews, copyrights and agreements to record and distribute, etc. It's only reasonable to ask for references and witnesses and find them yourself, then you can inform us about the results and state your agreement/disagreement with facts. > I often prefer the source material That's nice, the only source material is the person who uttered the quoted words. You can take that up with him and ask about his quoted opinion - did he have it, has he changed it since then, what is he thinking now? Reportedly, he's a billionaire concerned about your well being, he wouldn't deny such an altruistic request. Failing to provide "source material" contradicting the OP article would automatically validate it. Fair game.
os2warpman 1y ago
>Western powers embraced an ideology of peace and safety that stalled technological growth Does Thiel have a hose running from his rectum to his nose so he can get high off the smell of his own farts? More technological growth has occurred from Woodstock to today than at any similar-length span of time in human history. He is rich because of that technological advancement and the fortune he amassed due to that technological advancement means he has the ability to pollute the media with his moronic worldview, and bribe politicians in order to make it a reality for the rest of us.