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595 points geox | 8 comments | 02 Jul 25 21:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.622s | source | bottom
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aaroninsf ◴[02 Jul 25 22:01 UTC] No.44449308[source]▶
The current administration is not merely racists, autocratic, and hell bent on insuring all wealth is held by the oligarch class,

it is also engaged in the most venal, short-sighted, and destructive assault on the basic functions of governance and civil society I can imagine.

I don't care what one's view is on the appropriate scale and role of federal governance, some operations are best and only accomplished at that level,

and this short of bullshit is not just a disservice to, it is an attack on the citizenry.

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janice1999 ◴[02 Jul 25 22:07 UTC] No.44449362[source]▶
Destroying federal governance seems on point for people who read Yarvin and want to rule feudal micro-states as techno-kings.
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1. MangoToupe ◴[02 Jul 25 22:37 UTC] No.44449569[source]▶
Wow, that's possibly the bleakest set of opinions I've ever seen detailed.

I can't help but think that this is typical self-loathing and ensuing self-destruction turned towards society itself. I need to read his actual writing, though. I'm sure there's also some element of actively pandering towards people in power desperate to justify their hold through some ideology.

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2. zingababba ◴[02 Jul 25 23:05 UTC] No.44449757[source]▶
Just read his Gray Mirror posts or watch a podcast with him. If you really want to get the full experience you need to go back to his unqualified reservations stuff but it can be VERY tedious.
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3. g-b-r ◴[02 Jul 25 23:12 UTC] No.44449806[source]▶
So you don't know that the vice-president's mentor completely agrees with him
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4. gsf_emergency_2 ◴[02 Jul 25 23:12 UTC] No.44449816[source]▶
I can outbleak that! In 2 paragraphs!

Although it seems more robust in the long term*, anti-intellectualism probably has a cliff of adaptivity, just like academia, ideology, or indeed any collection of values

*The foundations of China's rise can ultimately be traced to the cultural revolution? Now we wait.

5. MangoToupe ◴[02 Jul 25 23:23 UTC] No.44449891[source]▶
Of course I know Thiel is probably one of the most evil people alive. But I suspect he's a lot more evil than he's let us know. But this guy seems to have built his career off of actively propagating resentment and hate. If you read about Thiel's upbringing it's entirely unsurprising the two get along so well.

CF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swakopmund#Until_Namibian_Inde...

> Swakomund was known for its continued glorification of Nazism after World War II, including the celebration of Hitler's birthday and "Heil Hitler" Nazi salutes given by residents. In 1976, The New York Times quoted a German working in a Swakopmund hotel who described the city as "more German than Germany". As of the 1980s, Nazi paraphernalia was available to buy in shops.

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6. sorcerer-mar ◴[03 Jul 25 01:42 UTC] No.44450796[source]▶
He is simply not that smart nor that interesting. Just a mega cringe-lord loser who got the ear of other cringe-lord losers who happen to be unfathomably wealthy.
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7. g-b-r ◴[03 Jul 25 02:53 UTC] No.44451191{3}[source]▶
Yeah, I knew where he grew up
8. voidhorse ◴[03 Jul 25 12:49 UTC] No.44454478{3}[source]▶
Yeah, it's amazing to me that any of these clowns consider themselves intelligent when they end up holding philosophical and political beliefs that the average high-schooler could tell you are completely wack.

The natural consequence of the worship of financial success, strong isolationist tendencies, and social atomization. When you "don't rely on anyone else" and managed to make billions with your "own wits" anything you think must be genius or at least correct, right? It's insane how our current socioeconomic structure has effectively let men with the social maturity of twelve year olds gain absurd amounts of influence and power.