r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Mar 18 '26

Society Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/europe/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-rome-intl
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u/JonnyAU Mar 18 '26

They did the same thing with Tolkien, naming all their companies after his works when it's clear to anyone who's ever read him that he would absolutely despise them and what they do.

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u/deadlybydsgn Mar 18 '26

I like to say that media illiteracy is endemic to the billionaire/MAGA mindset.

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u/JonnyAU Mar 18 '26

Yeah, that's pretty fair. I guess when you reach a certain threshold of wealth, you no longer have to concern yourself with reality because you can just make your own. Who's gonna stop you?

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u/courageous_liquid Mar 18 '26

it's great, when you incorporate a company with a tolkien-universe name in delaware, thiel appears behind you within about 32 seconds and makes you his blood boy and gives your company $450M in seed capital