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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The crazy part is that Thiel has somehow deluded himself that he, a homosexual man, won’t be put up against the wall himself if the fascists and theocrats take over and his usefulness runs its course.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It would be so sweet to see Peter Thiel before a firing squad with his assets seized and nationalized by the same brutal and incompetent hate-machine that he helped birth. I wonder if his last request would be one last hit from his blood boy.

It would be sweeter still if none of that comes to pass, of course.

[–] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Blood bag! Witness me!! - Peter Thiel

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's rich. He knows he can just hop his private jet and be gone to, like, Portugal or something within a couple hours if things get too spicy here.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

He bought New Zealand citizenship, along with a bunch of these other billionare weirdos.

Undoubtedly he has a fully stocked bunker out there for when he rips the US apart.

It’s been proven time and time again that if you’re wealthy and powerful, or at least close to power, you don’t face the same judgments the common people face in authoritarian governments. Look at Lindsay Graham, almost definitely gay but the republicans leave him alone despite their public campaign against LGBTQ people’s rights.