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He always wanted the end of Democracy. Claiming it was incompatible with freedom.
Who were the last to escape to Argentina ? 🤔
Hmm maybe he did nazi the connection?
~~Top tip, change "didn't" to "did" then the pun works better.~~
Some Germans. Maybe an Austrian.
This is misdirection. Thiel literally bought a NZ citizenship and is trying to build a bunker there.
It sickens me that these people are really building bunkers to escape from problems they themselves helped cause. The french devices can't come soon enough
Nazis gonna Nazi.
The future that he helped steer towards? Typical. Ruins everything for everyone else then leaves so they don’t suffer the consequences of their doing.
What is with nazis and south america
You can't call them Nazis in South America. It's sparkling fascism there
It’s the USA’s reich project; it just hasn’t gone as well as they thought it would
He's concerned about his future in the United States, he doesn't give a rat's ass about the nation itself.
he’s fleeing the shithole he’s helped to create.
Every Republican's dream
Can't put my finger on it but...
Old Nazi habit
concerned about the future of the US
Considering his business is in surveillance, he must be catching on that billionaires are rapidly approaching 18th-century french aristocracy-levels of popularity.
🤞
Let him go and charge him 50% of his wealth as a processing fee
Why so little?
Too much and he might stay?
Trump's bailout of the Argentinian government was him buying a hiding place for his new American Nazis.
Move fast and break another country
This bodes well.
I see a lot of doomerism on the left, but I'm happy to hear that Thiel and I agree on this one thing: his project is not going as well as he had hoped.
Argentina may be an unlikely place for a billionaire looking for stability. The country has careened through nearly a century of instability, marred by military coups and spectacular financial collapses epitomized by triple-digit inflation.
My thoughts exactly, NYT.
Inflation doesn't matter if your wealth is in a (relatively) stable currency.
Even the relatively fast currency crashes are tracked in Forex quite closely, and nowadays even pedestrian banks us mere wage slaves can use offer near real-time exchange on e.g. card purchases. Billionaire's banks offer even better rates and closer tracking... so it doesn't matter if the local currency loses half its value overnight, and prices double - since the US dollar would remain relatively stable, a loaf of bread would still be $1, regardless if it cost 3000 coins in local currency or 6000 the next day.
Plus he can afford to pay 2-3-10x price for stuff. Thiel could spend as much a day as my annual salary every day for a year and still come out richer than he was...
The US would be a better place if all billionaires fucked off, they are leeches on civilization who spread poverty and suffering and death wherever they go
Hell, the world. The US as a nation has absolutely failed its people and the rest of the planet
Isn’t he a big player in the destruction of the US? Will he be an asset in Argentina?
Lemme guess, he bought this place..
Like hell we should let him, anyone know where he is
Fleeing the consequences of his own actions, how sad /s
Step 1: Profit
Step 2: Destroy the system that made you rich
Step 3: ???
Hopefully those in Argentina will be as pissed at him as the rest of us, and do us all a favor.
Clean your own trash
Idk if this is a good sign that his plans aren't going according to plan, or if it was a part of his plan the whole time, or just a plan B.