I think that Thiel is already in that place: from above, pulling the puppet's strings. That is the safest place for a fascist to be, because the consequences tend to only find the puppets on the stage.
If the time comes to clean house, we must look beyond the play.
IoT Enterprise works just fine. That said, I still don't trust Microsoft - it still insists on forced updates and reboots, and likely AI, down the line.
I am figuring on switching to SteamOS Desktop, once that is released.