Title. I honestly think he is genuinely more clever than the richer, more glory hogging power players, but that’s just a guess.
Leaving this as a mental note to explain how the tech capitalists in the US work because it’s a pretty exceptional situation, also will answer the question about Islamic warfare in the other thread. It’s just like 1:30 am here lol
Thank you so much. I’m slower and more dull as I age, so I’ll ask forgiveness in advance for failure to grasp the obvious with speed.
Don’t worry about that!! I’m nice!!! Not trying to engage in Mind Warfare or whatever.
Get some rest, my friend. I’m about to repost another of your posts in the OpenChristian.ca community. While I’m not Muslim, please know I’m sincere when I say Salaam Alaikum.
I’m not Muslim either, but I am sincere when I return your salaam :)
Was raised secular protestant, I didn’t even get interested in the history of religion until the past couple years led me to delve into monetary history. Now I feel like I’ve been missing out on all the driving forces of ancient history and getting treated to glorified trivia
You’re already welcome to repost anything of mine and I’m interested to learn about that community as well, so thanks for mentioning it
Thank you too… I look forward to learning with you!
Are you sure he has more influence? If you were to rephrase this as “why does Peter Thiel get more media coverage than other billionaires” the answer would be very easy.
IIRC Bernard Arnault (number 5) has his paws on a ton of things in Europe, but you don’t hear about it because he’s just not that much of a nut.
That’s the thing. I don’t recall Thiel getting much press until I started really honing in on him. I’m sure he probably did, but rather it’s like the “new thing effect,” where one doesn’t notice a particular thing until one acquires that thing, then suddenly notices lots of those things, everywhere. But he does seem extraordinarily influential, whether it’s just me beginning to notice or he actually is.
He doesn’t get as much as Musk, but in proportion to how rich he actually is, it’s a lot.
Funding steroid-allowed sporting events, saying monopolies are good and trying to build your own micronation(s) was always going to get people talking.
Regarding your second paragraph, Arnault or Bollaré or both? Are we just not talking about it internationally because I don’t see much in the news about this, if anything.
I’m talking about Thiel. Nobody else at the same level would match that description as far as I know. He basically wants cyberpunk corporate rule to be real, and thinks everything bad about Silicon Valley is good, probably because that’s personally affirming for him.
Vincent Bollaré hasn’t even come up, are you answering the right comment?
For reference, I’m in Canada, and I’ve been hearing about Thiel for years - well over a decade. Albeit never on the front page of anything. The main time I hear about Arnault is when I use him as an example of a quiet, little known billionaire, although I think I heard about it when he tried to leave France. I just looked up who the Bollaré family is now.
Ah yes, I was including @seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone since for me, they are replying between us, and mentioned Bollaré, I’ll need to also look them up. I knew about Thiel and sports doping, monopolies, if I knew about micronations, I forgot. Thank you for bringing it up.
No problem, and happy cake day!
Thank you! I have no idea when my real cake day is, I came to kbin.earth after kbin.social faltered. But this cake day is as good as any, and Lemmy is the gift that keeps giving, so thanking nutomic and dessalines, for tireless dedication.
Cheers!
