alt Hacker News> would make him evil
I should have been more clear, I am not asserting he is "evil", that is a caricature.
Given his background, and where and how he grew up, the couching of his views through evangelical eyes is cynical. I am asserting that he is a dickhead, who believes he's playing 4d chess, whilst cultivating a band of people who you would describe as "odious" at best.
Now some people might say "oh he's keeping his viewpoint broad", which is bollocks. He's always been an edgelord who thinks he's Machiavelli.
The fact that he keep Karp about, who is so obviously limited as a CEO, and doesn't put a huge fucking gag on him is a leading indicator on what he thinks is reasonable
I think it's more than fair to say that Thiel is an evil person. I mean evil is not like a fictional invention, 99.9% of your ancestors understood the capability of people to be evil. It's more like a 80s era "it's all just rational incentives man" thing to pretend that actions have no moral weight. He's a pro-monopolist anti-democracy ("I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible") billionaire who's busy constructing the surveillance state; it's pretty straightforward really.