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Peter Thiel’s Bet on Donald Trump Wins Big

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Re: Peter Thiel’s Bet on Donald Trump Wins Big

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Post by stefantalpalaru »

logicallee wrote: post #12

trump is an idiot who has no business being president of the country, which marks the first time someone with zero (literally zero) political experience, not even military service, was elected to that position. That said, he speaks his mind and it's trivial to see what he's thinking. Had Hillary Clinton (who I and any sane person would like over Trump) become President, it would be impossible to know what she really…

> Had Hillary Clinton (who I and any sane person preferred) become President, it would be impossible to know what she really thought of anything or to decipher anything she said: she's a career politician, who pauses before speaking and then speaks out of both sides of her mouth.

She was crystal clear when she justified bombing Iran in a private (and paid) speech to some bankers: https://www.reddit.com/r/DNCleaks/comments/5945ho/hillary_ju...

Re: Peter Thiel’s Bet on Donald Trump Wins Big

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Post by simplemath »

CptJamesCook wrote: post #13
simplemath wrote: post #11

Fuck Peter Thiel and every last person who voted for Trump. Fuck all of you. Now hellban me.

Thanks for helping the readers of Hacker News understand why Trump won.

Yeah because at least half the voting populace is assholes.

We just elected a child rapist who's most relevant contribution to society unto now is the Celebrity Apprentice.

President Celebrity Apprentice!

Great fucking job!

You fools.

Re: Peter Thiel’s Bet on Donald Trump Wins Big

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Post by return0 »

pmelendez wrote: post #4

I am ok with Thiel thinking Trump would win. What was a disappointment for me is that Thiel actually believes Trump was a good candidate and (I speculate) agrees with his platform. Also, apparently has no problem with the incendiary and hateful speech of Trump

He explains his rational argument here[1]. Basically his argument is "don't take Trump literally, take him seriously".

1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-LJqPQEJ4

Re: Peter Thiel’s Bet on Donald Trump Wins Big

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Post by pg314 »

chronic6l wrote: post #17
CptJamesCook wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for helping the readers of Hacker News understand why Trump won.

I voted for Trump. I'm also a distinguished engineer at Google in Mountain View, CA.

Can you share why you think he would make a good president?

Re: Peter Thiel’s Bet on Donald Trump Wins Big

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Post by return0 »

His bet was completely in line with what he has been saying the past few years (about flying cars and 140 chars etc). It resonates with Trumps "US doesn't win anymore". He may have realized that a large part of US population felt the same way, something that, apparently, went amiss from everyone else in SV.

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Post by andrewchambers »

return0 wrote: post #23
pmelendez wrote: post #4

I am ok with Thiel thinking Trump would win. What was a disappointment for me is that Thiel actually believes Trump was a good candidate and (I speculate) agrees with his platform. Also, apparently has no problem with the incendiary and hateful speech of Trump

He explains his rational argument here[1]. Basically his argument is "don't take Trump literally, take him seriously". 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-LJqPQEJ4

edit: link no longer missing

Re: Peter Thiel’s Bet on Donald Trump Wins Big

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Post by return0 »

ktamura wrote: post #5

This is a stroke of genius by Peter Thiel. In hindsight, he was hedged. If Clinton won, his Trump endorsement would have been chalked up to his contrarian, eccentric bent. If Trump won -and he did- Thiel's bet would have a huge return. His self-interest aside, this is a huge deal for Palantir, the company that he helped found and has many federal governments as their client. Also, in a sense, Thiel ensured that Silic…

Don't you think it's possible he takes a government post? He was certainly one of the very few true supporters.

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Post by andrewchambers »

logicallee wrote: post #12

trump is an idiot who has no business being president of the country, which marks the first time someone with zero (literally zero) political experience, not even military service, was elected to that position. That said, he speaks his mind and it's trivial to see what he's thinking. Had Hillary Clinton (who I and any sane person would like over Trump) become President, it would be impossible to know what she really…

It would be easy to tell what he thinks... except for the fact nobody knows what his real positions are, what he is really going to do and that his strategy worked regardless.

Re: Peter Thiel’s Bet on Donald Trump Wins Big

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Post by CyberDildonics »

chronic6l wrote: post #17
CptJamesCook wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for helping the readers of Hacker News understand why Trump won.

I voted for Trump. I'm also a distinguished engineer at Google in Mountain View, CA.

One of the elite 30,000 people that works for google? To what do we owe the honor (and why did you list their headquarters location)?
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