Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team • Hacker News Board

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by throwaway4job » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:23 AM UTC

darawk wrote: post #4

This is good news, I think? Thiel has some extremish views, but I generally regard him as intelligent and thoughtful. And he's in close contact with other smart, influential people (e.g. Musk, Sam Altman, etc.), which gives them some indirect influence. Not that this makes things substantially better. But maybe a little bit? Hopefully?

Thiel is also spiteful, hateful, selfish, hypocritical, and deeply bigoted.

The only thing we now know, for sure, is that Palantir investors are likely to get a better return.

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by thatswrong0 » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:25 AM UTC

_pius wrote: post #2

Meanwhile, Trump's already got an RFS in waiting: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-... https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/ The longer YC waits to do the right thing on this, the worse it will get.

> NOV 20 2015, 9:27 AM

Yeah I'll believe it when I see it

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by slowandlow » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:27 AM UTC

I feel like there's a conflict of interest here...

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by zeluve » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:28 AM UTC

I hope this will lead to the so called "revolution" by Thiel in the beginning. He had vision in the past and hopefully that will not become extreme and lead to something bad. I don't think there is no one can control Trump..

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by AvenueIngres » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:30 AM UTC

_pius wrote: post #9

jerf wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, that's a great plan for YC. Go up to the next President of the United States and stick their finger in his eye. That'll really show him. That'll Win Friends and Influence People. Can't possibly harm their startups, either, to stick a finger in the President's eye like that. I'm sure they never want to fund a startup ever again that might interact with the Federal government in any way.

Great moral courage there. YC has a choice: do what IBM did in the 1930's or not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust And before you say I'm "going Godwin," remember: It was Sam and Paul who've said they think Trump is a threat of similar proportions. If Sam really thinks that, the moral thing to do is cut ties. And yes, it'll be hard. Would have been easier to do before the election. It will only get…

I guess that makes YC complicit of extrajudicial murders w/ Obama's drone program as well? Somehow actual mass murders didn't matter at the time, but now that a non-progressive candidate has won the general election... YC has to do something about the mean things that candidate said.

Wew lad, are you OK? I genuinely feel like it's been a rough ride for you

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by the_decider » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:30 AM UTC

Perhaps California's exit from the union will hep YC re-establish its moral integrty. Sam Altman, you wanted to radically change the word (in a positive way)? Well now is your chance!

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by daxorid » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:30 AM UTC

_pius wrote: post #2

Meanwhile, Trump's already got an RFS in waiting: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-... https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/ The longer YC waits to do the right thing on this, the worse it will get.

What is "the right thing"?

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by throwawayIndian » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:30 AM UTC

_pius wrote: post #2

Meanwhile, Trump's already got an RFS in waiting: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-says-he-... https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs/ The longer YC waits to do the right thing on this, the worse it will get.

Don't agree!

I'd blame the democrats alone (the party, leadership, delegates, superdelegates and a section of voters + ~~liar~~ media) for giving away the presidency to Trump. For free, literally.

How is Peter Thiel or anyone else (Trump's supporters) responsible for what comes out of the man's mouth when at the same time the other party is clearly doing what's downright corruption/stifling a democratic nomination?

ICYMI, Peter Thiel did mention that he'd have preferred a race between Sanders and Trump instead (watch his interview to the press club) -- where he quotes: "because they get it" -- and that Trump gets the big things right even though his behavior isn't acceptable.

I don't see any reason for YC or any other organization to follow through with your advice. It is also mind numbing that a portion of democrats who made a joke of Trump when he said "he will accept the results only if he wins" are unable to accept the result of the election themselves.

Move on folks, open your ears and do your job.

On downvotes: I'm pretty sure downvoting over here is symptomatic behavior of a community that doesn't like to listen. Thank you for proving the point. I am happy that Trump is leading us and he is the elected premier for this country despite his weaknesses.

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by joshmn » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:31 AM UTC

slowandlow wrote: post #13

I feel like there's a conflict of interest here...

There's a conflict of interest in each of his secretary picks, too. It's disgusting.

I don't write often, or even blog, but I felt the need to vent on some of the issues of the picks here: https://medium.com/@joshbrody_36224/dear-president-elect-tru...

Re: Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

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Post by charia » Fri, Nov 11, 2016, 2:31 AM UTC

the_decider wrote: post #16

Perhaps California's exit from the union will hep YC re-establish its moral integrty. Sam Altman, you wanted to radically change the word (in a positive way)? Well now is your chance!

Is this satire?