Bette Dangerous Podcast Ep81: American Monster — Peter Thiel

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“There are very few people in history who have wrought the damage that Peter Thiel has done. Genghis Khan had his barbarian hordes, Hitler had his Blitzkrieg and death camps, and Peter Thiel has the internet.”—High Fidelity, Silicon Valley technologist and co-host of RADICALIZED Truth Survives podcast, to Bette Dangerous

“Thiel’s politics aren’t libertarian at all; they’re closer to authoritarianism. It’s super-nationalistic, it’s a longing for a sort of more powerful chief executive, or, you know, a dictator, in other words.”—Max Chakfin, author, The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and the Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power in Politico

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