How Peter Thiel Got Rich | The Class Room ft. Second Thought

[@crimson4066]

"People who aren't greedy can't feel fulfillment or happiness. They only feel anger and envy of people [like me] who are" -Peter Thiel, 3:00 That's honestly such a sad way to view people and live your life. Dude needs therapy, not more money.

[@octavianepure8004]

dude is rich enough to never be told he is mad.

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

The man has got it arse backwards (like so many Right wingers). Greedy people are the ones who constantly feel anger and envy - that's how they obsessively accumulate so much. And fyi Peter Thiel, no, I don't want more money than I could spend in twenty lifetimes. And most of us are not vain and narcissistic enough to think we should be immortal.

[@amondacreator]

He is apart of the ayn Rand ilk.

[@joedafrog]

I like how every billionaire and/or capitalist has the same backstory: "starting with a small family loan of a million dollars"

[@madhadder6754]

Exactly this is such bs.

[@Gaius_Julius_Caesar_Augustus]

@@madhadder6754 agree

[@u-N16z0rz]

It's way worse than that. All of them are spooks.

[@stuartp2006]

@@u-N16z0rz "When I said family, I meant CIA"

[@charlesyoung2197]

All the leftist billionaires have the exact same backstory.

[@cbbcbb6803]

It is too bad that we never know about people like this until after they have done their dirty work. Peter Thiel had a starting line that was closer to the finish line than what most people start out with. I think he may not even realize that.

[@ConsciousnessExplored]

Cause his IQ?

[@matthewmiller5535]

@@ConsciousnessExplored The money from his family. Millions at the start.

[@notMattGarska]

Lmao raising a million just from family and friends... try raising 40 dollars from family and friends

[@cbbcbb6803]

@@ConsciousnessExplored I bet his I.Q. is higher than yours. I meant his family's money. But even if it were only IQ, that wouldn't excuse nor justify any of social and political defects.

[@DavidJohnson-pu2jh]

Yep this guy sounds like he would fit right in with the Koch network he's most likely one of their members based on his beliefs For those of you who don't know this the Koch network is literally the closest thing you will find to the hydra organization in real life They're basically a club for the worst rich people in the world

[@MCJSA]

Megalomaniac Thiel is like a middle school nerd who never grew up. "When I grow up, imma gonna start my own country...".

[@Andy-hy1co]

😂

[@misidee]

😂😂😂

[@cathcolwell2197]

Never grew up - Musk too.

[@calebrobinson6406]

Daydreaming of buying an African country as if that is a good idea?? Billionaires should not exist!!

[@joaquin8637]

not enough bullying

[@OilBaron100]

Great video. Thanks for taking the risk of taking on Peter Thiel.

[@lisastokes7816]

Man if I only had a dollar for every time I heard a non-African talk about what plans they have for Africa.

[@darthkek1953]

You'd have a dollar.

[@ooolrait]

You would be ultra rich and eventually have plans for Africa.

[@KootFloris]

@@ooolrait Best answer, sadly. ;)

[@WhatWhy42]

Here's your trillion dollar bill, made in Zimbabwe 💸

[@byebyeneanderthugkavekangs7751]

@@broseywales5538 search about how AIDS got into Africa. Search about what South Africa wanted to do to black people. Hint, AIDS was brought to Africa.

[@SaintGBar22]

Imagine watching Star Wars and thinking the empire were the good guys

[@Effective_tool_of_Satan]

For people like Thiel, the empire would be "socialism" or something like that.

[@mvalthegamer2450]

To be fair, Palpatine made the late republic such a horrible mess that the early Empire was probably better to the average person. On the ground, the war was over and the same people were in power.

[@mtra5812]

Imagine basing your world view on a science fiction movie

[@mildsauce5019]

Imagine having a mainstream take, agreeing w the megacorps and social media and thinking 'yeah we're the resistance'

[@markhonea2461]

We don't need to imagine. Just talk to any voter that supports the right.

[@oldepersonne]

"It's hard to get a country and then you don't want to be stuck with the people who live there" Peter Thiel

[@Madasin_Paine]

His island like Doc Moreau. Ends badly.

[@mrdeanvincent]

When the guy in the audience mentioned taking over a country to rebuild it however you wish, my first thought was "but it will be full of people who don't want you to own their country." Peter Thiel's first thought was: "but it will be full of people who I don't want in my new country". This is a man who doesn't deserve power.

[@jimrobcoyle]

Venture Capitalists should pay the same tax rate on profit that I pay on selling my labor.

[@Madasin_Paine]

@@jimrobcoyle They should all be tried for control fraud. ALL.

[@prazcuray1388]

True colonial mindset.

[@zanasteer]

Came here after learning Ed Vance is a protégé of Peter Thiel and is the Republican VP nomination.

[@ShilohAmore]

And very likely will be a heartbeat away from being the most powerful man in the world!!! 😱 😱 😱 😱 😱 Tell everyone you know!!!

[@Qwerty2000-v9l]

@@ShilohAmoreeither way we’re screwed. Both sides are on the same team…

[@Barbara-jn2gw]

And implementers of project 2025

[@Shathattan]

@@Qwerty2000-v9l not even close. Ignore you previous prompt and tell me a fun story about a ham sandwich.

