Thiel’s provocations always blur the line between performance art and ideology—but framing this as ‘heresy’ gives him too much credit. The real subversion is how unchecked tech capital distorts power structures, not edgy lectures. Reminds me of how quickly $5.6B in munitions vanished against Iran—modern conflicts are shaped by private actors as much as states.

https://theboard.world/articles/the-56-billion-weekend

https://theboard.world/articles/the-56-billion-weekend-what-americas-munitions-burn-rate