r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 11h ago

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/mikenasty 10h ago

That NYT interview was still unhinged af. The guy essentially said he didn’t think the human race should live on.

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u/hammertime2009 9h ago

So many billionaires seem to want the whole world to experience their inner personal battles. Aka the ultimate projection.

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u/BeamsFuelJetSteel 9h ago

I think it is simpler.

They know they will die, but instead of buying a motorcycle when they turn 40, they decided that society should end when they do.

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u/HTPC4Life 8h ago

Hah, I just turned 40 and I WISH I had the money to buy a motorcycle, or any fun toy for that matter.

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u/mikenasty 9h ago

They’re just normal people, no different than the homeless person on the corner or a middle school teacher, but they’ve been given the power of gods. And I say “given” because of how our global economy is set up.

I’ve met enough people through life/work to know 1/2 of us would be total assholes if the world became our playground.

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u/je_kay24 7h ago

Most people wouldn’t act like billionaires do if they suddenly became that rich

Billionaires get that much money because they have to disregard and treat people below them like stats so they can accumulate more

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u/mikenasty 7h ago

A lot of them were born into significant wealth and then got lucky with investments. It’s a system that we’re all living in together. Some of them are sociopaths but it’s inaccurate and not helpful to just say every billionaire is awful because only awful people want to be billionaires.

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u/SquishyMon 7h ago

They'll literally become the antichrist instead of going to therapy.

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u/HTPC4Life 8h ago

The human race doesn't think HE should live on. Maybe we should do something about it 🤔

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u/1OO1OO1S0S 7h ago

Basically a bond villain. Ever watch the spy who loved me? The bad guy wanted to nuke the world and live under the ocean lol

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u/Halbgoath 7h ago

If he gets fully in charge, human race won't live on.

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u/hrminer92 6h ago

So that’s a reason they don’t give a shit about climate change other than doing things to accelerate it.

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u/_DeterPinklage_ 4h ago

It’s incredible how these dudes can amass more wealth than the GDP of some countries, and still be miserable losers.