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South African billionaire Peter Andreas Thiel an 'American entrepreneur', venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (see Elon Musk), Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook (and is currently the Board of Directors).

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“The greatest division in American life is not between so-called red and blue states, or between urban and rural citizens, but instead between those who own stock and those who do not,” Matthew Walther, a contributing Opinion writer, says.

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“The US post World War II was the global stabilizer, now we are the global destabilizer, that is a very hard thing to say.” -JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon

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They are obviously slow learners

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Analysts say the idea of an American-made iPhone is impossible at worst and highly expensive at best. One analyst estimates that on labor wages alone, a U.S.-made iPhone could cost 25% more than they do now. Another analyst pegged the price of a stars-and-stripes iPhone at $3,500.

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Killer sign. A+++ sign

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Pandering to their base. Spreading disinformation is a political weapon aimed at crippling opponents and shoring up key constituencies through false grievances and are smokescreens for power grabs and abuses, insulating authoritarians against accountability by sowing doubt and confusion.

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Racism is a sign of a lack of psychological integration, a lack of self-esteem and inner security. Psychologically healthy people with a stable sense of self and strong inner security are not racist, because they have no need to strengthen their sense of self through group identity. #America

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The seven basic tactics authoritarians use in the pursuit of power. 1. Politicizing independent institutions These institutions are targets by autocratic factions, as they become weapons toward adversaries, shields against accountability, and levers of large-scale manipulation and corruption.

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Seven basic authoritarian tactics. 2. Spreading disinformation Disinformation spread through coordinated networks/channels/ecosystems, shoring up key constituencies via false grievances and power grabs/abuses, insulating authoritarians against accountability by sowing doubt and confusion.

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Seven basic authoritarian tactics. 6. Corrupting elections Maintain the facade of democratic elections, while tilting the rules against their opponents. Suppressing votes and biasing, distorting, falsifying, or even overturning the results by manipulating the electoral rules in their favor.

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Seven basic authoritarian tactics. 7. Stoking violence Undermine norms and trust among political elites / population, undermining democratic stability. Insecurity and social divisions become more politicized; politicians' incentives shift toward hardball politics over negotiation and compromise.

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It's time to earnestly and honestly discuss the nature of power and stupidity and why we end up governed by overconfident ignoramuses.

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Been thinking of old Letterman clips for some reason.

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I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird

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Seven basic authoritarian tactics. 7. Stoking violence Undermine norms and trust among political elites / population, undermining democratic stability. Insecurity and social divisions become more politicized; politicians' incentives shift toward hardball politics over negotiation and compromise.

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Seven basic authoritarian tactics. 6. Corrupting elections Maintain the facade of democratic elections, while tilting the rules against their opponents. Suppressing votes and biasing, distorting, falsifying, or even overturning the results by manipulating the electoral rules in their favor.

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Seven basic authoritarian tactics. 5. Scapegoating vulnerable communities Using demographic identity to sow division. This tactic also allows autocrats to claim a broad mandate after coming to power with only plurality support by far-right populist parties across many backsliding democracies.

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Seven basic authoritarian tactics. 4. Quashing criticism or dissent Autocrats around the world have adopted the cry “fake news” as a way to delegitimize critical coverage. Newsrooms , whistleblowers, civil society, activists, and religious leaders also regularly face attacks, jail time, and worse.

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