"Stories about Vance tend to focus on his hardscrabble Ohio roots, but his relationship with Thiel—and his stint in San Francisco—are key to understanding his politics. Vance owes his meteoric rise to Thiel, who largely bankrolled it.

Vance is a Thiel creation."

~ Gil Duran

#JDVance #PeterThiel #CurtisYarvin #authoritarianism
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https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas

Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas

Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.

^{The New Republic}

"And like his billionaire benefactor—who once wrote, 'I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible'—Vance embraces a radical ideology hell-bent on destroying government as we know it. And they got these ideas, at least in part, from [Curtis] Yarvin.

Yarvin is the chief thinker behind an obscure but increasingly influential far-right neoreaction, or NRx, movement, that some call the 'Dark Enlightenment.'”

#JDVance #PeterThiel #CurtisYarvin #authoritarianism
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"Thiel & Yarvin believe in an authoritarian model of society whose starting point is the assumed superiority of any rich person.

"Thiel’s idea of liberty is that the capitalist class should be free to do as it pleases.

"Both men see the masses as too stupid for self-rule because they occasionally vote for restrictions on capitalists."

https://bylinetimes.com/2024/07/18/jd-vance-and-the-radicalisation-of-the-right/

#PeterThiel #JDVance #CurtisYarvin #Fascism #USPol ..