Theil is becoming the liberal media's George Soros - the enigmatic billionaire pulling the strings of his evil conservative conspiracy.
Theil and some of his buddies are on record as thinking that democracy is holding their libertarian dreams back, that it's incompatible with capitalism. And that generates pushback from those that prefer democracy.
So, they do seem very neat opposites, but no need to assume it's all based on fairytales.
I mean, just to avoid doubt, I do like democracy so to the degree that someone enables democracy then I do like their politics.
[0] http://www.conservapedia.com/George_Soros#Socialist_Agenda_F...
Or maybe we can find slightly less cranky sites to reference in our political discussions.
The authors don't want felons to vote, don't want poor people to vote, don't want African-Americans to vote etc. Soros funds efforts to make this happen. The Republican party on the other hand has aimed towards the opposite goal for decades and is on the record that they're doing it intentionally because the less people vote the more likely they are to win.
So it's perfectly logical and rational, it's just anti-democratic.
I mean are we all supposed to just pretend this stuff doesn't happen? There's been supreme court arguments about it, it's all on record.