And we are all losers because people like @pmarca do the cost/benefit and decide to opt out and we lose access to his (and others) thinking
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That’s why the implication that, “well who cares he’s still rich” is odd to me
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People keep talking about Thiel paying a price; it’s not true. For example, the women who were assaulted by Trump paid a price; This is a useful comparison to measure Thiel against.
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Thiel paid a price, it’s just not one that you’re taking into consideration because he’s still rich. The point I’m making is that doesn’t only affect Thiel, and that’s only a public example of something happening more with subtlety to people not in power
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I’m talking about Thiel as an avatar if this — he gets more money, more power, more access, and you think rational people say “I’m afraid that fate will befall me!”?
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The only way you can remotely assert Thiel paid a price is if you think either no rich person should ever have to hear critique, or if a billionaire possibly gaining wealth at a slightly slower rate is “paying a price”.
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Not to be pedantic, but gaining wealth at a lower rate is, by definition, paying a price. It’s just a price you don’t consider because he’s rich and who cares what happens to rich people
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But it is important in this instance because it’s a price Thiel can afford to pay and a price that others cannot. So yes silencing those you disagree with can be dangerous, and not just for rich people
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And of course there are worse things happening in the world. But that doesn’t make that kind of culture a good thing.
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