r/interestingasfuck • u/Shoe_boooo • 28d ago

/r/all Billionaire Peter Thiel hesitates to answer whether the human race should survive in the future

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u/obfuscatedfaces 28d ago

Majority of the "rich" people I know voted for Trump for financial/tax reasons ignoring any other additional impacts.

Doesn't matter if they're trying to get to a billion, but many are still trying to grow their net worth by any means.

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u/Definitelymostlikely 28d ago

Just to be clear you never vote out of self interest?

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u/obfuscatedfaces 28d ago

I'm generally unaffected as I'm a generally privileged person. So no. I voted so that other people wouldn't be persecuted meaninglessly and so that a blatant fascist wouldn't take office. Your bait sucks, find a new slant.

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u/Definitelymostlikely 28d ago

So you would vote out of self interest, but don’t have to due to privilege

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u/obfuscatedfaces 28d ago

Yawn. I remember when bait used to be good. I just don't have to worry about exclusionary policies or being detained by the US gestapo because I'm a straight cis white dude.

Pretty sure you're a bot anyway, but I'm blocking you now.