Peter Thiel is the ultimate citation for every kind of socioeconomic manoeuvre that’s really socially fucked up but really financially enriching
Yeah, you know all those companies like Amazon that are already overstaying their welcome? Thiel underwrote their domination strat. https://twitter.com/lastcontrarian/status/1470436500055592962
This isn’t some kind of wistful conservatism about the past before.
This is pointing out that business has adopted an ethos that cares none for the functioning of the greater society they’re in.
This is an explicit choice about values, not an accident of the commons.
The fact that this is a choice about values is what puts it over a line of total reprehensibility.
It means there’s no recourse to correct for casualties within the value system. That’s because the people following it don’t care about the casualties.
This is, IMO, actually evil
Thiel said competition is for losers, that monopoly is where it’s at, and while that’s great for making money I think we’re all starting to appreciate how deeply that has fucked up the social fabric of our society.