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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.

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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.

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