It's no secret that Thiel has particular ideas about human behaviour and about how the world should progress.

He is very clear in describing what he considers the issues, and it would appear that Trump's ideas in some way or other align with his own.

Why is 1.6 billion in relief for a hurricane placed in an aviation bill?

Law is a bit like programming. Imagine reviewing commits to a vast codebase on a tight deadline.

This feature seems to belong in a different package. It should be factored out. But the code builds, and rejecting the whole pull request would delay shipment.

Land of the free.

Making money off keeping people in prison, you have to be a cold-hearted SOB in this industry.

US senators demonstrating they are embarrassingly out of touch with the current age.

Also sad to see a senator resorting to dramatic effects like taking off his glasses before making a grand statement.

These people are running your country?

It's not a meritocracy

He wasn't just near sighted?

I sometimes wonder what would happen if Bill Gates and say Warren Buffet spent a ridiculous amound of money on lobbying, in order to drastically change the political landscape.

And they would be very limited in their destinations.

Cars can go anywhere.

We don't need them

Because we have little growth and very conservative city planning.

To be unfairly tried in a trial where he won't even be allowed to argue to the jury that his actions were justified.

(Presumably so they can kick his teeth in)