I’ve had a few interactions with Thiel. Like other megalomaniacs I know, they all have this tendency of speaking in these very strong macro generalities about humanity or society with absolutely no justification with any type of hypothesis testing, statistics, or any type of actual measurable research
Like this is quite a claim frankly, to say that an entire generation worldwide is looking towards the richest capitalist as a moral guide for society
Then going on to make all these ridiculous “..and therefore” arguments that just accept the premise
It’s frankly absurd and indicative of how this class of owners views the rest of the world. And to be clear for the most part, they are not hiding these perspectives and it’s not new historically with political dominionists (of which Thiel is one and a strong supporter of fascists like Trump)
They’re very aggressively, pushing this idea that there are genuinely different classes of people have power differentials respectively because of their positioning and access.
To the extent where they view their role as managing global perceptions of their own power distribution and how they’re managing to pull power from cross society and consolidated into the hands of their elite friends via classic propaganda and nudge based manipulation for power:
“Nick -- I certainly would not suggest that our policy should be to embrace Millennial attitudes unreflectively. I would be the last person to advocate for socialism. But when 70% of Millennials say they are pro-socialist, we need to do better than simply dismiss them by saying that they are stupid or entitled or brainwashed; we should try and understand why.”
It’s ironic to see these clowns talking about the impending overthrow of the elites, not recognizing that they are precisely the people that are about to have their metaphorical “King Charles I” moment coming soon - brought to you by the rapidly organizing labor force.