People keep telling me Thiel is some sort of visionary, but his ideas- and modern neoreactionaries he supports like Curtis Yarvin and JD Vance in general seem to me to be just old fashioned bigotry and fascism bundled with some new but ultimately empty rationalizations. They seem to be coming from people that aren’t scientists and engineers themselves, who don’t understand that authoritarianism is at odds with creativity and innovation, and therefore ultimately with economic growth. And just like any bigots, they seem motivated by fear of losing elevated social status, and think they can arrest that by installing themselves as a protected aristocratic class due to some false claims that they’re better suited to drive technology and business than “inferiors.” What am I missing here (genuine question)?