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Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon Valley ‘Echo Chamber’

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370 points sillypuddy | 1 comments | 18 Feb 18 16:50 UTC | HN request time: 2.271s | source
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throwaway5752 ◴[18 Feb 18 18:50 UTC] No.16407479[source]▶
What is it that Peter Thiel said previously about women voting? What did he do to Gawker?
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dominotw ◴[18 Feb 18 19:40 UTC] No.16407838[source]▶
> What is it that Peter Thiel said previously about women voting?

Respect for capitalism declined rapidly in the US after women gained the vote.

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ahakki ◴[18 Feb 18 19:51 UTC] No.16407939[source]▶
What’s your point?
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blattimwind ◴[18 Feb 18 19:53 UTC] No.16407956[source]▶
None, he answered the (presumably?) rhetorical question.
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ahakki ◴[18 Feb 18 22:55 UTC] No.16409350[source]▶
The comment was unclear whether “Respect for capitalism declined rapidly in the US after women gained the vote.” is a direct or indirect quote of Peter Thiel, or not a quote at all.
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1. pjscott ◴[18 Feb 18 23:47 UTC] No.16409635[source]▶
To clarify, it's an accurate summary of Thiel's views as expressed in this 2009 essay:

https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/educatio...