Thiel does seem to fear death. Good - he should. I know the big executives had security details advising them and their families when the Unibomber was in play. I keep warning (having been part of that world and now living with those who are just trying to stay housed) that if the rich keep pushing Americans they will get the French Revolution.
No one has addressed the mental instability “out here”.
Those “without” vastly outnumber those “with”.
The United States has more guns available than anywhere else in the world & MAGA has made the right to bear arms superior to any other right in America - so no one is going to be able to restrict their use under a MAGA government. You f’d yourselves - if you dipshits don’t perform and piss off these poor people.
BTW - they are ALREADY getting 🤯
Polio vaccine 🤯
Not reducing the price of fuel 🤯
Cutting energy to the Northern swing states that voted for Trump because of “tariffs on Canada” ??? 🤯🤯
So vampire, homosexual Thiel, (Let’s not play the woke card about everyone else except the rich Gay donors) gets to determine who lives and who starves, goes homeless and whose children die or worse, from polio and no one is going to start using those guns???
Does anyone else watch action movies??
Killing evil rich people has been celebrated in America movies for Decades!!!
Those Republican Senators had better keep the guard rails on this lunacy or face the consequences from their own constituents.
The Republican representative who opposed the ACA in the Michigan district I used to live in was hung in effigy outside his office because he was too scared to come back from Washington and meet with the people.
He didn’t run for re-election and was replaced by a Democrat. She has been re-elected repeatedly.
Don’t piss people off. Do what you promised and don’t cut what you promised not to cut.
Play straight when everyone is armed to the hilt fools
One of my recent podcast detours has been listening to the “All In Paypal Mafia” podcast with all your favorite VC-Bros like David Sachs, etc etc. Once you get past the masturbation jokes, you realize how they have nothing to offer society. They think just because they read Ayn Rand in college and road speculative capital through VC to a pump and dump public offering, they are geniuses in control of the universe. They are self-proclaimed “experts” in everything—medicine, AI, international politics, etc etc. Listening to them, is a great way to add a froth of anger to your morning expresso. They are clearly “all in” on crypto because they are out of ideas to scam the rest of us. They are assholes all.
This is my first time seeing and hearing him 😳 Holy moly he needs to quit that blood. And the misogyny! Right now we have frightened grandmothers ruling us?? Where? In what world? Or is he trying to insult the old white men in charge by calling them grandmothers? He is so far out there
When dealing with or discussing someone so very lacking in basic normal human decency, I find it helpful to note that we do not know what he *thinks*, only what he says and asserts. Because what they say and assert often is more in the moment opportunism than their actual belief. They know how to manipulate the interviewer into normalizing them by asserting things, reported as their beliefs, which they dont believe. I'm not sure *belief* is even an operational concept with these guys.
Which brings us to another point. Catholicism, sort of. Recall that I'm sceptical these far right manipulators believe in ANYthing besides their iwn endgames. The Catholic Church is a huge polyglot entity with lots of subgroups and spinoff cults that even the Pope can't completely manage. It is a ripe soft target for manipulators to use and repurpose for their own ends. And bonus feature - there's probably some cultish sect within Catholicism providing a ready-made fit. There are a number of ppl in the far Right claiming to be Catholic. It's an odd sort of version with outsized emphasis on their cultish devotion (and to be fair, this does happen in mainstream Catholicism). However their expressions of devotion are completely devoid of references to one of the major biggo important rites in being an adult Catholic. I've never seen any of these ppl claim to be Confirmed, refer to themselves as a Confirmed Catholic or make any mention of their Confirmation. You can't even sponsor a baptism unless Confirmed. So who are these people really? And why are they aligning themselves with Catholicism in such a weird sort of manner?
I was also raised Catholic, but it never really "took", despite being dragged to church on occasion. I have extended family members who were not raised practicing, but decided to reconnect to Catholocism. The key was always getting Confirmed. And Confirmation was central to anything they said about rediscovering Catholicism.
It's not that the Catholic Church is so goodly that bad ppl can't possibly be real Catholics. It's that the Catholic Church is kinda bureacratic and these guys did not wait in the right line.
There are advantages for some of these guys (can I call them a cabal?) to tie themselves to a major religion. Choosing Catholicism seems more opportunistic than Spiritual for the cabal.
While I would love to debate you on religion (since I think you are a God-given beacon of light and righteous action), I agree that Thiel is playing an Anti-christ figure intentionally as his part in the Kayfabe Kartel; although he really may be bad enough to be the real thing! We actually have a triumverate (trinity?) of South African anti-christ figures ascending to power, when you add Musk and Sachs. White supremacy works in America, Jewish supremacy in Israel, Hindu supremacy in India, Sunni supremacy, etc. , just as long as your oligarchy doesn't interfere with our oligarchy!
