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I’m assuming you meant Andreesen but I could be wrong, I just don’t know a famous VC Anderson though I’m sure there is at least one.

I’ve listened to both Andreesen and Thiel and they both seem pretty anti-authoritarian, but perhaps they just espouse one ideology and practice another?



> ... both Andreesen and Thiel and they both seem pretty anti-authoritarian ...

Yet Thiel runs Palantir, which is arguably any authoritarian wet dream.


For Thiel: https://time.com/6092844/peter-thiel-power-biography-the-con...

Of course he doesn’t go around openly saying he’s pro fascism. Having listened to many of his speeches it’s not surprising he is though.

For Andreesen it’s not as clear there’s a direct link but after having listened to his Lex Friedman episode, I came of thinking he also thinks democracy won’t work.




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