Peter Thiel, the founder of Palantir, strengthens ties with Milei

[MilHojas]

Tech magnate Peter Thiel strengthens ties with Milei in Buenos Aires

The founder of Palantir, the data processing company, arrives in Argentina after his visit to Rome to talk about the Antichrist

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The founder of Palantir, the data processing company, arrives in Argentina after his visit to Rome to talk about the Antichrist

Milei discusses taxes, culture war, politics during ‘wonderful’ meeting with Peter Thiel

President discusses liberalism, wealth taxes and anarcho-capitalism with German-US billionaire investor at government house.

www.batimes.com.ar

 

[JMHarris]

This "German-US billionaire investor" is more Nazi than German. Not to mention bat sh*t crazy. He and and family lived in apartheid South Africa and modern-day Namibia from 1971-1977. It is important to note where he and family lived while in South Africa. And I quote Wikipedia: "...the Thiel family lived in South Africa and South West Africa (modern-day Namibia) in the time of apartheid. Peter changed elementary schools seven times. He attended a German-language school in Swakopmund for two years that required students to wear uniforms and employed corporal punishment, such as striking students' hands with a ruler. He said this experience instilled a distaste for uniformity and regimentation later reflected in his support for individualism and libertarianism. The German community in Swakopmund was known at the time for its continued glorification of Nazism."

Look out, Argentina! A ZEDE is coming this way! From Wikipedia: "Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs): In Honduras, ZEDEs are being developed as privately managed, chartered areas with their own laws, police, and courts, backed by figures like Thiel"

 

[carride]

“What Palantir provides is a surveillance and control tool that could be of use to the Argentine government,” says Valeria di Croce, author of El arca de Milei: ¿cómo y con quién construyó su poder?

Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich

Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents

www.theguardian.com

 

[mageesa]

" In Honduras, ZEDEs are being developed as privately managed, chartered areas with their own laws, police, and courts, backed by figures like Thiel"
Seems like Thiel bought a $12.5M mansion in the fancy part of Palermo. Normally that would indicate a desire to stick around, but if you're sitting on $26B, it might just be a whim.
He had said something recently about Argentina being the best possibility for a stable Libertarian government, so he may intend to throw his money around in coming elections...

I remember reading about "Galt's Gulch" in Chile years ago. It seems an ongoing interest for these guys to run this experiment in South America.

Atlas Mugged: How a Libertarian Paradise in Chile Fell Apart

Two years after Galt's Gulch Chile was founded, the utopian project is mired in personal and legal conflicts and investors now claim that the guy in charge is a sociopath and a con man.

www.vice.com

 

[Rich One]

A local view on Thiel's visit to Argentina R&R or investment possibilities.?

Peter Thiel en Argentina: qué vino a hacer al país y las inversiones que analiza el magnate tech libertario de los USD 30.000 millones

El histórico fundador de PayPal e inversor de Facebook viajó al país con su familia. Visitaría otra vez a Javier Milei. Qué mira a la hora de invertir y el reciente y polémico manifiesto de su empresa Palantir

www.infobae.com

 

[GuidoAnselmi]

Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich

Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents

www.theguardian.com

Peter Thiel is a very dangerous person. We should all beware of him and his ilk.

 

[MilHojas]

Peter Thiel Buys $12 Million Mansion In Argentina As Javier Milei Woos Silicon Valley: Report

PayPal co-founder and Palantir Technologies Chairman Peter Thiel has reportedly acquired a landmark estate in Buenos Aires’ ultra-exclusive Palermo Chico enclave for about $12 million, resetting the residential price ceiling for the Barrio Parque submarket. The 17,200-square-foot property...

finance.yahoo.com

Peter Thiel invirtió USD 12 millones en una propiedad exclusiva en Buenos Aires

Peter Thiel, cofundador de PayPal y uno de los inversores más influyentes de Silicon Valley, permanecerá varias semanas más en Buenos Aires tras concretar la compra de una residencia exclusiva en Barrio Parque, una de las zonas más prestigiosas de la ciudad.

www.borderperiodismo.com

The property, located at 2900 Dardo Rocha Street, right in front of Susana Giménez’s mansion, has about 1,600 square meters of covered space—an exceptional size for local residential architecture.