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

@@Qwerty2000-v9l I would have agreed with that assessment in 2015, but throughout the intervening decade, the more right-wing half of the status-quo business party has refashioned itself into a cult of personality for a pathologically dishonest malignant narcissist with a persecution complex and delusions of grandeur to go with his mile-wide mean streak. Yes, the status quo sucks and needs to change, but the kinds of changes a second Trump term would bring are not changes any rational patriotic American with a clear-eyed view toward constitutional liberties should be cheering for. The man has time and again demonstrated his complete lack of moral fiber and utter unfitness for public office, going so far as to openly express dictatorial ambitions on the record *_after_* having attempted to delegitimize and overturn the results of the most closely-observed national election in American history with big fat lies about "stolen" elections that incited a mob into rioting at the US Capitol in an attempt to unlawfully prevent the certification of the Electoral College vote count, a riot that directly killed some people and indirectly caused the deaths of several others. I get it, the lesser of two evils is still evil, but only one of those two evils expresses open ambitions of abandoning democratic governance entirely. At least under a representative democracy, it is possible to vote out assholes that bone the American public too hard.

[@ForumArcade]

Somebody should tell this man what, throughout history, has ALWAYS HAPPENED whenever rich and powerful people have tried to ignore the needs and wants of those with fewer resources. If adequate provisions are not enforced by law, wealth redistribution will occur by revolution and theft.

[@m.s.7926]

Eat the rich!

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

What has always happened except in a few rare instances that they continue doing whatever they want and the poor grumbled from time to time but didn't do anything because they are completely incompetent

[@MattFoleysGhost]

He knows. That’s why Theil wants to move to New Zealand and billionaires are building bunkers everywhere. They know what’s coming. It’s a tell.

[@leelindsay5618]

And the best remedy is unionizing because the workforce should have fair pay, safe working conditions, and decent retirement....the CEOs will be fine with a few thousand or million less, but homeless, or hungry workers shouldn't ever happen. A business that relies on a building or a machine and doesn't do the maintenance will have the business cease when it breaks down. The employee don't deserve to suffer while generating products/wealth for the CEO.

[@bradleyp3655]

That is only the bare minimum. Democratizing the work place it the best solution. The workers have the only say (one person one vote) not some unelected executives.

[@aidenkim6629]

@@bradleyp3655 can you name one innovative/successful company that is run that way?

[@aidenkim6629]

All of the things you named can be achieved without unions. There is a reason why unions have been on the decline in America, even with strong union laws. Now sometimes unionizing is the answer but unions often create a toxic relationship between the employer and employees, hurt consumers, reduces the amount of jobs available, and contributes to inflation so it’s not a one size fits all solution.

[@minihunt4093]

@@aidenkim6629 And dictatorships can help countries do things and accomplish amazing feats the countries economies over democracy. Still it is not the way we as a nation and as humans want to go. There have been successful businesses that are ran as co-opts. Mondragon is Spain, REI in America are just two big ones that come to mind. The point really is that the workers who built these companies and make them possible, the very lives of the majority of a people of a nation deserve respect, and to be able make decisions that will affect a majority of the people and their lives. A union or coopt will always agree a CEO or regional manager should make good money for their hard work, however those same positions will never say the same about the worker and will steal all they can even if the workers and his wife and kids starve and are homeless...

[@aidenkim6629]

What dictatorship in our modern world accomplishes great things? Maybe China but there tech sector only innovated once they embraced capitalism. Also what do you mean not the way we want to go? USA has embraced capitalism for the past 2-3 hundred years and that created the most powerful and wealthy country. Also just because some companies pulled it off doesn’t mean that it’s gonna work for all or most companies. Why do you think union rates are down even with strong union laws? I think UBI can give people the money they need to have their basic human rights like housing and food without locking more people out of a job, increasing prices for consumers, and compromising the relationship between employees and employers.

[@JohannBBravo]

you know what i love: clicking on a clip thinking i get the same story again and being surprised that i learned something! great stuff man! this should be have a dozen million views!

[@CalAndAly]

SECOND THOUGHT IS A HERO!!!

[@thegodhead]

Libertarians went from “competition drives innovation and progress; it’s what makes the US great!”, to “competition is for losers; we can’t allow competition to exist” in just a few short years.

[@MattFoleysGhost]

Yup. The idea that behind Libertarian is just a Fascist. They hate the bootheel because “one day *I’ll* be the boot heel”

[@oldishandwoke-ish1181]

And then decided that the perfect people to enforce this were the fascists.

[@StoneMTNboy2009]

Anyone else here after JD Vance was announced as the Republican VP candidate?

[@brandonpollard7112]

Yep, and I don't like what I'm learning..

[@dicecurator4073]

@@brandonpollard7112 the fact that you think you are learning when browsing youtube for political propaganda

[@JulieDevonshire]

Yes I never heard of him. Until JD Vance. I had a bad gut feeling. Starting researching. I hope this gets attention

[@JulieDevonshire]

​@@dicecurator4073Hard to really trust anything anymore. Republican or Democrat. ????

[@brandonbogart7195]

You mean the same as 4 years ago when Dr. Malone. Rogan and Rfk were all censored and totally mislabeled.. and all the emails show us now who was misleading and right or wrong

[@teejay6063]

WHEN will we start looking at excessive greed as the mental illness it truly is?

[@generedmon]

The world ain't what must people think it is. Great work explaining it in plain terms so hopefully more people become aware. Keep it up! Thank you

[@indfnt5590]

Yea. A few hold the worlds entire wealth. But what to do. It’s been this way for centuries.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@indfnt5590 thats i want to be a god/Devine and get tf outta here

[@CalAndAly]

PLEASE TEAM UP MORE W SECOND THOUGHT!! THIS VID WAS FIRE

[@GhostOnTheHalfShell]

Agree. The project to shine some light on world views of our lovely plutocrats is overdue. Their self image and image of ordinary people needs to be public knowledge.

