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0 pointshumanrebar8y ago0 comments

Or Thiel likes all three and sees that they can work against each other.

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CalChris8y ago· 3 in thread

As a self-described libertarian that would be impossible to square with Thiel's rather famous quote: I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.

benchaney8y ago

It may be true that Thiel doesn't believe one of the three things dragonwriter listed, however:

1. The quote being discussed doesn't require this.

2. If Peter Thiel doesn't like democracy (and therefore would like no one to vote) it would be misleading (although technically accurate) to describe that as Peter Thiel not wanting women/minorities to vote.

CalChris8y ago

If you want to interpret what Thiel says then you have to take into consideration everything that he says. So yeah, the quote being discussed does require this. That would be the case if you consider Thiel as some sort of libertarian intellectual. If he's just a whatIsaywheneverIsayitmeaningwhateverIwantittomeanwheneveritsuitsme-arian then I see your point.

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sjg0078y ago

I guess the idea is that the "tyranny" of the majority would curtail your freedoms.

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