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The oped is available to read, seems more interesting to me than this guy's commentary on it

https://www.ft.com/content/a46cb128-1f74-4621-ab0b-242a76583...

Thiel backed seasteading among other wacky ideas. His editorial saying we have a ruling class with secrets that would horrify us, and has largely done a bad job is not that out there for him.

The 'Behind the bastards' podcast gives some background on Thiel.

How Peter Thiel Became the Gravedigger of Democracy: part 1 of 4: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-one-how-peter-thi...

He is a very strange individual.

Yep. Utopian crazy who can't grasp the ideas or value of government, commonwealth, or regulations except as "red tape" and "waste". They literally believe in anarcho-capitalist libertarianism with extra anarchy will magically be a wonderful world, perhaps for them.

When Obama roasted Trump at the Gridiron Club dinner, one of his jokes was: "Now that I've published my birth certificate, Donald can focus on the more important questions, like was the moon landing real." Thiel's op-ed reminded me of that joke.

Peter Thiel's Apocalypse Dreams