The backlash against Thiel at Y Combinator didn’t just affect Thiel. When I was in YC I talked to several people terrified of even implying political dissent, especially ahead of raising money. Skewering rich people can’t be OK just because they’re still rich.
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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Ah! We have found a meaningful disagreement. Paying a price is *having less wealth*, or not being able to support oneself. A billionaire accumulating additional wealth at a slightly slower rate is _not_ paying a price. He’s not entitled to forever-increasing wealth.
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