I think that Thiel is afraid of dying; he wants to live forever. A long time ago, I heard Mary Travers singing "And When I Die" and I play that song in my head when I encounter someone like Thiel. I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care. It's the Native American/Native Australian acceptance of it as natural.
While I understand and agree with your position, your inaccurate use of the title "Antichrist" actually lessens the power of your message. And, for those who believe in the "actual" (Biblical) Antichrist, it will only serve to make them ignore you. And it is exactly those people who NEED to read and "hear" your message.
NO ONE we "know" - not Trump, not Thiel, not Bannon, nor even any other global dictators or authoritarians, etc. - is, or even could be, the Biblical Antichrist. They are, as you suggest, all fascists or other forms of authoritarians who are a danger to civilization in their blatant attempts to undermine liberal democracy.
But as a writer, it behooves you to use correct terminology, phrasing and epithets when you are writing an article. Simply using a word for its "shock effect" or provocative effect is shoddy journalism.
It is not for “shock.” I meant every word. He is literally modeling himself on the Antichrist. He says it out loud. In my heart, I believe these people are evil and the exact sort of thing the Bible warned about.
He can say anything he wants. The idea of "modeling" oneself on the Antichrist is equally absurd. All of this simply shows that very few people actually understand who the Antichrist is/will be, and how, when and why he will present himself. In fact, if he were going to "model" himself on the Antichrist, he would be very different than he is, and behaving very differently. He is a classic fascist, in the mold of one who believes in the "marriage" of "the State" and the corporate world.
And btw, you are right about his demeanor: this guy can't get out a single full sentence. He can barely speak the English language. And he is a billionaire with power? Wow. It boggles the mind.
I see your objection from an eschatological point of view and I certainly meant no offense. But this is how they think. They find metaphysical ways to rationalize their anti-human ideas when pseudo-intellectualism fails them.
Thiel does seem to fear death. Good - he should. I know the big executives had security details advising them and their families when the Unibomber was in play. I keep warning (having been part of that world and now living with those who are just trying to stay housed) that if the rich keep pushing Americans they will get the French Revolution.
No one has addressed the mental instability “out here”.
Those “without” vastly outnumber those “with”.
The United States has more guns available than anywhere else in the world & MAGA has made the right to bear arms superior to any other right in America - so no one is going to be able to restrict their use under a MAGA government. You f’d yourselves - if you dipshits don’t perform and piss off these poor people.
BTW - they are ALREADY getting 🤯
Polio vaccine 🤯
Not reducing the price of fuel 🤯
Cutting energy to the Northern swing states that voted for Trump because of “tariffs on Canada” ??? 🤯🤯
So vampire, homosexual Thiel, (Let’s not play the woke card about everyone else except the rich Gay donors) gets to determine who lives and who starves, goes homeless and whose children die or worse, from polio and no one is going to start using those guns???
Does anyone else watch action movies??
Killing evil rich people has been celebrated in America movies for Decades!!!
Those Republican Senators had better keep the guard rails on this lunacy or face the consequences from their own constituents.
The Republican representative who opposed the ACA in the Michigan district I used to live in was hung in effigy outside his office because he was too scared to come back from Washington and meet with the people.
He didn’t run for re-election and was replaced by a Democrat. She has been re-elected repeatedly.
Don’t piss people off. Do what you promised and don’t cut what you promised not to cut.
Play straight when everyone is armed to the hilt fools
One of my recent podcast detours has been listening to the “All In Paypal Mafia” podcast with all your favorite VC-Bros like David Sachs, etc etc. Once you get past the masturbation jokes, you realize how they have nothing to offer society. They think just because they read Ayn Rand in college and road speculative capital through VC to a pump and dump public offering, they are geniuses in control of the universe. They are self-proclaimed “experts” in everything—medicine, AI, international politics, etc etc. Listening to them, is a great way to add a froth of anger to your morning expresso. They are clearly “all in” on crypto because they are out of ideas to scam the rest of us. They are assholes all.
This is my first time seeing and hearing him 😳 Holy moly he needs to quit that blood. And the misogyny! Right now we have frightened grandmothers ruling us?? Where? In what world? Or is he trying to insult the old white men in charge by calling them grandmothers? He is so far out there
Yes - what frightened grandmothers??? Figment of Thiel’s imagination and hatred of women.
