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Peter Thiel says Trump administration was ‘crazier’ and ‘more dangerous’ than he expected (thehill.com)

submitted 11 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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Big words from that guy

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[–] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 61 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Thiel told The Atlantic that he had hoped Trump’s election would force a national reckoning, that someone needed to tear things down before the country could rebuild.

Despite his disappointment that Trump did not usher in a revolution, Thiel said he still wouldn’t call himself a “Never Trumper.”

These are the only relevant points. Fuck Peter Thiel and fuck this "Aw shucks! Boy is there egg on my face!" routine.

Peter Theil hasn't had a sudden "come to Jesus" moment. He's just decided that Trump isn't the right fascist for the job.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A quieter guy with a bigger stick is what he'll be looking for next time. Yeah, fuck this guy. If post-Reagan America has got the rich BAAAAAWing because they're just not rich enough yet, there's nothing left for them that will satisfy but literal royal status.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What part of royal status is missing? Wars on a whim?

I think once they have anything they want, they either need a new dick measuring tool, or else truly want to hurt others to feel better.

Billionaires are just super fucked up and need to go.

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago (3 children)

He should have listened the majority of Americans who knew exactly what to expect. That he didn't shows that he has terrible personal judgement.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

the majority of Americans who knew exactly what to expect

HARD disagree on that bit. Seems obvious in retrospect, after years of non-stop nightmare headlines, but we mostly thought it would be a joke of a Presidency. Trump was a late-night show laughingstock for a couple of decades. Think Obama knew what he was triggering? FFS, even the President didn't know what was coming.

(If you haven't seen the video of Obama body slamming Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it's going down as an important turning point in American history. Seriously.)

Remember everyone being shocked and appalled that Trump ordered his press secretary to brazenly lie about his inauguration turnout being bigger than Obama's, even given in-your-face pictorial evidence? That was how it began.

We didn't expect the man to lead us into a million dead Americans when confronted with a century-level pandemic. Any ass could have kept his mouth shut and done better.

I cannot even begin to list the man's crimes, but his Presidency ended in an attempted fucking coup. Anybody foresee that?

The majority of us knew it was a bad idea. Not one-tenth of one-percent of us thought it would be that fucking bad.

(Sorry OP. I get a little triggered talking about 01/06)

[–] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Actually I feel I can honestly say that with Trump I got exactly the joke of a human being that I expected. The thing that completely caught me off guard was the way the GOP behaved in response to him.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I actually did predict a bit of that!

We never talked politics at work, but the owners were evangelical Christians. Very cool about it, never brought that shit into work.

VP engaged me one day in 2015. Told him if Trump won it would be the end of the GOP.

Hated Trump, but he was genuinely puzzled and asked me why I thought that. Couldn't articulate it at the time, but I could see they would tear themselves apart. Or, same difference, eat themselves Ouroboros style.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think there were way more than 0.1% who knew how bad it would be.

During Trump's inauguration, my dad was making jokes about when the "Reichstag fire" would happen (jokes because my MAGA father was looking forward to it).

Remember also that Trump was saying the 2016 election was being stolen up to the moment he won, so back then it was pretty clear he was not going to go peacefully if he lost in 2020.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

His crying about "losing" 2016 because of the popular vote was garden variety narcissist shit. I'm not sure anyone predicted that he would summon a fucking mob of lunatics to the Capitol, at least not in 2016. By the end of 2020, yeah, it was damned predictable.

There was a great tweet not long before the election, "Ever broken up with a narcissist? Y'all are going to see some shit."

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He's a billionaire. He thinks he's defacto smarter than everyone. It's what happens when you're surrounded by sycophants who just want your money.

[–] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Pretend billionaire.

[–] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Being wealthy has exactly NOTHING to do with being smart after the first generation. I think that they in fact get STUPIDER and more disconnected from reality every generation.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh please. This dude knew exactly what he was getting into.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Seriously. And he was never going to be personally at risk from it. To him, a wild presidency is a carnival ride. To the rest of us, it's real hardship, oppression, and death.

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 30 points 11 months ago

Peter is waiting for the more moderate Nazis to get a footing.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

Shut the fuck up, Peter. Anyone who is so cursed as to be stricken by your vocal emissions is made all the worse throughout and within. The weight of your egos is crushing us all.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Will this guy not just fucking die?

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago

I've been seeing a lot of famous people lately in the news from his generation dying in their late 60s. There's a chance...

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He now runs Palantir, a secretive data analytics company.

Let's see what wikipedia says:

The company's name is derived from The Lord of the Rings where the magical palantíri were "seeing-stones," described as indestructible balls of crystal used for communication and to see events in other parts of the world.

Palantir's original clients were federal agencies of the USIC. It has since expanded its customer base to serve state and local governments, as well as private companies in the financial and healthcare industries.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies

Greeeeaaaattt...

[–] cyd@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Also relevant: the Palantirs are linked to Sauron, and anyone who uses one is almost certain to get corrupted and dominated by the Dark Lord.

[–] AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

In the third age, yes, but they were originally made by the elves and were not subject to Sauron's influence. Once sauron captured one for himself, he was then able to influence the others and ultimately their users.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Wasn’t this fucker heavily involved in Cambridge analytica, the first attempt at psy-ops and social engineering on Facebook?

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I don't know, I know Russia was.

[–] Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

The republican "leadership" learned the same thing about the tea party and evangelical crowd.

You can ride the tiger, but eventually it turns and eats you.

[–] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, I'm glad he finally figured it out. That's better than most of the MAGAts. But I don’t expect he'll accept any accountability for his role in enabling that insanity.

[–] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Nah, he's probably just writing off the losses and trying to look innocent now that he excepts the trump ship to sink.