• teft@piefed.social
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    Thiel allegedly argues that because we are increasingly concerned about existential threats, the time is ripe for the Antichrist to rise to power, promising peace and safety by strangling technological progress with regulation.

    Man he is going to try and play those christian dipshits like fiddles. Crazy how the antichrist will be doing things explicitly against Blood Boy Owner’s interests. Almost like he’s found some useful idiots.

    The antichrist is the left and empathy is of the devil. /s

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        hes gay thats why, hes not truely Open about it either, and has aggresively pursued people who outed him, or his business practices. because the current trend is anti-lgbtq+ is very popular amongst right wingers.

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    Kulkarni, who published the notes as an essay (since removed) on his personal website, was subsequently banned from the other three talks, according to a now-deleted X post from Michelle Stephens, executive director of ACTS17 Collective, the nonprofit that organized the lectures.

    “You are in violation of the clear off the record [policy] we implemented and reiterated many times. Your ticket is revoked without refund,” Stephens said.

    Peter Thiel: We can’t have any regulations or it will destroy humanity.

    Also Peter Thiel: Hey, you clearly violated one of my regulations! Now I will destroy you!

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      He’s full of contradictions.

      From the article:

      But Thiel’s comments on the subject received greater attention after a June interview on New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s podcast — in part because the venture capitalist failed to fully rebut Douthat’s suggestion that Thiel himself is ushering in the coming of the Antichrist with the technology he is developing with data mining firm Palantir.

      Bloomberg previously reported that the Israel Defense Forces used Palantir’s software to strike targets in Gaza. According to Wired, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is paying Palantir to create a real-time tracking tool to target undocumented immigrants.

      From his wikipedia:

      Thiel married his long-time partner, Matt Danzeisen, in Vienna, Austria, on Thiel’s 50th birthday (October 2017), when he was reported to have proposed to Danzeisen.[411][358][412] Danzeisen started his career as an investment banker at Bank of America Securities.[413] By 2007, when the couple were dating, Danzeisen was vice president of BlackRock. By 2021, he was chairman of Bridgetown 1 and Bridgetown 2, sponsored by Thiel Capital and Richard Li’s Pacific Century Group. Sam Altman also sat on the board.[414][415] Danzeisen also participates in other Thiel enterprises related to the family of Li Ka-shing (father of Richard Li), such as the Malta-based EUM.[416] In 2017 Danzeisen was working as head of private investments at Thiel Capital, with a primary focus on North America and Asia.[417][418] Thiel and Danzeisen have two young daughters, aged five and three as of June 2024, born through a surrogate.[419][420] Adrian Wooldridge from Bloomberg reported in August 2025 that Thiel had four children.[421] In 2023, in an interview with the Atlantic, Thiel noted that Danzeisen had tried to dissuade him from donating money to Republicans.[358]

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    Kulkarni declined to answer questions about the lectures, citing the off-the-record policy.

    Seems like that went out the window a while ago, bud

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    “How does the Antichrist actually seize power? In late modernity, we finally have the answer: by talking constantly of Armageddon (or in secular terms, of existential risk).” Kulkarni writes. “He rides the wave of apocalyptic anxiety.”

    Thiel has been speaking for at least a year about the Antichrist

    Hmmm. I think I see a pattern here.

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      At first I thought he was talking about the crisis they’re creating.

      Now they’re painting opposition to AI, opposition to Warrantless surveillance, opposition of tariffs and devastating economic decisions as the work of an antichrist.

      They’re trying to incite a holy war against anyone who opposes their industries.

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      I too would be curious to read the details of the lecture notes.

      The whole thing almost sounds like farce.