Aug 6, 2022·edited Aug 6, 2022Liked by Matt Benacci
Well, ya done it this time. Guess I'll have to read Thiel three more times to digest it. But one thing caught my eye.
"To my eye, Peter Thiel isn’t an aberration in an otherwise seamless march of democratic progress, but a reversion to the historic norm. Or to put it another way: I’m coming to suspect the democratic era was a flash in the pan, and what’s now emerging is a 21st century variation on an ancient form of power, more monarchic or feudal in character than “populist”, let alone democratic."
That's pretty accurate; and it's something that started shortly after the industrial revolution when the power players realized the common man might slip through their fingers and become independent. Yes, the ultimate goal is to reduce the population and return to a kingdom mentality with petty vassal states controlled by dukes and earls served by their subjects. Of course, it's projected to be a global enterprise. And it's doomed to failure in the end.
Well, ya done it this time. Guess I'll have to read Thiel three more times to digest it. But one thing caught my eye.
"To my eye, Peter Thiel isn’t an aberration in an otherwise seamless march of democratic progress, but a reversion to the historic norm. Or to put it another way: I’m coming to suspect the democratic era was a flash in the pan, and what’s now emerging is a 21st century variation on an ancient form of power, more monarchic or feudal in character than “populist”, let alone democratic."
That's pretty accurate; and it's something that started shortly after the industrial revolution when the power players realized the common man might slip through their fingers and become independent. Yes, the ultimate goal is to reduce the population and return to a kingdom mentality with petty vassal states controlled by dukes and earls served by their subjects. Of course, it's projected to be a global enterprise. And it's doomed to failure in the end.
Thanks for a thought-provoking article.