Re: <nettime> Donald Trump, Peter Thiel and the death of democracy

[János Sugár <sj@c3.hu>]

At 6:04 PM -0100 7/21/16, nettime's_trilateralist wrote:

>  Above all, Thiel is an innovator. He has made his fortune by
>  recognizing the potential of an idea long before his peers.
>  Silicon Valley, along with most of American business, may dislike
>  Trump. But that doesn't mean they couldn't someday embrace the
>  kind of politics he represents. A Trumpist state could do much to
>  soothe the crisis of capitalism: it could pour public dollars into
>  discovering the next lucrative technology for the private sector
>  while holding the line against the redistributive clamor of a
>  rising millennial majority. Thiel has a history of making bets
>  that pay off big. With Trump, he may have made another.

imho, he bets on war,

cheers,

j

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