1/ Stand back! I don't know how big my rant will be about this: https://www.buzzfeed.com/nitashatiku/silicon-valley-confronts-its-peter-thiel-problem?utm_term=.dcalV9N3oM … via @nitashatiku @buzzfeednews
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/2 Silicon Valley doesn't have a Peter Theil problem. SV is full of Peter Theils who have had their dark neoliberal hearts hidden by HR.
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3/ Tech is full of libertarians. Some with a capital "L", and some with a lower case (like me. I am a libertarian. Gabba gabba we accept)
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4/ But Peter Theil's "eccentric" pro-Trump neofascist leanings are not very far outside of the center of VC gravity politically.
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5/ Theil is in the
$b club. People in that club in tech generally fall into two categories: the Foundation founders and the cutthroats.3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes -
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6/ Nearly every exec I ever met in SV was inherently conservative. Even the Foundation founders. They believe in the Triumph of the Will.
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7/ Not in the Nazi sense, necessarily, but that they created their fortunes purely by the force of their own will- through their superpowers
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8/ Some want to use their powers for good. They join the Clinton Global Initiative and shit. They try to shape the world in their image.
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I don't see it getting any better from here http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/17/hillary-clinton-foundation-donors-lobbyists-state-department/92285652/ …
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