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And Trump said he knew nothing about project 2025 before the election. Yarvin has been close to Thiel for many years, is his advisor in some capacity, has invested in Yarvins companies, likely even friends. Vance worked for Thiel and his political career was bankrolled by Thiel. And you believe they barely know each other?



Is it plausible? yes. So far evidence directly from Yarvin contradicts this and there's no hard evidence pointing to them being good buddies so I'm willing to accept his account.


> "'How dangerous is it that we are being linked?' Thiel wrote to Yarvin in 2014. “One reassuring thought: one of our hidden advantages is that these people”—social-justice warriors—'wouldn’t believe in a conspiracy if it hit them over the head (this is perhaps the best measure of the decline of the Left). Linkages make them sound really crazy, and they kinda know it.'"

Vance has called him his good friend before.

Trumps administration is implementing RAGE, something Yarvin came up with.

Why are you even trying to deny it when its so easily shown to be true.

https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrif...

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right...

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/18/jd-vance-w...


Thousands of people work for Thiel that closely. Most of them don't know each other at all.


> "'How dangerous is it that we are being linked?' Thiel wrote to Yarvin in 2014. “One reassuring thought: one of our hidden advantages is that these people”—social-justice warriors—'wouldn’t believe in a conspiracy if it hit them over the head (this is perhaps the best measure of the decline of the Left). Linkages make them sound really crazy, and they kinda know it.'"

Vance has called him his good friend before.

Trumps administration is implementing RAGE, something Yarvin came up with.

Why are you even trying to deny it when its so easily shown to be true.




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