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0 pointsfleetwoodsnack3y ago0 comments

You missed my point: the underlying motive is unknowable, so whatever point you’re trying to make about the unknown and unknowable is quite literally immaterial.

Setting that aside, what is knowable is one’s actions. If someone contributes to organizations and initiatives, that is sufficient to show material support. Especially so at the financial scale at which Theil provides support.

I’m not interested in whether or not someone is “truly” an X or even if someone “truly believes” X. It’s enough for me to know that someone provides material support for X.

Finally, you didn’t define what “greater nationalism” is supposed to mean, nor is it rigorously defined. In any case, it’s a pretty high bar for anyone, even a billionaire. Petty nationalism is bad enough.

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alldayeveryday3y ago· 1 in thread

At no point have I discussed motive - I have consistently pointed to the topic of looking at actions. You are deliberately avoiding my primary thesis - namely that the author provides an inaccurate picture of Thiel's idealogy and provides no evidence to support claims that he is, for example, nationalist. To the contrary, author cites numerous transnational agendas that Thiel is instrumental in.

fleetwoodsnackOP3y ago

These are yours:

> A much more cohesive description of Thiel without the internal contradictions (a facist who is a nationalist and a libertarian and a white sepremacist and a technocrat and a globalist elite etc etc) is that of a neoliberal elite capitalist

>my primary thesis - namely that the author provides an inaccurate picture of Thiel's idealogy

What I’m saying:

You have no way of knowing the underlying “ideology,” or lack thereof, just as the author doesn’t know either. You seem to think that I’m defending the author, when what I’m saying is you’re BOTH wrong for the SAME reason.

I said some other things, but they aren’t the subject of your most recent comment.

Understanding this, reread my comments and respond if necessary.

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