You genuinely think Thiel was criticized for being rich?
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Well, I’d say these people are pretty inarticulate. I’m obviously a progressive but can construct a counterargument on any of these in 10 minutes. But (e.g.) “some people should die from treatable disease because they are poor” is always gonna engender criticism.
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You’d say people are inarticulate because they fear repurcussions of speaking out? That’s an incredibly arrogant thing to say
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Maybe. But aren’t these guys saying they’re at YC on the merits of their skills and talents being extraordinary?
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I’m not sure they’re saying that, but if these guys and gals are inarticulate than I don’t know many people anywhere qualify as articulate
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So I guess it boils down to substance. “We should limit H1Bs in favor of retraining unemployed domestic workers” might get disagreement, but “build the wall!” will get vociferous pushback. That seems reasonable?
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Sure. Though there may be rational and reasonable reasons to build a wall, I just can’t think of any so I’m not going to pretend and defend that for argument sake. Healthcare is an interesting one though, because there are trade offs no matter what you do
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Anyway, gonna go read and spend time with the fam. Enjoy your day, thanks for the discussion, and exercise caution when knowingly silencing someone ;)
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Have a good thanksgiving.
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I'd add net neutrality, climate change, gun control to that list. First one in particular was big part of my coverage at Wired, so I saw multiple sharp nuanced views pitched to me or that I ran -- yet here on Twitter see homogenizing "everyone in SV believes X" approach to topic
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