• DisasterTransport@startrek.website
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    4 hours ago

    Truly, once you pass a certain threshold of capital accumulation nothing can dethrone you. Not even your brain being turned to mush. The things Thiel says are the ravings of a lunatic. If he weren’t an oligarch they’d put him away. And obviously he’s not the only one. One has to wonder if perhaps it is the power itself that drives a man mad. There ought to be a marginal wealth tax that starts wherever the gains to happiness begin to diminish and build exponentially towards 100% at, say, 1000x the median net worth of a single individual. The way things are isn’t good for us or them.

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      Personally, I think an absolute cap on income, wealth, assets, and a limit of 1 focused business owned, with huge punishments for going beyond the limits. The elite get away with evading contributing to society, because there is an entire Wealth Defense industry to protect them from consequences. Making it impossible to hide money would be key to eliminating fiscal obesity and political corruption.

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      6 hours ago

      he defenestrated his young boyfriend, whos a side piece, he was apparently also using the blood from him to achieve longevity. he likely moved on to the clavicular,(i suspect)

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    9 hours ago

    Are the Chinese Communists who aren’t building their own AI in the room with us now?

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    11 hours ago

    The chinese communists make some good points compared to blowhard American industry capitalist crybabies.

    Wait… is he trying to make chinese communists look good by opening his mouth and spewing this nonsense?

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    11 hours ago

    I’m so fucking glad more and more are recognizing how crazy Peter Thiel is.

    Elon Musk is outwardly crazy and ruining the fucking world.

    Peter Thiel (who btw is Musk’s inspiration and good friend) is batshit insane and avoiding the limelight for decades while manipulating world politics.

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      If he had less money he’d probably be one of the local homeless crazies or a resident at a mental institution. Not heard a single sane take from this guy yet.

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        In an insane world the sane appear to be insane. Many of the homeless crazies can be sane at heart but can’t cope with this world.

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          Yeah, my comment shouldn’t read as a criticism of the less fortunate or more principled among us, but rather of who is successful in our current system.

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    Peter Thiel is a bad person. I don’t know how else to describe him. There are quiet billionaires who are like this behind closed doors, and then there are those that are vocally just bad people. No billionaire is a good person.