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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 268 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

And Peter Thiel is behind all the age verification shit…

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 160 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Tired: Age verification system.

Wired: Automated child finder with initial AI chat functions to assist billionaire pedophiles.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 109 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Epstein was probably providing Blood Boys for Theil's age extension experiments. He believe the blood of young men can keep him young. Not kidding, these Sociopathic Oligarchs are serious weirdos.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 67 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Peter Thiel is IMO the most monstrous human to ever gain power because of how explicitly his interests are to attain godhood. He’s literally anime evil, his ambitions are not dissimilar from the antagonist(s) of FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

He's not alone, there are a lot of them. Eventually they'll start reaching Trillionaire status, and some of them will form an alliance, and challenge entire countries. They will be able to afford their own armies, conquer territory, and found their own nation, with whatever laws they want.

This is why we can't have Billionaires. This is an easily predictable future. Do we really have to wait until it happens, and then say "Why didn't somebody do something to stop them when we had the chance?"

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

This dude watched Altered Carbon and thought the Methuselahs were the good guys.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

They won't leave us alone! They won't let go of the reins, they refuse to die and are trying to find ways to greatly extend their lives so they can continue to terrorize the world forever. Make it stop!!!

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

It was absolutely mind-boggling to me when I found out that Gavin's blood boy on Silicon Valley wasn't fictionalized or some industry in-joke I wasn't aware of. Like all the crazy out-of-touch billionaire shit he does, and they literally just had to change the person's name to make a comedy show about it.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 12 points 3 weeks ago

It doesn't seem to be working for him. In fact it seems to be making him more of an aging demon.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

There’s a conspiracy theory that there’s a gay tech cabal running shit now, Thiel being the big player in it

EDIT: Save the downvotes for those more in need, I don’t believe in this shit, just the messenger

Sauce: https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-gay-tech-mafia/

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 40 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool that we are finally returning to some grass roots conspiracies.

The gays and the Jews are running it all. Conspiracies like grandma used to espouse.

The world is healing.

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[–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Haven't you heard of Turing? We've been running shit since the dawn of time 💅

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 22 points 3 weeks ago

The pedos need to know who's a child on the Internet

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[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 210 points 3 weeks ago (26 children)

Oh look, we found the global pedophile cabal that’s been running the government. Unfortunately, the people who have been shouting about it for the last decade or so are going to be quiet because it’s their guys and they don’t hold their guys accountable.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 62 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I mean this is fucking insane. When I first heard of this shit I was incredulous. I didn't believe it...

Now even if they turn out to be literally reptilian creatures like David Icke said I wouldn't be surprise.

[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I mean they kind of are in the sense that they lack all empathy, compassion, and guilt.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 9 points 3 weeks ago

Hmmm, the characteristics of a psychopath!

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[–] Lor@mander.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago
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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 108 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The age verification and protect the children act serve only to surveil any political opposition and to allow for making more children sexually available to billionaire pedophiles.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 60 points 3 weeks ago

Hey hey hey lets not talk about that!

Ooooh look a queer highschooler is trying to play sports! Panic!!!!

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[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 105 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The eating babies thing becomes much more believable once this mother fucker got implicated.

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 83 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You mean Jeffrey Epstein's Friends, who TRAFFICKED and RAPED CHLDREN, want EVERYONE in the US to Verify their Age and Location online? Wow! How Secure! Let's PASS the SAVE Act so we can make it EASIER for the Epstein class to Track American ~~Children~~ Adults!

-Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries!

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Those two are about as effective as wet toilet paper.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

From AIPAC's perspective, they're very effective.

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[–] dumbass@piefed.social 64 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Business relationship.... Well Epstein business relationship. They weren't lovers as I first thought.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] dumbass@piefed.social 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not saying they didn't fuck, they just weren't fuckin.

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[–] redsand 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We all assume he was getting boys from Epstein and Maxwell but do we think he killed and ate them? That's the mystery in this fucked timeline.

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[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

On the other hand, Thiel has given JD Vance so much preferential treatment that it is hard to make sense of it unless you assume they have a sexual relationship.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

New Zealand should strip his citizenship. If he enters the EU, the French Gendarmerie should arrest the sick pedo loser.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And just like we don't hear about the girls in the catholic church being abused, I'm sure we're not hearing about the boys in the epstein/trump sex trafficking ring.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

How is "Peter Thiel is a piece of shit" news?

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

He's like a walking, talking billboard for why billionaires are evil. Just like how Elon is a walking, talking billboard for why billionaires aren't actually smart.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Peter is evil, but he’s also not nearly as smart as he thinks he is

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This is true, but most billionaires publicly pass for at least an average intellect. When Elon speaks, it's hard to ignore that he's clearly an idiot.

[–] DandomRude@piefed.social 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This is news because it provides evidence of what a piece of shit he is.

Just one example: in Germany, even complete idiots can see why it is more than absurd for any state to use Palantir products. It is really sad that it is even necessary to refute this proposal by obviously corrupt politicians, but this connection to a child molester makes it at least a little easier.

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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago

This guy looks like the videogame version of Gollum.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Jacobin better use their words carefully lest they get gawker'd.

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[–] TheFrogThatFlies@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

While very likely true, we can't forget that Don did it too.

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