I suppose maybe I'm giving him too much credit with the assumption that he could make money without parroting propaganda mindlessly

true maybe he seems himself as a temporarily embarrassed dictator

Acts17 was created based on a speech Thiel gave and was launched at an event in Garrys home, where Thiel also spoke. Garry was employee #10 at Palantir. He's intimately connected to Thiel, likely believes in Thiels christo tech feudalism that they call network states and most likely supports project2025 and all they're doing.