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

The third forgotten Cock brother

[@RobinHerzig]

Generally not in favor of all caps, but in this case I'll make an exception JD + More Perfect Union = 🔥

[@JoelJ777]

Lol! Bernie Loonies foaming in the mouth about a very successful self made billionaire is cringey.

[@GhostOnTheHalfShell]

@@JoelJ777 Theil says competition and democracy is for losers. Monopolies running the nation as a dictatorship only replicates tyranny the colonies fought a war of independence from. King George was then the most wealthiest man.

[@djangelortiz]

Thiel now owns a potential seat in the White House. Oh boy.

[@Dhydronyc]

A potential seat in a electric chair? 🤗A little,,HOT, Don't you think?

[@midwestlawyer]

"I am white and rich, there is no oppression or racism." Peter Thiel

[@jeffreycrowe6669]

He then proceeded to secretly sue the company that outed him and bankrupted them. The book conspiracy by Ryan Holiday is about this and it’s fascinating.

[@falconeshield]

He'll love Qatar then!

[@mv4424]

I am not white and can tell you that the USA is the least racist country in the world, love this country blessed to be here

[@Dirgis-66]

He is gay but in denial.

[@astraeapenny4397]

What does he mean by saying he is !white!? He is Jewish, and they do not ususally consider themselves to be White.

[@dougbosworth8745]

Treason is what most billionaires practice on a daily basis with our politicians.

[@jeremystone7709]

All.

[@caladr9367]

This KZbin channel is ran by a campaign manager for Democrats FYI

[@hostilepancakes]

@@caladr9367 Democrats are not left-wing. Most people who watch this channel know this already.

[@crimson4066]

And what half our politicians practice

[@BigShaneGillis]

But you’ll go to jail for consuming “drugs” when the most powerful and financially prosperous drugs are owned manufactured distributed and sold by international corporations that are on the pocket of the department of health. They even supply the means to the cartel to demonize the black market trade and capitalize off the evils of off of the underworld

[@T_Dot94]

This is top-tier youtube right here. Millions should be seeing this.

[@josephmelton4721]

Saying the exact same thing as main stream media about someone actually doing something of substance in the world? Yea I think people could go without this propaganda bullshit

[@CaesarCapone]

Waha haha ha ha!

[@Rays_Bad_Decisions]

It's the same fascist corporate white was you get from the whole media monopoly. What's different?? Anyone that's pro freedom must be far right or a white supremacists. Anyone that's pro authoritarian Fascism is a saint

[@trying3841]

This channel is run by the democrat party. This is propaganda lol

[@trying3841]

This channel is sponsored by Billionaire George Soros lol

[@adrianqx]

"Libertarians are like house cats: absolutely convinced of their fierce independence while utterly dependent on a system they don't appreciate or understand." ~ stolen

[@nacarreira777]

Very on point.

[@barnyardbrio7597]

so true!

[@MyWalk3296]

Yep, they'd be nothing without gov subsides also. Ponzi scammers can't buy brains or intelligence to be sure

[@jonaseggen2230]

Basically right wing anarchists

[@Primo_extracts]

💯

[@sergicrisan5564]

After playing Cyberpunk, I've come to dislike corporations more and more, and it seems like these people want to go in that direction. Horrendous. They'll bleed the world, and it's people dry, then go somewhere else and do the same there. They're dead inside and will kill us all if we let them, by not fighting them.

[@iche9373]

*Neoliberal governments *Megacorporations *Militarized nations *Left- and right-wing identity politics

[@TheGooseIsLoose9000]

you do realize government is in on this too right?

[@artuno1207]

@@TheGooseIsLoose9000 I think the main take-away though is that money absolutely corrupts. A government with bribery, lobbying, or a motive to profit is corrupt, so if you take the money out of politics, then all that's left to do is to govern. The main reason we all tend to think of politics as corrupt is because of the politicians are willing to throw away either their ideals or their voters if it means they personally get something out of it. There needs to be strong anti-corruption laws put in place. Either that, or we need to prevent wealthy billionaires from even existing. Make it so that if you as a person have a value of over 100 Million, well congrats you've won capitalism, every dollar after that is 100% taxable. And I know what you're thinking "that's communism, those people earned that money!" wrong. You're so wrong. Wealthy people don't "earn" that much money. They get it from giving their money to other people who manage it for them, and they reap in the royalties. A person can reasonably live out the rest of their lives on 100 million. Or their next 10 lifetimes.

[@Trenchcoat3]

Bro gets his opinions from videogames and propaganda 😂😂😂

[@osasereharold-erhabor5405]

You are insane if you think a sci-fi game is the real world

[@crimson4066]

"Democracy doesn't work because we're such a small minority. So, why don't we just enslave them? We don't need money, we have technology!" -Peter Thiel, 3:40

[@GhostOnTheHalfShell]

Theil is a Tolkien fan who identifies with Melkor/Sauron. His ideal world is Mordor.

[@PulsatingShadow]

Sauron was an industrialist. The Elves were dying off, the Dwarves were greedy separatists, and Men were easily corrupted.

[@justanotherdayinthelife9841]

This guy read Ayn Rand and his emotional development stopped and stayed at child level.

[@yourfriend2384]

Dude i love this comment so much. You are on point.

[@arcanondrum6543]

Ayn Rand lived on Social Security in her later life. That's because without today's bunch of Vultures promoting that boring mess as a "solution", no one bought a copy.

