Thiel brought up Gates and Musk when discussing how an Antichrist figure could dominate in the short span of a lifetime.

After reading a 19th-century poem about how Jesus and Alexander the Great each died at 33, Thiel said in the present age the fastest means to power may be through wealth, noting that Gates became a billionaire at 31.

The world’s richest, in his view, think too little about their identities as billionaires and what will become of their treasures after death.

That’s how Thiel said he persuaded Musk. He said he looked up actuarial tables and found the probability of Musk’s death in the coming year equated to giving $1.4 billion to Gates, who has long sparred with the Tesla CEO.

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    Remember: “Left wing nonprofits” are groups that do things like:

    • Free healthcare and food for the poor
    • Free rides for medical treatment, work, etc
    • Free legal services
    • Various forms of poverty relief
    • Environmental protection
    • Immigrant and refugee support
    • Labor rights
    • Criminal justice reform

    But what about “right wing nonprofits”?

    • “Faith” initiatives
    • Religious education (only Christianity in the US)
    • Tax policy “research”
    • Second Amendment advocacy / violence enablement for white people everyone.
    • Law enforcement “support”
    • Anti-abortion
    • Anti-vaccination
    • Religious education
    • Government restriction/constriction (aka “limited government”)
    • Various forms of groups that collect money but only actually provide “thoughts and prayers”
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      How can I start one of these thoughts and prayer groups? I am very skilled at thinking and praying I should be getting paid for it