• kureta@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Peter Thiel said that democracy isn’t compatible with capitalism and we need to get rid of democracy in order to protect capitalism.

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      8 hours ago

      He is anti-humanity in all regards, he is one of the most openly psychopathic elites to have control over some fraction of the world.

      But yeah Q-anon and conspiracy theorists, keep rummaging in pizza places and cement factory basements looking for the shadowy cabal who are hurting people. I’m sure you’ll find the real bad guys aaaannnny day now.

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      12 hours ago

      He has it backwards. Democracy is used to keep people placid in Capitalism because they feel in control and think that they live the best possible life.

      He must mean free market economy and he must believe that progress comes from free market competition and he sees that threatened.

      Is he that naive that he believes that Palantir and such will be used to bring back free markets?

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        He thinks competition is for losers. You have to create monopoly if you are a serious capitalist. source

        democracy is no longer enough to keep the masses silent, so we need a dictator so that the capitalists can keep on capitaling

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      17 hours ago

      Some stage 3 cancer patient should go out with a bang. Just sayin. Some people have no time left. Do something good with that short bit of time.

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      Not the other way around, LOL. Like capitalism is more valuable than democracy. Of course, that’s the opinion of a capitalist, of course he’d think that