Tech billionaire Peter Thiel's lectures about the antichrist

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Anything that prevents Peter Thiel from doing what he wants must be evil.

I think Jesus would agree w/ that.

I'm disappointed in The Guardian for taking Thiel seriously. I thought they were better than that.

It would be folish not too

He is a highly funtioning lunatic who operates an arms company, has huge resources and is inserting himself into international politics

Take him seriously

What am I supposed to do with his musings on the Anti-Christ? What's his point even? Is he the new Marshall Applewhite so I should get some poison ready for when he gives the signal when it's time to leave Earth?

It's like Trump nonsense about windmills killing whales. Will The Gaurdian take that seriously and do an in depth article about windmills and whales? Oh wait they did [1] but they put "false claim" in the title. How about they call the Thiel article "Tech billionaire Peter Thiel's deranaged fantasies about the antichrist." Keep it real please, The Gaurdian.

[1] How a false claim about wind turbines killing whales is spinning out of control in coastal Australia "They have imported some of the absolute worst tactics of Donald Trump and others who use deliberate misinformation"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/12/how-a-fa...

Lots of people take him seriously. That's why he has so much money & can give lectures about how regulating AI is accelerating the arrival of the anti-christ (who is totally not Peter Thiel by the way).

Financial acumen does not make one a prophet

It does for a significant portion of the general population.

Yes, and that's a problem. People thought Bernie Madoff was a great man.

I agree but that's how it is. People are mesmerized by financial wealth.

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