Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technologies.
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“The 1920s were the last decade in American history during which one could be genuinely optimistic about politics. Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians — have rendered the notion of “capitalist democracy” into an oxymoron.”
— The Education of a Libertarian, Peter Thiel
“If you're the founder, entrepreneur starting a company, you always want to aim for monopoly, and you always want to avoid competition, and so hence competition is for losers.”
— Y Combinator Talk "Competition is for Losers"
“I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”
— The Education of a Libertarian, Peter Thiel