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by Bellamy 1352 days ago
Scary stuff but unfortunately true.

Thiel is really smart. He always talk about the right to online privacy [1] and especially his own, because his gay, living in NZ, etc. But his actions and the actions of his companies tells a totally different story. Explanation: When it comes to money vs. privacy, money always wins.

[1]https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/opinion/peter-thiel-the-o...

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I don't know if he actually lives in NZ? I know he bought a high country farm and allegedly imported a premade bunker- rich Americans went through a phase of considering us a lifeboat.

Oh, and his company was denied consent to build your usual "rich guy house with a view".

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/billionaire-peter-thiels-plans...

Which part of the Gawker was about money?