The question of Peter Thiel’s political philosophy has become increasingly relevant as his influence in American technology, finance, and politics continues to grow. Recently, while researching historical connections between technology and warfare, I discovered a telling detail: A Dr. Walter Thiel, described in USAF records as Hitler’s “best propulsion expert,” was killed by an innovative … Continue reading Why Doesn’t Peter Thiel Denounce Nazism? →

It was late April 1945, Munich. The Nazis had lost the war by the start of 1942 and spent the next three years grinding their own country into rubble rather than admit it. They had followed Hitler’s 1941 orders to kill as many people as possible, industrialized the killing at Wannsee in January 1942, and … Continue reading New Nazi Database: Carl Orff Never Needed a Party Card →

Thomas Edsall’s latest New York Times essay opens with a Peter Thiel quote from 2010 that deserves far more scrutiny for historic parallels than the NYT gives it. We could never win an election on getting certain things because we were in such a small minority, but maybe you could actually unilaterally change the world … Continue reading Palantir Keeps Quoting Nazi Goebbels as Their Business Model →