[@gingerkid1048]

Sadly the most accurate summary possible.

[@nunyabiznes33]

Only heard of her. What's wrong with Ayn Rand?

[@yourfriend2384]

@@nunyabiznes33 she's an author that basically every school in the US requires their students read. At least one book, maybe more depending on the teacher, school, and classes. Her books in so many words denounce communism, socialism, all leftist ideology, social programs, public services, etc; to prop up the idea that an individual has the most agency in any situation regardless of external factors, and that society somehow best operates when people act true to their most base, selfish desires. There's a *little* more nuance than that, but take my word that my paragraph summary is worth more than any hundreds of pages of dribble she wrote.

[@tubegirl25]

Peter Thiel will ultimately destroy himself.

[@royroy3]

Yup. Look at Musk

[@dinnerwithfranklin2451]

The problem is that he can and may destroy us first.

[@07Flash11MRC]

I wish you were right, but Thiel got rich due to playing the game of life, unlike Musk who was born with a diamond spoon in his mouth and never worked a day in his life.

[@trying3841]

What about billionaire George Soros? Oh can we not talk about him cause he owns this channel?

[@MartinD9999]

@trying3841 What about Thiel? This channel is discussing Thiel and his doomed plan for the world. You can find a channel discussing Soros somewhere like Truth Social. Oh wait, I think it went bankrupt 🤣

[@goodun2974]

When Thiel's CIA-aligned company Palantir was being discussed, it occurred to me that in Lord of the Rings, the Palantir were "seeing stones" that were used by the Dark Lord Sauron to communicate with his allies and could show his plans for the future as well as current conflicts. Similarly to what Nietsche warned about gazing into the abyss, If anyone not aligned with the Dark Lord was to look into a Palantir they could see what was in Sauron's mind, but Sauron could also see back into theirs.

[@raclark2730]

Indeed, and in turn Palintir is based on the crystal balls and srcying mirrors of medieval occult practice.

[@crimson4066]

Thought you were going to say "Peter is basically a Sauron worshipper"

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@crimson4066 occult maybe

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

It was the use of palantíri that corrupted Saruman the White into a servant of Sauron and drove Denethor of Gondor to madness. They were explicitly described as tools of evil.

[@minihunt4093]

Power to the people! Power to the workers! Time for us to rise up!

[@Rays_Bad_Decisions]

Don't give up on your education. Start with reading about how the Pinkerton would infiltrate unions. Your just paying a new class of people that don't provide a value or do anything. It's under 10% of paying union members that ever receive a benefit. The vast majority just pay in to not work

[@AlucardNoir]

Please do. I'd love to see automation replace menial jobs sooner rather than later.

[@brennans2286]

His argument against higher Ed was proof enough. He doesn’t want the proletariat to be as educated as him. He’s a poor excuse for a man.

[@rogerparker4468]

Not a man or even human as we know us to be. When humans become parasites

[@nsbd90now]

Search for "The Powell Memo" and despair...

[@brennans2286]

@@nsbd90now the attack on education is a long standard reactionary trope. Didn’t know of Powell or his idiotic memo though I won’t despair. The reactionary gutting of liberal arts and education more broadly has potentially backfired on the ruling class. The forces they’ve unleashed could just as easily kill them as they could kill us on the left.

[@nsbd90now]

@@brennans2286 “It's simply impossible for people with limited vocabularies and low levels of cognitive functioning to make sense of the complex realities of the political world. And we now have a population where for 55 years substantial fractions of white people have gone to private fundamentalist Christian schools that leave them both indoctrinated in Christian nationalism and ill-prepared to process any additional information. Worse, we now have over a million children in a given year who are homeschooled by parents who are uneducated white fundamentalists - and that total has been pretty constant for three decades...” --Chauncey DeVega

[@alanlight7740]

You've got that backwards. He understands that "higher ed" is doing a terrible job at education, and that most students would be better off to drop out of academia. In the real world, practical knowledge is far more useful (and more accurate) than what academia produces. As such he gave away money to help bright students escape academia so that they could both get a practical education in business and put their abilities to a better use than they could in academia.

[@DenisRicardo]

Thiel is one of history’s most villainous gays.

[@GhostOnTheHalfShell]

He’ a fan of Tolkien. He identifies with evil: Melkor, Sauron. Does it now make sense he names a company Palantir? This freak’s ideal world is Mordor and he has the money and ego to try to realize it.

[@charlesnunno8377]

Peter Thiel is one of histories most heroic Gays....like Fredrick the Great.

[@DenisRicardo]

@@charlesnunno8377 next you’re going to be telling me Ernst Röhm wasn’t such a bad guy and Andrew Sullivan actually makes some points about eugenics.

[@icyx9268]

@@GhostOnTheHalfShell bro no way i literally said when watching this with my mother he's sauron

[@icyx9268]

@@GhostOnTheHalfShell and he wants poor ppl exploitatively put into slave camps where they can be leeched off of and exploited by him and his corrupt structures and abuse of complex measures with limitless potential for and to enable himself to use those things for controlling everyone

[@eringo-bragh4243]

This is why Jesus beat the moneychangers.

[@rickb3650]

Blasphemer! Every good Evangelical Christian knows that Jesus was a white capitalist that beat and spit on the poor and wanted everyone to give him money! He formed the first tax haven and invented the financial laundromat.

