So is Thiel one of the whacko true believers or is it a tool in his billionaire toolbox for overall population control and whatever goals he has like some Bene Gesserit plot?

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Having read more from Thiel and his cadre of technofascists that I'd like, I think he's a believer but in an esoterica, Nazi-occultism way. Lots of neo-Nazi groups love getting deep into the weeds of the occult and esoteric, remixing myth, religion, and symbolism into a world view built for themselves. Does Thiel believe in a literal devil, very doubtful. Does he believe that there is a more abstract, shifting, morally repugnant (to him) force he is in a position to defeat, absolutely.

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

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[–] calidris@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

Whatever gets him his techno-fascist city states is fair game I'm sure.