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dalton99a

(81,512 posts)
Sun Sep 16, 2018, 11:20 AM Sep 2018

Peter Thiel: Silicon Valley was "brainwashed" by higher education

https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Peter-Thiel-Silicon-Valley-liberal-brainwashed-13232245.php

Peter Thiel: Silicon Valley is 'not as liberal as it looks,' was 'brainwashed' by higher education
By Eric Ting, SFGATE Updated 1:31 pm PDT, Saturday, September 15, 2018

PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel doesn't believe Silicon Valley is as liberal as people think it is, but one would never know it due to a left wing "conformity problem" caused by higher education.

When asked where this conformity problem comes from, Thiel stated that it comes from institutions of higher education in America.

"Part of it is it's probably the most educated part of the country in terms of how much time people spent in college," he said. "I think one of the downsides of too much education is that you get the most brainwashed."

Thiel raised his national profile during the 2016 elections by publicly supporting then-candidate Donald Trump, and even gave a speech at the 2016 Republican Convention.


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SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
1. "I think one of the downsides of too much education is that you get the most brainwashed."
Sun Sep 16, 2018, 11:45 AM
Sep 2018

In Thiel's case the result of too much higher education, and several degrees from Stanford, is that his educational experience is about as limited as that of Betsy DeVos. Learning a valuable skill or attaining knowledge that may cure cancer just isn't that important to Thiel because he likes his brain-washed people in the mode of faux-news, talk radio, and MAGA followers.

He may have an education but he's an ignorant and arrogant man.

brush

(53,782 posts)
6. That's the reason for the repugs continued, all-out assault on education funding.
Sun Sep 16, 2018, 11:54 AM
Sep 2018

Keep 'em dumb and stupid and they vote out of ignorance for ignorant candidates like trump.

Couldn't be more transparent.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
3. People who I know who went to college have said the experience opened them
Sun Sep 16, 2018, 11:50 AM
Sep 2018

I've talked to people who went to college and decided that religion or their parents political leanings weren't for them. Critical thinking, plus being exposed to many people from various backgrounds was what changed their point of view.

Most colleges are the opposite of brainwashing, which is why religious people either go to religious colleges, or band tightly together on secular campuses. Critical thinking is dangerous to their belief system.

thiel is an idiot, this is just more confirmation as to why repubs (and now apparently libertarians) are opposed to free public and higher education. Makes the masses that much less easier to manage.

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)
4. Says the highly educated idiot who supported trump.
Sun Sep 16, 2018, 11:51 AM
Sep 2018
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel
"he is a conservative libertarian who is critical of high government spending, high debt levels, and foreign wars. He has donated to numerous political figures.,"

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
7. I have relatives who will not allow their kids to go to college
Sun Sep 16, 2018, 11:57 AM
Sep 2018

I was told it made them reject the way they were raised. I asked the perhaps that is because they became educated. They won’t talk to me anymore anymore and don’t let me talk to their kids, my own 2nd cousins.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
9. He is a gay man.
Sun Sep 16, 2018, 04:12 PM
Sep 2018

It would be fucking rich to see him left alone in the world that he is working to bring about. Unfortunately in that world sane LGBTQ people would perish with that asshole.

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