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Susan Mangum's avatar

The more I read about these guys the more I’m sure they think Drump is a useful idiot.

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Dissent in Bloom's avatar

Agree! I first had that thought with Elon, but Peter seems so much more calculated than him.

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Susan Mangum's avatar

Both are Nazis. Look at their ancestors!

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Jaime Ramirez's avatar

That's why they are so influential with fellow Nazi Drumpf.

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ChatterX's avatar

Ppl attach too much importance to politicians' personalities.. common mistake..

Any POTUS is a puppet to the MIC/CIA's Imperialist Deep State.. It's all just a kabuki theater..

Look up "Safari Club"

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Carmen Soto-Minder's avatar

You did such a good and deep investigation on this disturbing man’s demonic dystopian plans .

Thanks

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Patris's avatar

They’re idiots too - but with a plan

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laura oshea's avatar

The freedom Thiel considers his is one that means he can do anything he wants but lesser beings aren’t invited. He is gay and I don’t know how to integrate that part into the obvious homophobia of some of his best buddies. It is hilarious to see a picture of Elon with a very receding hairline that he has obviously had fixed with all his gazillion dollars.

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Jaime Ramirez's avatar

Homophobes are often closeted self-loathing homosexuals.

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JJ's avatar

Keith Rabois is gay

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Jaime Ramirez's avatar

He is?

See?

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Emeraldforest's avatar

So true. Miller is a self hating Jew. Similar pathology IMO

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Majesterial Joy's avatar

He also takes blood from CHILDREN for his 'youth treatments' - why do people ignore that fact?

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Emeraldforest's avatar

OMG!!

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BC's avatar

Dr. PayPal reminds me of RAOUL DE CASTRO in shitty Dockers … They could’ve been lovers …

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Carol Taylor Boyd's avatar

Thank for your research. I knew Thiel is behind JD Vance's rise to prominence. But I didn't know that he's an immigrant too.

This all reads like a sci-fi movie. Evil genius aims to take over the world. Fortunately, good grades aren't the only or best indication of superior intelligence. The techbros can and will be defeated.

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Josseline's avatar

This is why getting rid of trump now is dangerous…they’ll throw JD Vance in there who is more dangerous & demented than trump. Then you have Mike Johnson whose head is in Jesus & Moses & just an idiot!

We have to rid ourselves of ALL of them…we must overthrow the autocracy/dictatorship, theocracy or whatever the bell this is. It seems that there a few groups who want to ‘rule’ the US. They are dividing it as much as possible because they know if we UNITE, they can’t win…ever.

So dismantling this mess if’s going to take ALL of People to come together and in unison kick their aA$$E$ back where they came from or to Russia! They’re RUSSIAN ASSETS WITH A HUGE SPRINKLE OF NAZISM!

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Carol Taylor Boyd's avatar

TACO has to go! Vance maybe evil. But he's an opportunist, he kisses up to whoever is in charge. He will never be in charge of anything. He's a follower. Vance lacks TACO's ability to manipulate a crowd. His tirade against Zelenskyy in the Oval Office and his disrespect of Pope Francis made him look clownish, weak and ridiculous.

I wholeheartedly agree with everything else that you wrote!

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Emeraldforest's avatar

Please let this be true!

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laura oshea's avatar

Are ya’ll familiar with the name Curtis Yarvin? He came up with this idea called “ tech-bro autocracy” in which he believes that democracy does not serve his kind anymore and an autocracy run by technocracy is the best for them because then they won’t be constrained by any laws but theirs and they can do as they please. Thiel and his mafia are subscribing to this as well as Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos. So when I say lesser beings that is all of the rest of regular people. I just wonder if his company is surveilling us with his Palantir company to see how much resistance there is and making plans to move against any resistance if/when that occurs. tRump is doing a lot to soften up people to an autocracy so that when he stops because he dies or really can’t walk and talk anymore then they will just step in to finish the job.

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Alexandra McGary's avatar

Yeah these guys are terrifying to me—a bunch of narcissistic (possible psychopaths) with god-complexes, and obscene amounts of money. A potential perfect storm of evil.

