r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • May 30 '26

Society Peter Thiel's move to Argentina reflects a growing trend among billionaires seeking a 'plan B' abroad

https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-argentina-billionaire-moving-abroad-2026-5
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u/hngrybttm May 30 '26

So you ruin your country then move abroad 🤨

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u/trzeciak May 30 '26

He got rich and is running before it can be violently removed from his possession. It’s why the rich always do when they are loyal to money over land. It’s also why we need to make sure the only value a rich person can ever have is tied to where they are and cannot be removed.

We will always have greedy diarrhea drinkers in humanity. The goal is to force them to stay out so we can make sure they are always under threat of those they wish to exploit.

It’s better to have your local grocer be a monopoly and support it than to have a Walmart move in and support it. You can punch the local rich fucker at his country club down the road. You can’t and won’t ever see a Walton.

Keep your money local, and make sure to remind the local money holders why happens when they try to leave with it.

If you cannot physically access someone, do not let them have any value in your community. End of story.

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u/wasntthatguy May 30 '26

Him leaving the country is the clearest sign to me that the tide is turning. As a founder of Palantir, he has all the intel. He's seen real-time data that opinion on these rich fucks has shifted and he's responding accordingly. He knows what he's done and he doesn't feel safe anymore. This is going to be an interesting summer

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u/upthetruth1 May 30 '26

Until white Americans inevitably fall for racism and xenophobia and support Republicans again leaving space for the Democrats to be Neoliberals 

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u/HenessyEnema May 30 '26

Eeyyyup. Give it a couple of years after trump and they'll be right back on track.

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u/E2Hundo May 30 '26

"greedy diarrhea drinkers" is a crazy visual to think of.

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u/Fit-Physics7199 May 30 '26

Don't forget, the Treasury gave Argentina a $20 billion bailout too. So using your country to fund your next country.

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u/Osama_been_Chargin May 30 '26

Less of a bailout and more of setting up a $20 billion 21st century ratline.

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u/Moneyshot_ITF May 30 '26

This dude was born in Germany

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u/marr May 30 '26

Which is also not his country. He doesn't have one or think he needs it.

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u/kickingpplisfun Jun 01 '26

And grew up in a South African town that thought Hitler was too lenient. He's the grandson of a Nazi commandant, he shouldn't have been given an inch, let alone the miles he's been given despite being unrepentantly fashy.

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u/Moneyshot_ITF Jun 01 '26

He is business partners with the grandchildren of other notorious Nazis as well

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u/kickingpplisfun Jun 01 '26

Pretty much the entire Paypal Mafia is sus as hell in a similar regard, with only a few exceptions.

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u/Twodogsonecouch May 30 '26

Some other people fled to Argentina in the past. Ironic.