• jack [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    29 days ago

    So if Thiel is afraid the US is going to come apart - and it will, by people’s revolution or fascist collapse or who knows what - why the fuck does he think he can keep living his billionaire life in Argentina? Does he not understand that Argentina’s right wing government exists 100% by the largesse of the US? Who will keep pumping USD into Argentina? Who will supply the anarcho-capitalists with their tools of state violence? Who will hold back the tides of popular revolution in South America? What a fucking dumbass.

      • FumpyAer [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        29 days ago

        Being a billionaire is a numbers game; somebody has to win and many somebodies have to lose. now repeat that 1000 times without a way to prevent wealth hoarding and you will get billionaires. But there wasn’t anything special about them, really. Just provenance and luck.

    • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      29 days ago

      Theil believes in his libertarian fantasies and believes in Milei’s fantasy. Simple as.

      by people’s revolution or fascist collapse or who knows what

      He’s afraid of a progressive takeover after Trump and a 70% marginal tax rate.

    • plinky [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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      29 days ago

      maybe he thinks dems will prosecute anyone involved in trumpo shenanigans (steve bannon thought), instead of unity and looking forward type shit

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      If the US collapses or comes apart, the money itself wouldn’t be worth squat anymore so he’d better have reserves of Yuan and every other currency just in case.