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MUSA💙💙💙USAM's avatar

https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no

Thiel, Musk, Prince and other tech billionaires were part of a Dark Gothic Web recording that was leaked on X. They were talking about their plan to take over the world. It would start with thump winning the election and tanking our economy and wreaking havoc nationwide. He had to be elected!

When Thiel heard it had been leaked he took it down, Musk deleted the post from X. The above outlines their plot to rule the world. I’m always relieved when other countries reject conservative candidates and vote in liberal leaders. I didn’t sleep for days after listening to the Dark Gothic web call.

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Andrew's avatar

Thanks DiB - a timely alert, usefully researched and far scarier than I imagined. Donald Trump really is a willing fool, gobbling up fool’s gold while he can; his reward from, and pact with the Mephistophelian trio in the background: Russell Vought, Peter Thiel and Stephen Miller, the dark forces behind the throne. Vance, Patel, Bondi, Noem and the like are just bit-players; expendable wannabes, cruel transients.

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Paul Raich's avatar

As someone who works and lives in Silicon Valley, I’ve wondered why are there not social consequences for someone like Thiel. If you’re a billionaire, do you buy your own friends, hire your cronies from grad/law school and make them filthy rich, and/or form a cabal with other billionaires? Last why is there no counterweight to Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg Bezos, etc? They must all hate and be envious of each other. Just my thoughts 💭

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Mrs. S's avatar

Chilling, sobering, and illuminating.

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Majesterial Joy's avatar

It's amazing that Theil thinks himself intelligent. He isn't,he is just rich.

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Mrs. S's avatar

His intelligence is warped, without empathy.

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Jaime Ramirez's avatar

He's very intelligent, but amoral. The combination makes him dangerous.

Also it's worth remembering that apparently very intelligent people, who are brilliant in certain areas of Intelligence, tend to be incompetent in other areas. Some who are apparently not so intelligent, can be brilliant in certain areas. Intelligence isn't uniform through all types of cognition, & some forms of Intelligence can't be measured by typical intelligence tests, so don't put too much credence in someone's IQ.

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Rain Robinson's avatar

Dreadfully fascinating bio of a true megalomaniac. The next parts will be equally informative, I'm sure. I bet Curtis Yarvin will come into this somewhere. He is a booster of billionaire run fiefdoms called Patchworks. Ruled by billionaires, cryptocurrency is the financial basis; AI performs the work of databased functions in government, the economy, corporations, manufacturing, social engineering; people not billionaires are expendable, and could even be used as food. Not joking. It's a terrifying world for the 98% non-millionaires.

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Rachel Villarreal's avatar

That sounds horrid

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Mrs. S's avatar

Soylent Green, anyone? Human expiration date of 30 years. Mandatory March into a factory and come out as food wafers for the masses. I recall Tuesday's were green.

Started Edward G. Robinson, Brock Peters, and more.

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Rain Robinson's avatar

Yes, you'd think fictional dystopias are an impossibility, yet now..... Soylent Green apparently had the opposite effect of horror to some people!

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Emeraldforest's avatar

True

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Jaime Ramirez's avatar

Fascinating! I keep hearing Thiel's name as this shadowy billionaire behind a lot of the bad things happening to our nation, but I knew little about his history, other than he lived in South Africa, was responsible for PayPal, was associated with Musk & fostered Vance. I can see how his upbringing could've led him to have no feelings but scorn for his fellow humans.

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Maya J's avatar

Your reporting is excellent.

What strikes me about these guys is that they all had severe disapproving authoritarian fathers. As did Trump. They are severely damaged human beings.

Unfortunately their intelligence is used to create a dystopian world where they try to feel powerful and successful instead of connected to other human beings. Their capacity for kindness, mercy or love seems non-existent.

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Allen's avatar

Enlightening… thanks!

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MizLaTee's avatar

I no longer subscribe to their platforms, though I did at one time. The only one I still check out is Youtube. I migrated away from Paypal, Twitter, Linked In, never used X, and am only now finding out about Palantir. My only power is voting with my feet and I have walked away from these guys for the most part.

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Abbey Rose's avatar

you beat me to it! great read, he’s truly disturbing

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ChatterX's avatar

Palantir CEO Peter Thiel: "Competition is for losers":

youtube.com/watch?v=4jniPAD2uoo

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