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What does Peter Thiel have to do with people worried about the US society and buying an exit?

He’s bankrolling a truly odious class of disingenuous goon political candidates who are bent on rolling back not just civil rights for half of Americans but basic things like contraception. Just look at what his protege Blake Masters is tweeting and you’ll get the picture pretty quickly. That’s the “Plan B” reference.

I know HN loves Peter Thiel (who also happens to have bought citizenship in New Zealand to bring his fuck-everyone-but-the-rich mentality there too) like fat kids love cake but I didn’t think I’d be downvoted so quickly for mentioning his obvious role in undermining Roe. C’est la vie. He sucks, and I pine for the day I can say that to his, Rabois’, or any of his enabler’s faces.

I think you’re getting downvoted because there’s no mention of Peter Thiel in the article, you brought him up for unrelated reasons.

Sure, granted. On that point though, it’s also well-known that he bought a vanity New Zealand passport for the very reasons laid out in the article.

The reasons laid out in the article have nothing to do with vanity, so which is it?

> I know HN loves Peter Thiel like fat kids love cake

This just made my morning… lol.

"bought a vanity passport"? I've never heard that; my understanding is that he got a passport via the investment route, probably as a hedge in case he doesn't want to live in US any more, or because he likes NZ.

What even is a "vanity passport"? Sealand maybe?

He has New Zealand citizenship now and owns properties there. He's currently trying to get consent to build a luxury lodge and owner's 'cabin'.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/03/peter-thiels-new-zealand-lod...

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