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by waserwill 1887 days ago
If anyone is interested in Thiel's motivations and interests in politics, I recommend Geoff Shullenberger's discussions:

Mimesis, Violence, and Facebook: Peter Thiel’s French Connection: Broad discussion of Thiel's writing and actions pre-2016 (when the essay was written), along with his relationship to Strauss and particularly Girard.

https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2016/08/13/mimesis-v...

Theorycels in Trumpworld: Published recently, and on the role of postmodernist-adjacent figures, including Thiel, in justifying the politics of Trump.

https://outsidertheory.com/theorycels-in-trumpworld/