Peter Thiel, and Palantir for that matter, can fuck right off. I believe, in fact, that [1] represents the general opinion of those in the UK for Peter Thiel and everything he stands for.
Apart from the current UK government, of course, who'd love to find one last remnant of public assets to sell off and make themselves a quick gain at the expense of everyone else. But given their absolute historic [2: sorry for the twitter-link] level of unpopularity right now, I'm quietly confident they'll be out of power soon, and then stay that way for a good long time.
Canada is even worse I'd expect. We have a horrible healthcare system that explicitly disallows any other options, and people rave about the concept of it. This sounds like the same thing.
You always have private options. They will require payment and may require travel, but the option is there for those who can afford it. And if not, the public option is there, albeit slow and under-resourced.
[ ] emotional abuse
[x] false narrative
[x] make people question their own judgement or perception
It's clearly a case of someone in power using their reach to manipulate public opinion. Anyway, I find the term of Stockholm Syndrome equally misused here. I was responding in-kind.
Apart from the current UK government, of course, who'd love to find one last remnant of public assets to sell off and make themselves a quick gain at the expense of everyone else. But given their absolute historic [2: sorry for the twitter-link] level of unpopularity right now, I'm quietly confident they'll be out of power soon, and then stay that way for a good long time.
[1]: https://img.ifunny.co/images/a7b1bd7e108b709f5250985ab200dac...
[2]: https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/161647328716017254...