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[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 129 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Peter Thiel is the co-founder of PayPal, and his partner was the vice president of BlackRock at some point. The plot thickens.

[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More significantly, he’s one of the key instigators and powers behind the current us government. Explicitly wants to create a technocratic dictatorship.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

technocratic dictatorship.

don't use technocratic in that way

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Why? It's the definition of what he wants to do in a system that lets the money guy call himself CTO.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy

A technocracy is a model of governance wherein decision-makers are chosen for office based on their technical expertise and background. A technocracy differs from a traditional democracy in that individuals selected to a leadership role are chosen through a process that emphasizes their relevant skills and proven performance, as opposed to whether or not they fit the majority interests of a popular vote.

a system that lets the money guy call himself CTO.

is probably more of an oligarchy or some other thing about rich people having power; technocracy is about getting people who know their shit run stuff that they know about

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 19 hours ago

That was the justification for monarchy too

It's like all absolutist heirarchy is just the same nepotistic shit over and over and over

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 43 points 1 day ago

He is also one of the Co founders of Palantir, quite a notorious company.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 40 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Peter Thiel recently put on a four talk series, sponsored by a “Christian” organization, where he suggested that anti-AI people are the Antichrist.

[–] Tryenjer@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

If I were religious, I'd bet that he's the Antichrist.

In short:

Palantir CEO, Alex Karp.

https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/s/7mziZTnxWS

And the owner is even more unhinged than that.

https://youtu.be/qqHueZNEzig

In the UK, Palantir is used in the NHS.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/21/patient-privacy-fears-us-spy-tech-firm-palantir-wins-nhs-contract

https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/04/tech-trillion-dollars-palantir-techscape

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, owner of the military technology companies Palantir and Anduril, an early investor in Facebook, the man who has openly declared since the 2000s that democracy is a mistake and that he wants to destroy the United States and European countries to establish city-states, each governed by a different corporation (fiefdoms), on our ruins, has always chosen his projects based on a clear political vision. Unlike other businessmen, Thiel is more of an activist than an investor. For example, PayPal was initially intended as an alternative to the American banking system to undermine and eventually overthrow the government; this is what attracted Thiel's attention to the project in the first place. Palantir, it seems to me, is no different.

The Gravedigger of Democracy

Peter Thiel and the Anti-Christ

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel

https://www.praxisnation.com/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_(proposed_city)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Srinivasan

"Gandalf is the madman who wants to start a war... Mordor is a technological civilization based on reason and science. Outside of Mordor, everything is kind of mystical and environmental, and nothing works.", Peter Thiel

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment

The fact that JD Vance, a creature of Peter's, is Vice-President clearly demonstrates the power of influence he has achieved to introduce his beliefs into the White House policies.

http://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jd-vance-trump-vp-peter-thiel-billionaire/

And by the way, keep an eye on this new meeting between Trump and Putin. Since the 90s, we've been aware of the Russian elites' declared ambitions,

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

Which now apparently partially overlaps with the ambitions of the American ones,

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/why-the-heritage-foundation-keeps-popping-up-in-russian-media/

https://www.youtube.com/live/aqgfhZpRZhg

https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-final-conversations-of-a-dying-priest

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-plot-against-the-west-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-europe/

https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-peter-thiel-vladimir-putin-russia-christian-angermayer-daniil-bisslinger-2023-11

https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-doge-irs-mega-api-data/

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/19/23923759/peter-thiel-fbi-informant-foreign-influence-report

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon

https://www.scielo.br/j/se/a/WQCvpNry8vCKWVXmDpCxp3m/

https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2025/02/steve-bannon-interview-godfather-of-maga-right

https://www.newsweek.com/ivana-trump-letitia-james-new-york-attorney-general-testimony-ivanka-donald-1725005

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivana_Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/29/czechoslovakia-spied-on-trump-to-exploit-ties-to-highest-echelons-of-us-power

https://www.project2025.observer/

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

the man who has openly declared since the 2000s that democracy is a mistake and that he wants to destroy the United States and European countries to establish city-states, each governed by a different corporation (fiefdoms), on our ruins

Wait. Did dude read Snowcrash and think "yeah, that future, that's my utopia!"?

[–] Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 22 hours ago

I feel better about that -$20 balance I had and never paid back on my (now perma'd for it) PayPal account years ago.