4 ms·

More and more are feeding the beast, I am starting to get a bit worried

• Hikikomori 1y ago
  Wait til you find out what Thiel believes about democracy.
  • sneak 1y ago
    Probably pretty similarly to how the people who actually run the world superpowers feel about democracy: a nice illusion for those that live under the military dictatorships that are our current systems.
    • Hikikomori 1y ago
      Presumably most of those you refer to want the system to continue as is, Thiel wants to break it completely.
    • mola 1y ago
      Nope. He believes it is a threat to freedom. And not in the way you presented it
  • aaa_aaa 1y ago
    People should fear Thiel not because his opinion on democracy but because he has no soul. Besides, democracy is overrrated at best, and terrible if large scale.
    • ta1243 1y ago
      Agree. Democracy is the worst form of Government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time
    • andruby 1y ago
      But what’s the alternative to democracy? Dictatorship? Monarchy without parliament/senate? It’s actually an honest question.
      • EasyMark 1y ago
        People like Thiel think it's the techno nobility that should run the world. There are more "evolved" and intelligent than the riff raff who aren't billionaires. It's really just neo-eugenics
      • aaa_aaa 1y ago
        Aristocratic monarchy or tribal leadership with chosen consuls is also bad but preferable. It is much harder to buy off a king than democratic representatives. Also a king takes care of his property but temporary rulers of democracy loots. Best is decentralized city states with elite rulers. Because scale matters. This provides mobility if ruler, taxes or laws are not for you.
        • TFYS 1y ago
          > Best is decentralized city states with elite rulers. Didn't we already have that, with constant wars being the result? Why would these competing city states allow freedom of movement? We need to make democratic decision-making better, not get rid of it. Good dictators and kings are temporary, you always get a bad one eventually and the system collapses.
    • Hikikomori 1y ago
      Maybe not his opinion on democracy but certainly on what he thinks should replace it.