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by leereeves
3230 days ago
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Thiel said "capitalist democracy [is now] an oxymoron", a rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined. In other words, that democracy and capitalism are becoming opposed. That does seem to be increasingly true. |
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People can debate all day over whether America's current system is sustainable. When they start to suggest the inclusion of the female vote is part of the reason for that, they're understandably going to face some backlash, regardless of whatever corrections they make in the future. What he wrote is clear enough, and his correction can be understood by conservatives to be insincere, since it was forced on him by the mainstream view.