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How dangerous is Peter Thiel?

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New York Times columnist David Brooks recently got scared at the National Conservatism Conference .

Corn: Brooks reported that the right has become a cauldron of End-Times paranoia posing as populism.

He says the politicians there helped turn the event into a demagogic orgy.

Corn says Thiel 's keynote address from the conference gave the chills.

Peter Thiel was billing himself as a brave dogma-buster, but he was pushing his own dogma.

Peter Bergen says Thiel was more interested in promoting a political talking point than a thoughtful examination of a vexing policy matter.

He says Thiel appeared to be advocating smashing the Fed , relying on crypto, and ginning up nationalism.

Bergen: Thiel 's nightmare is a Star Trek movie.

There is nothing wrong about discussing whether a culture allows for thinking that challenges the status quo.

But this was not that. Thiel ’s keynote was only important because he has a sky-high pile of money he can use to underwrite right-wing groups and candidates.

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