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So I'm reading basically:
yes draft
yes eugenics
yes war
yes religion
no free anything
no social services
no shaming rich people
no cultural humility
Also, the definition of "peace" in there is suspect
You have to understand. The billionaire class is the master race, somehow ordained by God. We owe them.
That and Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal ( a short read ) is something of a handbook for Thiel, if I’m understanding released ramblings of the guy on his speech tour.
It continues to astound me that rich so-called Christian people ignore important parts of the Bible ...
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.
Matthew 19:24
Never underestimate people's ability to ignore inconvenient information.
...Presumably written by someone looking to keep a population poor / profit off them
i think it is more:
Basic necessities contingent upon obedience to the billionaires. Don't like it? Tough shit. Take what we give you, and keep any complaints locked in that empty, non-rich hat rack you call a head. In fact, we mandate that you smile and thank us as we pass you by on the street, grateful that we have granted you the privilege of another day of living. But be mindful, we can revoke that privilege any time it so pleases us.
mandate that you smile and thank us as we pass you by on the street,
Tut! As if they would deign to tread upon soiled (shudders) commoner's ground, or suffer the indignity of having such lowly eyes gaze upon them. Ugh! /s
Reminds me of of a good joke:
"My lord, the workers are revolting!"
"Well stop staring at them then!"
You forgot "yes to more bribes to politicians"
"The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service." – someone is very sore about the Epstein reveals.
I think he's still pissed about Gawker outing him.
National service should be a universal duty. We should, as a society, seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force and only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost.
You first, Alex. I’m sure the military could use your help on the front lines in Iran. Go capture Kharg island.
Send Thiel to the front lines with Yarvin, Ellison, Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg. Throw Steven Miller, Russ Vought, Pete Hegseth, Joe Rogan, Steve Bannon, Sean Hannity, and Alex Jones in there for good measure.
So many problems could just disappear overnight with one well-aimed iranian strike...
Don’t forget Hegseth.
He's literally mentioned in my previous comment, but we can send him twice I guess
Fair enough. My eyes glazed over at the long list of traitors, though that’s my fault not yours.
I mean, when he looks in a mirror he’s seeing double of himself anyway.
I didn't think he appears in mirrors
That's why they needed the makeup room...
It's like they forget why you should only give training and guns to those that WANT to be there
That’s one of the better ideas in the paper. It could lead to lower willingness to go to war.
The Epstein class gets a convenient case of bone spurs every time there’s a draft.
Does every fucknut capitalist in Silicon Valley need to publish his own fascist/futurist manifesto? We get it, it's already been written a century ago. Just link to it and save everyone the trouble:
- We want to glorify war — the only cure for the world — militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of the anarchists, the beautiful ideas which kill, and contempt for woman.
- We want to demolish museums and libraries, fight morality, feminism and all opportunist and utilitarian cowardice.
There. No need to buy Alex Krap's book.
That's all the rage currently. And if all other important people do, the main person has to too.
So, a Theil manifesto.
ETA: I read it again. It’s like a treatise for a cult leader.
In headlines today: War company likes corporate fascism, news at 11.
Imagine being so desperate for racism to be socially acceptable that you're willing to advocate for a multicultural version of it.
I guess that's progress.
Full disclosure: this is a straight up straw man, because I don’t want to pay for the book to find out how they actually expand on this.
Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.
I wonder where they’d place various Middle Eastern/North African cultures. By that metric, they’ve created wonders and made uncountable advances for humanity. And yet, I suspect the authors somehow land on European, five eyes parties, India, and East Asian cultures as the most advanced.
It's specifically Israel supremacim, but playing upon US nationalism/exceptionalim that best serves Israel. Supremacism allows you to determine who deserves genocide.
Let's be clear to all billionaires and their sycophantic accolades. You cannot hide from the masses. Your islands, your bunkers, your space stations. None of it matters. Wherever you are, we have already found you, we have already eaten your flesh, we have already ensured your genetic line does not get to survive. Fuck you and yours forever.
Having them all on a space station would be great. Relatively easy to hit.
Yeah except these people currently rule the world. So there's that.
These people need to all be
We already have answers for many of the things he's trying to address, but they involve taxing the rich and using that money to support and educate the masses.
It's almost like there's an ultieror motive behind his desire to improve things for us dumb poor folks...
why can't this piece of shit stop behaving like a badly written villain? holy social ineptitude
We need to build an Arkham Asylum
Alex Karp is a freaking tweeker nut job. Just watch him in an interview. He should be institutionalized.
The Kanye West of "AI".