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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 11:39 PM Oct 2016

I'm starting a GoFundMe campaign to raise what's needed to convince Peter Thiel to go **** himself.

Tech billionaire Thiel says Trump movement ‘not going away’

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/tech-billionaire-thiel-says-trump-movement-not-going-away/



Billionaire technology investor Peter Thiel, a lightning rod for criticism in Silicon Valley for his support of Donald Trump, predicted on Monday that the movement the Republican presidential nominee has created would carry on even if he loses his bid for the White House on Nov. 8.

“No matter what happens in this election, what Trump represents isn’t crazy, and it’s not going away,” Thiel said in a speech to reporters at the National Press Club in Washington.

Thiel, who announced earlier this month he was donating $1.25 million to help Trump get elected, said the New York businessman was laying the groundwork for “a new Republican Party” that will go “beyond the dogmas of Reaganism.”

Thiel attacked Washington in his remarks, saying its elite insiders were out of touch with ordinary Americans and that Trump was shaking up a system in need of change.
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I'm starting a GoFundMe campaign to raise what's needed to convince Peter Thiel to go **** himself. (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2016 OP
Where can I contribute? (n/t) PJMcK Oct 2016 #1
what's with these millionaires and billionaires complaining about elites ? JI7 Oct 2016 #2
He is a racist right wing extremist, who happens to be very wealthy. still_one Nov 2016 #3
A former Classmate posted the Youtube link of Thiel's speech on FB pfitz59 Nov 2016 #4
Says The Silicon Valley Tech Billionaire erpowers Nov 2016 #5

still_one

(92,454 posts)
3. He is a racist right wing extremist, who happens to be very wealthy.
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 12:00 AM
Nov 2016

As far as I am concerned, they give this asshole too much coverage.

The one disgrace is that too many entrepreneurs who don't subscribe to his insane political beliefs, are too cowardly to express it

pfitz59

(10,401 posts)
4. A former Classmate posted the Youtube link of Thiel's speech on FB
Tue Nov 1, 2016, 04:39 AM
Nov 2016

He was all gaga over it. A real fan. This Classmate is the most class-conscious money-grubber I know. I listened to the whole thing and dismissed it. Thiel may be rich, but didn't come off as terribly wise to the world outside Silicon Valley lala land.... Technology and gadgets mean little to homeless folks starving in the streets...

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
5. Says The Silicon Valley Tech Billionaire
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 12:41 PM
Nov 2016

Yes, Peter Thiel the Silicon Valley tech billionaire claims politicians are "elite insiders" "out of touch with ordinary Americans". Oh, and Donald Trump, a born into wealth man who himself benefitted from insider help will truly shake up the system.

Peter Thiel seems to be crazy. I say seems because he is a billionaire, but is only giving Donald Trump $1.25 million. If he really believed Trump would actually change the system he could easily give Trump $20 million-$100 million. Maybe he just likes getting people to do what he tells them to do.

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