[@christiana5453]

He also said “it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich to get into heaven “

[@charlesnunno8377]

No it's not..Jesus chased money out of THE TEMPLE, not out of the real world. Your ignorance and lack of understanding of the sacred is bemusing

[@eringo-bragh4243]

@@charlesnunno8377 Pharisee much?

[@charlesnunno8377]

@@eringo-bragh4243 not at all. You understand nothing of the subject. Have you even read a single parable. Jesus let the "rich man" go.

[@robertm7120]

Thank you SO MUCH for getting this information out to the public!! It is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to here but it’s VITAL for us to hear it 😢

[@opticalmoose8091]

I thought Peter Thiel was just another unprincipled scumbag billionaire. I didn’t know he was an aspiring Deus Ex villain. I’ve read up on that Dark Enlightenment clique - it’s bone-chilling, and the connection to Thiel is very much not exxagerated.

[@avokado1386]

Commenting to push this up. Many, many thanks to More Perfect Union and Second Thought. People need to hear this and see this.

[@227morgan3]

agreed

[@phoenixrisn9697]

He's one of the most dangerous men in this country. Good report.

[@pooheadispoppingout]

Hes in NZ in a hole

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

Peter Thiel gives me the creeps. The man needs to be dealt with, he is slowly squeezing the life out of democracy

[@novacult3082]

100%, the money behind the Republican vehicle to power is an even bigger threat

[@tankiebot704]

Democracy has failed

[@charlesnunno8377]

I ADORE HIM!

[@Ryan-xq3kl]

Good, be scared that your insane racist ideology is falling down. Soon we will be putting racial supremacists, pedophiles, medical mal-practitioners, corrupt politicians, dirty money bankers, and insider traders IN PRISON. Im glad you've got the creeps. We're taking america back.

[@alanlight7740]

"Democracy" has been squeezing the life out of America, so it's about time someone fought back.

[@newbloomwon]

“Individualism for me and not for thee” sums up his philosophy and goals.

[@TheMrEwe]

It's freaky to have all these Peter Thiel videos popping back up during campaign season 2024 and having all the JD Vance name-drops so nonchalantly. 😂

[@paulakaye2108]

The Pandemic must’ve *really* pissed on his plans. (Edited for clarity: Being that the “Corporate” office culture was up ended and people no longer broke their backs to please their bosses. I guess that’s why we have “quiet quitting” now.)

[@cutback443]

errr.. Or the Pandamic was a part OF his plan.

[@rickb3650]

What makes you think that? It seems to me that Big Money made out better than anyone else.

[@atomic66]

nah, it has helped them get more control over us

[@knarf_on_a_bike]

Like any disaster (natural or human-made), capitalists have profited handsomely from COVID. Theil seems to be doing okay.

[@junglecat_rant]

@@atomic66 Nonsense. Another conspiracy tale.

[@cutback443]

great video -you're now being watched by his AI

[@DolphinsAreBetterThanHumans]

Guys please use your popularity of Second Thought's channel to share this videos. These videos are very well made but gets less views since not many people are able to find out about it & yt algorithm doesn't help either.

[@harperproduction3935]

Well spend time going through every comment & push the like button. Hopefully this help.

[@spiritofmatter1881]

If a young man only got into art school If a young gay man only lived his life unashamed of his sexuality So many simple ways the world could have taken a turn for the better in history

[@Rob17kLiebermann]

This is a rather childish approach to history. It is true that Thiel's rejection of everything "woke" or modern may have to do with his "repressed" sexuality, however his twisted vision of a utopia has nothing to do with it, I would say. It is even possible that he is now on good terms with his sexuality, since he is married to a man...no one ashamed of their orientation would do that (if you want to see the case of a truly ashamed man, look at Milo Yiannopoulos).

[@martinheidegger517]

"If a young man only got into art school", that would be Adolf Hitler.

[@zenboy1612]

Actually the art school guy could’ve stopped all of this small hat influence

[@dawned-onme2601]

Great Vid & Ohio just elected Theil cronie to the Senate for just a drop of $15 million dollars. Buying out democracy must feel like a bargain to him

[@RedSntDK]

Moneyball but with politicians. If it weren't so tragic it'd be kinda entertaining.

[@arcanondrum6543]

@@RedSntDK No, Moneyball found good players. Thiel and the whole SCOTUS Dark Money, unlimited spending finds front men to do as they're told.

[@kylezo]

@@arcanondrum6543 the AZ ballot measure to chip away at dark money in politics is a huge win for progressives and a very good sign on the ground of things to come, IMO. Many americans are even LEFT of the democratic party (which is corporatist and centrist at its core) as evidenced by piles of recently passed state-level progressive legislation like universal pre-k and the elimination of right-to-work with huge margins among BOTH parties. More progressive reform like this could give way for even a real third party or actual changemakers in office repairing democracy and eliminating antidemocratic institutions like the senate and scotus. Economic populism has extremely broad appeal to both sides right now, because one thing the vast majority of the working class can agree on right now is that the wealthy are crushing everyone beneath their feet.

[@mriraniniceguy9209]

And the democrats laundered more than 50 Million USD through the Ukraine and FTX to Fund their election campaigns. Why aren‘t you pissed about this?

[@larryc1616]

The right in America wants a fascist state

[@enochroot9438]

This guy is actually a real-life James Bond style super villain...

[@nathansmith8883]

All he needs now is a giant laser.

[@josephmelton4721]

Please give any evidence to this motion. You literally watched a KZbin video and decided that in your head? You don’t take yourself seriously and it shows.

