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[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 41 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Put out an arrest on Peter Thiel too, since he is the real puppet master of all this bs.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Apparently this is the new trend among Sociopathic Oligarchs - having their own pet politician. Its exactly the kind of rich guybtrend they would jump on. Then they can compare their collection of politicians like kids comparing baseball or Pokemon cards.

The goal is to be the guy who has a really high level politician on a leash. The MuskRat is clearly thebwinner here, since he owns HitlerPig, but Theil is doing pretty well by owning Vamce. Then there's the guy who owns Clarence Thomas.

I'll bet Sociopathic Oligarchs all over the world are scrambling to lock up control of one politician or another.

This is why we shouldnt allow 1) Billionaires to exist, and 2) money into politics.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The guy who owns Thomas

Harlan Crow

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thanks, I was too lazy to Google it.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

See you next time, space cowboy

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Honestly, and I may be wrong, I think Thiel is the one who owns everybody. Musk is nothing more than the court jester and he is too narcissistic and stupid to realize how he's as much of a puppet as trump is. Maybe even more so. Thiel is really scary because he's actually smart enough to know how to play the game and keep a semi low profile. I think he's happy Musk steals the show.

It may be a conspiracy and I want to wait and see before I commit to it, but there has been some talk about how Thiel's end goal is to destroy old civilization and create techno states where people like him are the overlords who have complete control and freedom to do as they please without any legislations and restrictions getting in their way. He has been talking about this since 2009, maybe even further back, of how he wants his own techno state that is separate from the laws of the rest of the world.

It sounds so fucking insane to me that I haven't really talked to anyone about it in case I'm just falling for some crazy conspiracy shit, but looking at what they have been doing since trump got into office, it certainly looks like they are in the process of actively and knowingly dismantling and destroying America. Musk said as much: that they were going to tear down and rebuild the nation. But fuck it if I know what the true end goal is. It might as well be a bunch of rich boys who have collectively lost their minds and think they are living in a cool action movie and are too stupid to understand what they are doing.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

You are on the right track, but it isn't Theil driving it all. Putin is the real leader, using The MuskRat and HitlerPig as his muscle, and the Sociopathic Oligarchs of the world are all following his lead. The writings of Curtis Yarvin is their Bible, who believes Democracy is a failed system, and the planet should be controlled by those with the money. Obviously, that resonates strongly with the Sociopathic Oligarchs of the world.

But you are correct that the ultimate objective is a New World Order in which the Sociopathic Oligarchs are in complete control, not countries, and the national leaders will be on leashes held by the Sociopathic Oligarchs.

None of this is "conspiracy theory," they all talk about it openly. Vance, for one, quotes Yarvin often.

[–] RidderSport@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

Pls do, but we don't take that shit stain back

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 days ago

Billionaires found a cheat code with stochastic terror. Super effective and seems impossible to legislate around.