cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35095129
Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Antics Continue
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any weirder, Peter Thiel has announced plans to deliver a four-part lecture series on the Antichrist. These unusual events will take place at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco on four days in September and October.
Thiel, one of the most influential tech billionaires of our time, seems intent on forcing us to discuss the Antichrist. He is clearly trying to make a point. But what is that point?
Thiel’s lecture series won’t provide any clues to the public—it’s off the record. He’ll be delivering his lectures to an exclusive group of Antichrist-curious tech acolytes in a highly-controlled atmosphere.
Here’s the thing: this isn’t really about religion. It’s about power and politics, wrapped in theological language. Thiel has long been fascinated with political theorist Carl Schmitt’s ideas about “political theology”—the notion that all significant political concepts are secularized theological concepts.
I think we should allow everyone to introduce themselves
He’s a man of wealth, and taste
Definitely wealth. I haven’t tasted him yet
Well if you do, I’m sure he’d be pleased to meet you regardless.
And has been around for a long long year
So, what, is this just going to be his autobiography?
how he stayed young, by consuming the lifeforce of his side pieces.
But died trying.
Right? !
He is desperate that people regard him as a deep and serious thinker. The trouble is, no interesting thought has ever crossed his mind. This is the reason for his pathetic hatred of academics. His university professors rightly saw a useless dweeb with an outrageous sense of self regard.
The only reason Trump went to the Wharton School of Business was to take advantage of his draft deferments, which kept him out of the Vietnam War. (Trump got 5 deferments, one medical and 4 educational).
He apparently didn’t learn much while he was there, because his professor at Wharton (William T Kelly) has said, “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had.”
Imagine I give you $100,000 today, tomorrow and every day thereafter. How long until you get tired of getting $100,000 each day?
After only a few days, most people’s financial problems would be solved. After ten days, you will have received 1 million dollars. After a few months, you will have been able to purchase anything you’ve ever dreamed of.
How long, then, until money is meaningless to you?
Do you know how long it takes to have received 1 billion dollars?
27.4 years.
27.4 years of receiving $100,000 every day. A billion dollars is 10,000 $100,000s.
Some people have hundreds of billions of dollars. It is an astronomical number.
You can’t imagine how much that amount of money changes a person. You will absolutely lose your mind and yourself.
No one should ever even possess anywhere near that level of money. It’s way too much power.
People conflate rich people with millionaires and casually lump billionaires in with that group.
They are not the same. Billionaires are shells of humans, filled with the putrid sludge of a soul completely consumed by greed.
Do not listen to them. Do not believe them. They only tell you things they want you to believe. They will take everything from you, including your life.
I like you pigup! You’re 100% on the spot here.
Do not listen to them. Do not believe them. They only tell you things they want you to believe. They will take everything from you, including your life.
say crazy illogical thing
do crazy illogical thing
deliver instructions on what he wants you to do
tells a logical truth
you believe it
it’s a brainwashing seminar.
A hard upper limit would solve a lot of problems in the world. Like once you reach a billion dollars you die immediately.
They have left us with only one solution to the billionaire problem. And they’re trying to make that difficult too, with round-the-clock security. But everyone is vulnerable for a moment here or there.
Last night I chatted with my politically moderate neighbor, who is now considering leaving the country, and cheered Luigi, and a bunch of other shit that would have been “far left” a while ago, but I think is now permeating into the middle too.
polarization of the populace works in both directions, the left only lags a bit behind because they actually like stuff like due process and human rights.
Yup, I don’t give a shit about the multi millionaire orthodontist who co-owns his practice, has a summer home and a boat and some sports cars. Heck a lot of small farmers are multi millionaires on paper.
I do care about the people who have enough expendable cash that they can throw 10M at a political endeavor without batting an eye.
Sorry but an orthodontist or a dentist who is a multimillionaire is only normal in the USA. It’s one of the reasons why healthcare in your country is unaffordable.
I just looked this up and they make big bucks almost everywhere, including Europe.
So he’s just gonna be there showing PowerPoint slideshows of him and his buddies? Lol.
I’m not antichrist, I’m just antichrist curious
The 9th gate vibes anyone?
This makes perfect sense, since it takes one to know one.
Don does like it when people talk about him, but I doubt he could sit through four lectures
If your president embodies every single one of the Seven Deadly Sins, he just might be The Antichrist.
Thanks Jeff Foxworthy
Isn’t there a conflict of interest here? I mean, his boy-toy Vance is the antichrist’s VP and all.
vance is an empty puppet controlled by the antichrist.
Of course I know him. He’s me.
Fer er aginnit?
Phew, for a moment I thought he’d give a lecture on the anarchist.
4 hours on how he,(thiel) the anti-christ warps reality(one of the antichrists powers)
I like it that people from America have so much difficulty descerning ‘ie’ and ‘ei’ that op just used both.
See also Einstein ( ‘ain’ correct) Weinstein ( ‘steen’ <- only if it were written ‘stien’)
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