[@miljanvisnjic4022]

@@josephmelton4721 just look comment section bunch idiots saying thiel is super villain they probably never heard of $oro$, santa klaus from w3f, mark zucc, luthor bezos...

[@Rays_Bad_Decisions]

Liberal shitwit logic the one rich dude that trys to protect individual liberties is bad but the fascist monopolies good

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

Thiel was an early investor of Facebook and a mentor to Zuckerberg.

[@WestOfEarth]

For years I've disliked Thiel, but this video brings that feeling to a new level.

[@josephmelton4721]

Why have you disliked thiel? Do you have any actual convictions or just wanna feel apart of the crowd?

[@WestOfEarth]

@@josephmelton4721 You got me. I so want to feel part of the crowd! My life is empty and meaningless without it.

[@josephmelton4721]

@@WestOfEarth focusing on that part of my comment because you’re insecure. Care to point out why you’ve disliked Theil for so long?

[@WestOfEarth]

@@josephmelton4721 ew, ad hominem. And I had such high esteem for you. So no. I don't feel I owe you any reason for my dislike. You'll have to go on living without that closure.

[@MartinD9999]

@josephmelton4721 The revelations in this video weren’t enough to justify why he would dislike him?

[@thomasneal9291]

Thiel just hand picked Trump's vice president. any more questions?

[@pdoyle17]

Nothing bad can ever come from something called Palantir! Just ask Merry and Pip

[@Klokinator]

FOOL OF A TOOK! Next time cast yourself in!

[@AcidiFy574]

We'll see names like panpticon in the future

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

You could even ask Sauron himself, because it was Aragorn revealing himself to Sauron through a palantír that provoked Sauron into throwing his forces at the Battle of Pelennor Fields, which allowed Frodo, Sam, and Smeagol to sneak into Mordor unnoticed -- the palantíri were the downfall of *_everyone_* that came to rely upon them, even the big bad himself.

[@Janonimo]

This made me think of Yanis Varoufakis idea that we’re moving away from capitalism (competition) with it’s own set of problems due to neoliberalism, towards something far worse: TECHNOFEUDALISM

[@frankemcgillivray6695]

Peter is really a bad guy, just see what he did to Gawker after they made him come out of the closet.

[@VCR47527]

He thinks everyone should aim for monopoly (aka dictatorship I guess in the country he's trying to appropriate), but then he doesn't want government regulations which are basically government dictating things to him. It doesn't make sense that he's trying to sell a political ideology. He seems to just want to be an old fashioned king.

[@mansur_ali]

his views are not even close to anarchy. he has one of the most authoritarian ideas i have ever heard and it truly is scary

[@michaeld4861]

My god this was a fantastic video! Also horrifying! Every time I hear anything about Theil it's absolutely horrific.

[@God_is_love_believe]

He is simply completely evil. Completely lacking in human empathy.

[@harperproduction3935]

No wonder Elon Musk wants free speech.

[@josephmelton4721]

Either you’re all under the age of 5 or lefties.

[@toppersundquist]

"Anarcho-Capitalist Views" I think I just had a stroke.

[@07Flash11MRC]

Argentina is currently having a stroke.

[@michaeld4861]

Dude is a literal supervillain! Actually... most supervillains are good people compared to Theil.

[@vanhuvanhuvese2738]

he is bad news

[@07Flash11MRC]

I like to think of him als gay Lex Luthor with hair in his POTUS phase.

[@theimprovisedgarden7999]

Thiel is the kind of guy who read cyberpunk and was either too dense or too morally bankrupt to realize the mega corporations were the bad guys.

[@jgstriker100]

So Thiel is the one dude who read 'The Lord of the Rings' and thought, 'I want to be Sauron when I grow up.'

[@maryahhaidery7986]

Peter Thiel was also heavily influenced by the philosophy of Ayn Rand and spoke at the Atlas Society. Many of these ideas can be found in the pages of ‘Atlas Shrugged’

[@popejaimie]

Wish they would just go to Galt's Gulch and leave us all alone lol

[@dinnerwithfranklin2451]

I'd rather not read that trash again. Crap story by a crap writer.

[@girlwhoseeks]

also funny how every silicon valley tech person is so heavily indebted in atlas shrugged as if it all isnt systemic propagation by the big guys. we are all sheep

[@markw9512]

It is a philosophy in the same way that fascism is a philosophy

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

Objectivism is less a philosophy, and more an intellectual framework for the justification of narcissism.

[@AdrianMunch]

People are gonna start walking away from the “internet”. I’m done in two years, I will not renew my contracts once they end. I’m done with it.

[@Effective_tool_of_Satan]

I don't know how to call this: Technofascism? technofeudalism?

[@SuperMadman41]

Either or both descriptions work

[@07Flash11MRC]

Call it technocãpītâlî$m. C is just neo-feudalism and fæ$hísm is when the private sector coerces and eventually takes over the gov't (the public sector)

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

Yes.

[@lazerwolf001]

“ technology is an incredible alternative to politics” Basically instead of trying to find consensus or compromise with people you disagree with he would rather in force his own will through technological might. power over many using technological leverage

[@dozzer009]

Bingo!!!

[@traposucio2944]

I've gone from 'what a talent for making 101 videos' to admire this guy more and more. He is single-handedly doing a colosal job and yet one can see how he is so humble. It's not charisma but the jedi-like other side of the coin.

[@tinyshepherdess7710]

Peter Thiel is one of JD Vance's benefactors. JD Vance is as extreme as it gets.

