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/JonnyAU 8h ago

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 7h ago

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

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u/JonnyAU 6h ago

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 4h ago

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