Comment by Eddy_Viscosity2

> He was talking that as long as people are allowed to vote to take things from others to give to themselves they will.

The implicit point here is that the super rich, like Peter Thiel, currently have the power to vote (through the process of lobbying) to take money from others to give to themselves and they do it regularly. It's his 'freedom' to continue to that which he feels is threatened.