[etangent]

Insane take, especially considering that over the past 10 years we have observed a steady creep of authoritarianism here in the West.

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A steady creep spearheaded by him and his closest allies?

[Miner49er]

Thiel is very openly not a fan of democracy.

[etangent]

Well, neither am I, considering that the Western governments have been using the term "democracy" to launder a specific flavor of apparatchik authoritarianism.

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Exactly?