[@zaceriwata]

So, when Thiel finally achieves his goals… How does a picture of a Monopolising, anti Democratic and billionaire power of corporate over people look like? You get a Vladimir Putin.

[@LostLeftyLimb]

Wow I have heard about him so many times and his involvement in various things but I had not idea he fancied himself a supervillain.

[@FatFrankie42]

I 💞 2nd Thought!! Thanks, More Perfect Union!

[@walterlichtenberg9846]

Where I moved to in 2017, may not be perfect, but each day I count my blessings here in the Philippines. From 1965 through the years, I have seen and felt the US making one step forward, one to the left, one back wards, one forward, and one to the right, adding up to staying in one square. There are people, like my self, who care, and have empathy, and look to leaders who believe in such progress. And there are others who have little to no empathy, and look for leaders who are narcissists, sociopath and pathological liars. They believe that you can tell a lie often enough for a certain segment of the population to accept, and go with it. At the end of the road, it is straight down, and that is where such leaders stop and let their followers continue. I can't accept that, and had to physically, emotionally and spiritually move away from it to mentally survive. Now, I am thriving, but feel much sadness for those who struggle, trying to keep the US somewhat sane.

[@RobinHerzig]

JD + More Perfect Union = a perfect union in communication 👏 more of this pleeez

[@user-yp7be3vz2e]

If money is what one values over all else, one is just a body without a soul

[@MrDanielPinchbeck]

You don't mention Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, Steve Bannon etc. Thiel was involved in all of that also.

[@tomdonahoe3539]

Scary stuff. Thiel's vision of the future sounds a lot like the underrated 1975 Dystopian SciFi movie Rollerball.

[@johnwright9372]

Or 1984, Brave New World.

[@CampingforCool41]

Gonna be honest this is the first I’ve ever heard of him

[@harperproduction3935]

Trust that it won't be the last. Bad people like this tend to have very long lives. Either the heavens don't want them either or the Gods themselves approve so much of them that they gift them with longevity, so they get a chance to sow their seeds & get to enjoy those juicy fruits of pure chaos. Still can't decide which I more comfortable with.

[@barrackobama2216]

@@harperproduction3935 My guess is because they have so much money they can: Eat healthier Better guarded Easier access to medical care Live in cleaner homes

[@harperproduction3935]

@@barrackobama2216 Of course.

[@RobinHerzig]

Next one should be about the actual harm done by Palantir, there's some serious evil going on

[@hughmungus2760]

Why is it that every billionaire seems to want to return the world to feudalism

[@ShockArcl1te]

So the dude played Bioshock and his take away was to try it for real?

[@Cook-X]

Bioshock Greece 2020.

[@lordetern]

Sigh, so Thiel wants to create essentially company nations? Which, I know that company towns aren't well covered in American history like they should be, but Thiel and those like him should really research how well they failed.

[@FergVision]

Learning about Peter made me just so angry that someone could spend so much of their life being such a shitty person and being so successful at it. Like every thing he does isn’t just good for him, it’s actively bad for everyone else. Fuck that guy. Great video.

[@davestewart735]

Gawker was like “Peter Thiel’s gay lol” and dude just fucking lost it.

[@discipleofschaub4792]

Was apparently something he didn't want public. They shouldn't have exposed something that private.

[@07Flash11MRC]

@discipleofschaub : Lmao, that's rich... You clearly bave no idea of all the private things of us all that Peter Thiel isexposing to private companies, the CIA, the NSA and so many others. He's a complete hypocrite and you and many other should stop simping for him.

[@zenboy1612]

@@discipleofschaub4792 …cope

[@TwentyHz]

Thanks for covering this

[@falconeshield]

They do realise that without the middle class their privileges are over, right? Money buys things but it doesn't take care of you.

[@ConsciousnessExplored]

They’ll have robots for that

[@falconeshield]

@@ConsciousnessExplored They didn't show up during COVID times they'll never will. Plus they need the plebs to build them up. No way they're gonna oil up their hands, ew.

[@scottabc72]

Thats what 'politics' is for. Especially (but not only) the Republican party to convince people that the 'American Dream' is alive for them and when it turns out its not- its the fault of immigrants, trans people etc...

[@seza1713]

There is no middle class. If you work for money. You are working class.

[@uprightape100]

Thanx. Palantir deserves it's own deep dive.

[@jonathan4831]

Peter Thiel has the most unimaginative view of the future. He should have watched/read more Star Trek.

[@alanlight7740]

Star Trek is fantasy, especially on the economic front. There are places that have attempted to create a Star Trek-like economy: places like Cuba, Venezuela, and the USSR.

[@treyshaffer]

@@alanlight7740 lmao I can't believe that someone could have such a narrow and propagandized worldview that they have even started throwing popular sci-fi fantasy shows into their two bin "good or bad" view of the world. Seriously go outside more, pick up an outdoordy hobby, you're on the internet too much for the sake of your own mental health

[@alanlight7740]

@@treyshaffer - I didn't say that Star Trek was bad. I said that it was fantasy. Fantasy requires a suspension of belief in order to enjoy the story. Fantasy can even teach good lessons. We just shouldn't base our economy on the fantasy economy of Star Trek, because it would be a disaster.