The only frightened old ladies are the ones this vampire and his fellow bloodsuckers are trying to steal Social Security and Medicare from.
When dealing with or discussing someone so very lacking in basic normal human decency, I find it helpful to note that we do not know what he *thinks*, only what he says and asserts. Because what they say and assert often is more in the moment opportunism than their actual belief. They know how to manipulate the interviewer into normalizing them by asserting things, reported as their beliefs, which they dont believe. I'm not sure *belief* is even an operational concept with these guys.
Which brings us to another point. Catholicism, sort of. Recall that I'm sceptical these far right manipulators believe in ANYthing besides their iwn endgames. The Catholic Church is a huge polyglot entity with lots of subgroups and spinoff cults that even the Pope can't completely manage. It is a ripe soft target for manipulators to use and repurpose for their own ends. And bonus feature - there's probably some cultish sect within Catholicism providing a ready-made fit. There are a number of ppl in the far Right claiming to be Catholic. It's an odd sort of version with outsized emphasis on their cultish devotion (and to be fair, this does happen in mainstream Catholicism). However their expressions of devotion are completely devoid of references to one of the major biggo important rites in being an adult Catholic. I've never seen any of these ppl claim to be Confirmed, refer to themselves as a Confirmed Catholic or make any mention of their Confirmation. You can't even sponsor a baptism unless Confirmed. So who are these people really? And why are they aligning themselves with Catholicism in such a weird sort of manner?
agree, as a lapsed Catholic, I find Vance’s “Catholicism” to be a subject of fascination.
I was also raised Catholic, but it never really "took", despite being dragged to church on occasion. I have extended family members who were not raised practicing, but decided to reconnect to Catholocism. The key was always getting Confirmed. And Confirmation was central to anything they said about rediscovering Catholicism.
It's not that the Catholic Church is so goodly that bad ppl can't possibly be real Catholics. It's that the Catholic Church is kinda bureacratic and these guys did not wait in the right line.
There are advantages for some of these guys (can I call them a cabal?) to tie themselves to a major religion. Choosing Catholicism seems more opportunistic than Spiritual for the cabal.
While I would love to debate you on religion (since I think you are a God-given beacon of light and righteous action), I agree that Thiel is playing an Anti-christ figure intentionally as his part in the Kayfabe Kartel; although he really may be bad enough to be the real thing! We actually have a triumverate (trinity?) of South African anti-christ figures ascending to power, when you add Musk and Sachs. White supremacy works in America, Jewish supremacy in Israel, Hindu supremacy in India, Sunni supremacy, etc. , just as long as your oligarchy doesn't interfere with our oligarchy!
I love your description of Jim here, Eric, and I fully agree with it! 💯
I think that Thiel is afraid of dying; he wants to live forever. A long time ago, I heard Mary Travers singing "And When I Die" and I play that song in my head when I encounter someone like Thiel. I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care. It's the Native American/Native Australian acceptance of it as natural.
While I understand and agree with your position, your inaccurate use of the title "Antichrist" actually lessens the power of your message. And, for those who believe in the "actual" (Biblical) Antichrist, it will only serve to make them ignore you. And it is exactly those people who NEED to read and "hear" your message.
NO ONE we "know" - not Trump, not Thiel, not Bannon, nor even any other global dictators or authoritarians, etc. - is, or even could be, the Biblical Antichrist. They are, as you suggest, all fascists or other forms of authoritarians who are a danger to civilization in their blatant attempts to undermine liberal democracy.
But as a writer, it behooves you to use correct terminology, phrasing and epithets when you are writing an article. Simply using a word for its "shock effect" or provocative effect is shoddy journalism.
It is not for “shock.” I meant every word. He is literally modeling himself on the Antichrist. He says it out loud. In my heart, I believe these people are evil and the exact sort of thing the Bible warned about.
He can say anything he wants. The idea of "modeling" oneself on the Antichrist is equally absurd. All of this simply shows that very few people actually understand who the Antichrist is/will be, and how, when and why he will present himself. In fact, if he were going to "model" himself on the Antichrist, he would be very different than he is, and behaving very differently. He is a classic fascist, in the mold of one who believes in the "marriage" of "the State" and the corporate world.
And btw, you are right about his demeanor: this guy can't get out a single full sentence. He can barely speak the English language. And he is a billionaire with power? Wow. It boggles the mind.
I see your objection from an eschatological point of view and I certainly meant no offense. But this is how they think. They find metaphysical ways to rationalize their anti-human ideas when pseudo-intellectualism fails them.
Yes, they certainly do. And we are not even talking yet about actual Christian nationalists. :-O