Post#32 » by ImNotMcDiSwear » Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:14 pm
There are very, very, very, very few things that could pose a threat to my Suns fandom. But Peter Thiel? A rich guy being a plutocrat - well, that's pretty par for the course. I can deal with that. But Thiel has been pretty outspoken about his antipathy to democracy.
A "pure" laissez-faire capitalist has no problems with a system that would inevitably result in the concentration of all wealth and power in the hands of extremely few people, such that the welfare and survival of the majority is contingent upon the interests or charity of the extremely rich. But capitalism cannot exist without the state (otherwise it's anarcho-capitalism), and a pure capitalist would still support a "neutral" government that enforces the neutral rules that, again, inevitably tend toward concentration of wealth.
From what I can tell, Thiel is to the right of that. He seems to endorse capturing the instruments of government in order to suspend the neutral application of laws to his advantage, because the plebs simply aren't worthy of their franchise. Fascism is a term that many people would apply to that view. It's not just letting the laws of nature grind us common folk under the wheel of progress but rather, applying the force of the state to actively facilitate that process to the benefit of those special people who have taken control of the state and its profits, without the possibility of recourse or balance through legitimate democratic processes.
If Thiel is the guy who would benefit from my support of the team, I'd withdraw that support. Trump might disgust me, but at least he's dumb - merely reckless. But Thiel is intentional, malicious. A guy who'd throw up his hands at the destruction of the masses if necessary to the sort of "progress" he'd prefer. (And when I say "the masses," my mind goes immediately to the children. So read me as saying: he's OK with dead children if it's good for him or his vision. "Hey, it's just Darwin, man," a guy like him might say.)
So yeah, there are plenty potential owners I wouldn't like, whom I might view as a wart on the team's legacy: destined, ultimately, to be removed. There are very few who would cause me to abandon my fandom. Thiel makes the short list. F*** that guy for real. I wouldn't even be a troll around here. I'd say goodbye to y'all and straight up vanish.
