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Peter Thiel Essay on the Antichrist, One Piece, and More

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Re: Peter Thiel Essay on the Antichrist, One Piece, and More

#4

Post by k310 »

It’s not just Thiel. There’s a whole subculture attached to such notions, and to “superiority of the tech lords” (my phrase)

Here is more on the antichrist matter (or non-matter) [3]

And the ultra-libertarians around it.

Curtis Yarvin is so well known now, especially in the bay area, that there are already jokes and comedy routines (cant find the references right now) about “parties with Yarvin” and people impersonating him to draw attention.

'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook’ [0]

Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk 'Hijacking' Republicans to Control Entire US Government [1]

Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right [2]

[0] https://www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-musk-ceo-dictator-d...

[1] https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/silicon-valley-whistleblo...

[2] https://archive.ph/6xtwN. (FT)

[3] https://www.christianpost.com/news/palantir-ceo-peter-thiel-...

Re: Peter Thiel Essay on the Antichrist, One Piece, and More

#5

Post by duxup »

jprd wrote: post #2

Wow, what the hell? This is absolutely unhinged nonsense from someone who's never had a struggle meal. I know it is Thiel, so are we putting this here as a warning or a veneration?

I don’t know but stories about him and the antichrist keep getting posted. A lot of them.

Re: Peter Thiel Essay on the Antichrist, One Piece, and More

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Post by Jtsummers »

duxup wrote: post #5
jprd wrote: post #2

Wow, what the hell? This is absolutely unhinged nonsense from someone who's never had a struggle meal. I know it is Thiel, so are we putting this here as a warning or a veneration?

I don’t know but stories about him and the antichrist keep getting posted. A lot of them.

Mostly because he keeps talking about it. He recently put on a lecture series about it, and seems to think that Greta Thunberg is going to create a one world government.

Re: Peter Thiel Essay on the Antichrist, One Piece, and More

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Post by dangus »

k310 wrote: post #4

It’s not just Thiel. There’s a whole subculture attached to such notions, and to “superiority of the tech lords” (my phrase) Here is more on the antichrist matter (or non-matter) [3] And the ultra-libertarians around it. Curtis Yarvin is so well known now, especially in the bay area, that there are already jokes and comedy routines (cant find the references right now) about “parties with Yarvin” and people impersonat…

I have said this a few times and it goes somewhat against the grain but Peter Thiel is just another idiot with too much money and not enough people around him pushing back on his dumb ideas. We as the working class shouldn’t be afraid of him, that’s what he wants.

I also did some rough napkin math on his net worth and he’s barely more successful than the S&P 500. His two big breaks were getting lucky with PayPal and Facebook investments. The rest of his net worth is pretty much just as good as dumping those two companies’ proceeds into the stock market and sitting there.

People get scared of his companies but I bet their products kinda suck.

Re: Peter Thiel Essay on the Antichrist, One Piece, and More

#10

Post by Jtsummers »

charintstr wrote: post #9

Thiel pretty obviously wants to rule the world but he’s just so uncharismatic that he’ll never get anyone onboard whatever vision he has. Ultimately I think he’ll be used by whoever thinks he can advance their vision and then he’ll be discarded

It's sort of funny. His historical Antichrist stories covered here are basically about technocrats becoming the Antichrist. His contemporary take is that it's obviously not the technocrats, it'll be Greta Thunberg or someone like her. Someone who opposes technological development (to any degree) will be the Antichrist. So we must develop technology unfettered because the old stories of the Antichrist are irrelevant now for some reason.
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