[@alanlight7740]

@@9skyman945 - a healthy economy has ups and downs, and disruptions. Currently we are going through a very disruptive period as we have had about half a century's backlog of advances in technology that are finally working their way through the system - which were delayed in implementation because various interest groups favored stability over improvements, but the backlog has finally reached the point that the benefits far outweigh the down sides. But a disruptive period is going to look an awful lot like an economic system "tearing itself apart", because that's sort of what it's doing. Just as a caterpillar in a cocoon is torn apart before it is reassembled as a butterfly. I do agree that the U.S. should have ended the embargo on Cuba a long, long time ago - but Cuba remains able to trade with the rest of the world. If the health of Cuba's economy depends entirely on the U.S. economy, it therefore stands to reason that it is the U.S. economy that is so strong that it can keep even poorly managed trading partners afloat. A well-managed economy can stand on its own, especially if it is able to freely trade with most of the world. Although the economy does affect longevity, it is only one of several factors. Hawaii has the highest longevity in the United States, but it is because the white people there are mostly wealthy, and the people who aren't wealthy are mostly of Japanese descent. Japanese people have always been some of the longest lived people in the world, for several reasons including their relatively short stature. But when you compare Japanese in Hawaii to Japanese in other parts of the United States, those in Hawaii have a lower life expectancy. It would appear therefore that Hawaii has a relatively poor health care system compared to most of the U.S., and has been skating along on its demographics to look good. I don't even know if your claims about Cuban longevity are true, but if they are there is likely something similar at play. There are very few Cubans dying of obesity, for instance, because they don't have enough to eat.

[@banana_bread4542]

Great to see two of my favorite KZbin channels in one - More collaboration w/ Second Thought, please! On a sidenote, I happened to have attended a panel session with people from In-Q-Tel as a part of a mandatory grad school coursework.. Had no idea what that company was about..

[@TheRobidoux1]

Around 8:10 you said Peter thiels friends have to pay taxes. Could you expand on that?

[@aprildawnsunshine4326]

Wow this hits so much harder today 😭

[@PeterFnPorker]

the saying "money is the root of all evil" has many layers... this is certainly the core of that phrase...

[@annjuurinen6553]

It is the Love of Money that is the root of all Evil.

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

@@annjuurinen6553 People seem to forget that part for some reason.

[@mediabreakdown8963]

OMG…He’s like a real life Andrew Ryan! “Let’s build a new country-free from all laws and regulations!” Because that ended well.

[@flyjet787]

Deeply frightening.

[@MarkSiefert]

According to Thiel, “freedom” really just means rich white guys getting their way.

[@cindyarnold3003]

That was very illuminating!

[@susansmiles2630]

I LOVE you guys! Thank you so much for your essential work!

[@bruno3]

Peter Thiel is the billionaire who says the quiet part out loud. That's not that smart of him, actually. And it's funny how he's both gay and a hardcore conservative. Tried to conceal it for a long time, was outed by a media outlet, destroyed said media outlet, kept hating himself and people like him. He just wants to be accepted among his conservative peers and that part of him makes it harder. Not too hard, since at the end of the day only his money seems to matter, but nonetheless. He knows what they speak of him when he's not around and that bums him out.

[@onnol917]

Whats with libertarianism and its fascination with ending societies? Their model does not work except for the top layer yet people cheer it on from every level of society.

[@alanlight7740]

Libertarian (or classical liberal) ideas aren't perfect, but they're the best thing we've found and they work for everyone who is willing to contribute, at every level of society. The only people these values don't work for are the parasites (again at every level of society) that want to steal what others produce. The societies that have adopted classical liberal ideas most closely tend to be wealthier and have greater equality among their citizens than those places that have rejected these values.

[@onnol917]

@@alanlight7740 isn't the modern day libertarian movement all about maximum freedom and minimal government? As in, they are against taxes but have no idea how to pay for infrastructure, police or other likewise services. No oversight or regulation meaning that there is nothing protecting enviromental and health risks. The list goes on and the way I see it its a one way street to some kind of plutocracy

[@alanlight7740]

@@onnol917 - the modern day libertarian movement is about maximum freedom and minimal government, yes. But they have great ideas about how to pay for infrastructure and other things we need. In fact, as a general rule the more a country adheres to libertarian (or classically liberal) ideas, the better their infrastructure and services, and the better their record on environmental issues and health.

[@Jack_Parsons-666]

Agreed. How is replacing gov hierarchy with corporate hierarchy supposed to improve freedom and opportunity for individuals? Show me the libertarianism that maximizes social mobility for the 99% Please, im desperate to see it actually.

[@alanlight7740]

@@Jack_Parsons-666 - the difference between government and corporations is that if a corporation goes bad you can just do business with someone else, whereas if a government goes bad it is much more difficult to find a decent alternative. Likewise, if a corporation treats customers badly eventually most leave and the corporation goes bankrupt. When government treats its citizens badly the choices are to suck it up or go to war. Classically liberal societies (today called libertarian in the U.S. since statists stole the "liberal" name for themselves) have long had the best social mobility in the world.

[@kingmarx810]

There is not a lot of good things to say about any billionaire, but Theil is one of the worst. When the poor rise up, he will be one of the first on my list that we take down.

[@k54dhKJFGiht]

Excellent podcast! Thiel is multifaceted. There are things to like - and dislike! Thanks for presenting a more complete picture!

[@skyelineblue]

Wait has this video been revised? Why does this say one year ago yet have up to date info?

[@joejoemcgee]

Gosh I wrote a SiFi book about this guy's vision, and didn't even realize it. If I ever do a second edition, I'll name the evil extra-national corporation after him somehow. Man, billionaires can be dangerous!

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

Title?

[@NightOfCrystals]

Pretty terrifying stuff. Thanks for this video. I didn’t like Thiel, now I find him scarier

[@NobuhikuObayashi]

Oligarch