Thiel compared California liberalism to Saudi Arabian Wahabbism — but it was sort of a compliment

  • @Buffalox
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    1 month ago

    Why would a totalitarian psychopath choose to go to a more progressive country?
    I can think of a reason, New Zealand is smaller, and he may think he can gain bigger political influence there.
    He paid to position JD Vance where he wanted him, imagine the damage he could do in New Zealand with the kind of money he has.

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      81 month ago

      In this case it’s because he’s obsessed with Lord of the Rings and no deeper than that.