Meet The Billionaire Bankrolling Trump-Friendly Candidates | The Mehdi Hasan Show

On the heels of J.D. Vance’s win in the Republican Senate primary, the focus on Trump’s backing has overlooked the essential role of tech investor Peter Thiel. Mehdi fixes the oversight.

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[simplicity]

This is EXACTLY why there should be extreme limits on the amount of political donations from individuals, and none from companies or anyone NOT a registered voter.

[danpoole]

We can have either extreme wealth iniquity or democracy, but not both.

[elizlagana]

Calling them out makes no difference they feel no SHAME

[brettwainscott]

Continue to expose this guy. He is truly despicable! The people with the most gold, should not be the ones to control politics and the country. It is like putting the wolves in charge of the sheep. Wake up people!!

[yellowwducky]

This is the guy who bankrupted Gawker because they hurt his feelings. He is evil.

[downhilltwofour]

We really must know all of this kind of thing and get organized to fight back. Politicians are pawns, people like Thiel are the real Rulers.

[davidcox]

We have the best government money can buy, but it's not democracy if the billionaires take over. It's called fascism when corporations rule a nation.

[mnguardianfan]

Make no mistake, we are much closer to an oligarchy than a democracy.

[wickertwm]

These large tech companies should be broken up just like Ma Bell and Standard Oil

[margaretchant]

Peter Thiel, the guy who screamed "World DOMINATION, WORLD DOMINATION" from the podium in the parking lot at Paypal? "Possesses disturbing views" you say?

[nathanielanderson]

Nothing surprises me anymore. This fool has been a crook friend the beginning.

[melissadouglas]

“…the machinery of freedom that makes the world safe for capitalism.” Sounds like someone has things backwards. Thank you, Mehdi Hasan, for reporting on this.

[Allaiya.]

Thank you for reporting on this! This info needs to get out more. Why doesn't Peter Thiel just run if he wants to make all these changes? Guess he would rather stay behind the stage & pull the strings...

[vanessajazp]

The American oligarchy was born under Reagan with “trickle down” economics, and further nurtured by more tax breaks for the rich from subsequent administrations.
This represents the coming-of-age of the American oligarchy.

You better believe that autocracy is right around the corner, and a lot of bloodshed to follow.

[James_Knott]

For him, freedom means freedom for capitalists. This means everyone else pays.

[aliciataylor]

Billionaires can be charged for sedition and as Traitors to.

[RichardGrijalva]

Thiel is a man who seethes with contempt and resentment for the mass of individuals who are endowed with freedom and struggle day by day.

The only freedom he cares about is his, because he thinks that only people with money and political power are worthy of the freedom to rule over ordinary people. He will exploit the freedoms of others as long as it’s to his redound.

It cannot be soon enough when these people are fairly taxed on the capital they sit once and have their access to power tempered. Remember, capitalism only works for capitalists; capitalists are only capitalists when they can live off of the return on their capital and not their labor. That means someone has to be pretty flush to be a capitalist in the strict sense.

[AskMississippiAskMississippi]

“The world is in more peril from those who tolerate evil or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” -Dr. Albert Einstein

[andykeen]

The root cause of all of this dereliction is Citizens United.

[fjt]

The problem with this entire discussion is there should be no such thing as a billionaire. No one person is worth that much more or is that much more important than anyone else