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Pope Serving as ‘Chinese Communist Agent’ by Criticizing AI, Says Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel

The self-proclaimed ACTS 17 preacher in the past has also speculated that AI critics are doing the bidding of the Antichrist.

Thiel appears to be calling critics of AI and data centers a threat to America. Even the Pope isn’t safe from Thiel.

Notably, white South Africans during apartheid would call Blacks agents of Communist China or Russia to get American support in murdering them for being Godless non-whites. And the “agent” part was used specifically to delegitimize Blacks, as a claim they weren’t able to think independently.

So, it’s not entirely surprising to see a South African-raised Thiel saying and doing what his father told him to say and do.