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Comment by metalliqaz

4 months ago

it is truly amazing how much damage one person is able to do to civilized society

if you expand the scope to a handful of adjacent figures, the catastrophe is truly amazing

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p_j_w  4 months ago

Maybe a society that can be so damaged by someone because they're incredibly wealthy shouldn't be considered civilized.

  • pluralmonad  4 months ago

    What is more civilized than concentrating large amounts of power into the hands of a few? Hierarchy and civilization seem to go hand-in-hand.

pphysch  4 months ago

Thiel is one of the more public faces of what is now known as the "Epstein class" of societal predators. But one of many and certainly not the epicenter.

  • timacles  4 months ago

    There is certainly a shadow cabal of these elite billionaire types that avoid all public exposure yet are working very hard to destroy society and profit

    • verdverm  4 months ago

      Some people are trying to use a different word than "cabal" because of the racial associations and history.

      Oligarchs/y are among my choices, but I have supplanted that with Epstein Class now, to be more accurate to whom I refer

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  • SilverElfin  4 months ago

    Yep Epstein class. It’s a great phrase for the billionaire elites who have corrupted our society through their wealth. We need heavy taxes on them now to preserve our democracy.

    And also, Thiel is literally in the Epstein files. Meeting with Russian officials repeatedly on the island. One is said to be his handler so he may just be an asset tasked with destabilizing America.

EQmWgw87pw  4 months ago

I’m hearing this a lot but never with any substance, would you care to elaborate with a hard action or idea with a direct result?