The crazy part is that Thiel has somehow deluded himself that he, a homosexual man, won’t be put up against the wall himself if the fascists and theocrats take over and his usefulness runs its course.
It would be so sweet to see Peter Thiel before a firing squad with his assets seized and nationalized by the same brutal and incompetent hate-machine that he helped birth. I wonder if his last request would be one last hit from his blood boy.
It would be sweeter still if none of that comes to pass, of course.
It’s been proven time and time again that if you’re wealthy and powerful, or at least close to power, you don’t face the same judgments the common people face in authoritarian governments. Look at Lindsay Graham, almost definitely gay but the republicans leave him alone despite their public campaign against LGBTQ people’s rights.
But it did work out for the people who bankrolled the NAZI party. Sure the party came to a horrible end but the richest men in germany secured their power and legacy.
Persilschein is a German idiom and literally means “Persil ticket” (“Persil” refers to a brand of laundry detergent). To own or have a Persilschein is akin to having “a clean bill of health” and may refer to the granting of a wide-ranging permission or “carte blanche” to pursue a business or a previously morally or legally suspect interest.
Denazification certificates
The term Persilschein dates back to the denazification period in Germany. For a German to be given a Persilschein meant to be given a certificate that they had a clean political past. Suspected Nazi offenders could be exonerated by statements from others, ideally victims or former enemies of the Nazi regime, and thus accepted as having a good reputation.
Colloquially the affected person was said to be “washed clean” of accusations of Nazi sympathies; “cleanliness” in this context meaning “innocent”. They were attested as having a so-called “white vest” (innocence) and were now allowed to apply for a house or open a business again. During 1948, the interest of the Americans in systematic denazification waned markedly as the Cold War and the threat from the Soviet bloc hove increasingly into view. Faster processes were introduced to bring denazification to a swift conclusion, however, that led to questionable judgements.
I’m at a loss for words. This idiot surely knows exactly how far right nationalism worked out, but is eager to try again.
The crazy part is that Thiel has somehow deluded himself that he, a homosexual man, won’t be put up against the wall himself if the fascists and theocrats take over and his usefulness runs its course.
It would be so sweet to see Peter Thiel before a firing squad with his assets seized and nationalized by the same brutal and incompetent hate-machine that he helped birth. I wonder if his last request would be one last hit from his blood boy.
It would be sweeter still if none of that comes to pass, of course.
Blood bag! Witness me!! - Peter Thiel
He’s rich. He knows he can just hop his private jet and be gone to, like, Portugal or something within a couple hours if things get too spicy here.
He bought New Zealand citizenship, along with a bunch of these other billionare weirdos.
Undoubtedly he has a fully stocked bunker out there for when he rips the US apart.
It’s been proven time and time again that if you’re wealthy and powerful, or at least close to power, you don’t face the same judgments the common people face in authoritarian governments. Look at Lindsay Graham, almost definitely gay but the republicans leave him alone despite their public campaign against LGBTQ people’s rights.
But it did work out for the people who bankrolled the NAZI party. Sure the party came to a horrible end but the richest men in germany secured their power and legacy.
The whole country was laid low.
Then built back up again with the same ownership. Just a different flag.
Yup, a lot of Nazis were “washed clean” and kept their positions of power: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persilschein
Japan played the same game with the Reverse Course
I don’t know IBM really seems to be hurting these days. Not for any punishment from their involvement with the nazis. But you know.
He’s banking on it being a net benefit to him and people who are like him.