Thiel brought up Gates and Musk when discussing how an Antichrist figure could dominate in the short span of a lifetime.

After reading a 19th-century poem about how Jesus and Alexander the Great each died at 33, Thiel said in the present age the fastest means to power may be through wealth, noting that Gates became a billionaire at 31.

The world’s richest, in his view, think too little about their identities as billionaires and what will become of their treasures after death.

That’s how Thiel said he persuaded Musk. He said he looked up actuarial tables and found the probability of Musk’s death in the coming year equated to giving $1.4 billion to Gates, who has long sparred with the Tesla CEO.

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    These lunatics actually believe these fairytales about antichrists, demons, angels, end times, etc, and are powerful enough to get us all killed over it.

    It’s bad enough they’re not willing to help humanity, they’re actively against doing that because of their stupid bronze-age fantasies. They could do so much good if they lived in reality but no, they’d rather use the most powerful positions on earth and more resources than anyone has ever controlled to fuck us all in the name of cultish idiocy.

    It’s infuriating.

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    “Don’t give money to charity!”

    What is it called when tell you people to do the exact opposite of all the things Christ commanded? If only there were a word or phrase for that.

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    Remember: “Left wing nonprofits” are groups that do things like:

    • Free healthcare and food for the poor
    • Free rides for medical treatment, work, etc
    • Free legal services
    • Various forms of poverty relief
    • Environmental protection
    • Immigrant and refugee support
    • Labor rights
    • Criminal justice reform

    But what about “right wing nonprofits”?

    • “Faith” initiatives
    • Religious education (only Christianity in the US)
    • Tax policy “research”
    • Second Amendment advocacy / violence enablement for white people everyone.
    • Law enforcement “support”
    • Anti-abortion
    • Anti-vaccination
    • Religious education
    • Government restriction/constriction (aka “limited government”)
    • Various forms of groups that collect money but only actually provide “thoughts and prayers”
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    “Do you think Trump is the Antichrist?” Thiel mused at one point. “I will give you a hearing. And we should consider that.”

    I honestly don’t think Trump is the Antichrist. I’m starting to think Thiel might be, and I’m not entirely sure he doesn’t believe this too.

    Maybe this whole insane “Antichrist” thing is just the ultimate party of projection/look at my other hand magic show that could easily end with all of Thiel’s followers going out drinking cyanide laced Kool-aid in Thieltown or lacing up their Nikes to catch a ride on a comet.

    The world’s richest, in his view, think too little about their identities as billionaires and what will become of their treasures after death.

    Holy shit, this is the most absurd unintentionally (?) funny take I’ve seen since that guy put wheels on that giant cross he brought out to dazzle the crowd at Charlie Kirk’s funeral.

    Are they just trolling the people they’re trying to swindle or are they actually this oblivious? They’re either really clever con men who feel ballsy enough to push the boundaries of reality to the point it could easily backfire if their marks wise up, or they’re so shallow and oblivious it’s kind of a miracle they’ve survived this long in the social darwinist world they’re so desperate to create. They really should be thanking God bc their own continued existence defies logic.

    I honestly can’t tell. Maybe they don’t even know anymore either.