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Post by drewrv » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 4:03 AM UTC

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Post by nodesocket » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 4:09 AM UTC

Not convinced this is Hacker News worthy. Let's keep politics in political forums.

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Post by jp8000 » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 4:11 AM UTC

nodesocket wrote: post #2

Not convinced this is Hacker News worthy. Let's keep politics in political forums.

Peter Thiel is a YC advisor. This is both a tech and a political story.

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Post by intrasight » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 4:13 AM UTC

nodesocket wrote: post #2

Not convinced this is Hacker News worthy. Let's keep politics in political forums.

True - still hoping it ain't so

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Post by nodesocket » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 4:14 AM UTC

jp8000 wrote: post #3

nodesocket wrote: post #2

Not convinced this is Hacker News worthy. Let's keep politics in political forums.

Peter Thiel is a YC advisor. This is both a tech and a political story.

But how is how Peter decides to spend his personal wealth and his political opinions on-topic?

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Post by c0nducktr » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 4:15 AM UTC

> “Across the country, wages are flat. Americans get paid less today than 10 years ago,” he said. “But health care and college tuition cost more every year. Meanwhile, Wall Street bankers inflate bubbles in everything from government bonds to Hillary Clinton’s speaking fees. Our economy is broken. If you’re watching me right now, you understand this better than any politician in Washington D.C.”

I would like to know what Peter Thiel's solution to our broken economy is.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 4:15 AM UTC

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Post by sctb » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 4:15 AM UTC

Since there have been several submissions that have made the front page and then have been flagged by users, we're going to try turning the flags off on this one. If you're going to comment here, please take extra care to do so civilly and substantively.

Edit: we've turned the flags back on since the discussion has gone well beyond civility.

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Post by hourislate » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 4:16 AM UTC

I don't think 1.25 million is going to help at this point...LOL...

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Post by jp8000 » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 4:16 AM UTC

nodesocket wrote: post #5

jp8000 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Peter Thiel is a YC advisor. This is both a tech and a political story.

But how is how Peter decides to spend his personal wealth and his political opinions on-topic?

Because this isn't just a private matter. Peter is very vocal about his vision of society - in which tech plays a big place - and this donation definitely gives some interesting color to that vision.