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Peter Thiel is Pro-Sauron (discuss.online)

submitted 4 weeks ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/billionaire@lemmy.ca

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[–] mydude@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, the quote is real. Peter Thiel said "Gandalf's the crazy person who wants to start a war…Mordor is this technological civilization based on reason and science. Outside of Mordor, it's all sort of mystical and environmental and nothing works." in a July 2022 interview with UnHerd titled "Peter Thiel on the dangers of progress".

This is part of Thiel's contrarian reading of The Lord of the Rings, where he explicitly states a preference for Mordor and Sauron, interpreting Mordor as a rational, technologically advanced society. The quote has been widely cited by multiple sources, including Current Affairs and Unpopular Front.

[–] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The Unpopular Front link is the only one that includes the quote, and it doesn't include a source.

I can easily believe he said that, but posting slop without checking is not helpful

[–] mydude@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I did some manual checking but the "ai slop" worded it nicely and easy to understand.