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Liberty Shrugged

The making of a Tech Authoritarian. From Plato to Trumpism.

Peter Thiel practices a peculiar brand of Libertarianism. Actually its not libertarianism at all; its Philosopher-King meets Silicon Valley.

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Sep 04, 2024
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Who is Peter Thiel and why should we care what he thinks? Besides being a fantastically wealthy Silicon Valley billionaire Thiel has always fancied himself as a political and philosophical leader with a lot of opinions and a slightly self righteous insistence that governments should follow his lead. Thiel is probably one of the top 2 or 3 most influenti…

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