Peter Thiel's move to Argentina reflects a growing trend among billionaires seeking a 'plan B' abroad (www.businessinsider.com)
from EatingOnions@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 08:01
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trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jun 08:03 next collapse

Nazis fleeing to Argentinia before the war is over? This branch of reality is broken in so many ways.

LittleBorat3@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 10:22 next collapse

Maybe they learn from their mistakes

BooBees@fedinsfw.app on 02 Jun 10:52 next collapse

🤣

trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jun 11:13 collapse

The overwhelming majority of the Nazis who fled to South America after WW2 fared quite well there, so it wasn’t that much of a mistake on their part.

LittleBorat3@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 11:59 collapse

I mean this time they don’t book the last minute ticket

prex@aussie.zone on 02 Jun 11:26 collapse

He’ll be among friends:

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YellowParenti@lemmy.wtf on 02 Jun 08:08 next collapse

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gh0stb4tz@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 10:59 collapse

TLDW/R?

finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 11:48 collapse

Magneto catching up to some Nazis in X-Men: First Class.

scops@reddthat.com on 02 Jun 13:05 collapse

Relevantly, in Argentina.

tirateimas@lemmy.pt on 02 Jun 08:23 next collapse

Yes, mess things up at home, then fly away when they get out of control. What a classic.

EatingOnions@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 08:27 next collapse

Isn’t it part of Project 2025 to collapse economy so they can shaft it for quick profit?

CitizenKong@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 08:34 collapse

Also collapse the current system to establish cyberpunkian corporate city states.

aarch0x40@piefed.social on 02 Jun 09:47 next collapse

Home for Thiel though would more likely be South West Africa. A place where the population would openly greet each other “Heil Hitler” after the war was over.

melsaskca@lemmy.ca on 02 Jun 11:21 collapse

Every month there are thousand more white south africans brought into the usa within the terms of the trump/musk slow-walk takeover of the country. /s

Flower@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jun 10:32 collapse

And that after they’ve been telling everyone you can’t tax or limit the rich in any way or they might move and that’ll ruin the economy.

SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml on 02 Jun 08:33 next collapse

Let’s make it a new rule: It you don’t live here you can’t own anything here.

Houses, businessis, real estate, data centers…

Cherry@piefed.social on 02 Jun 08:49 collapse

Houses, businessis, real estate, data centers…politicians

SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml on 02 Jun 09:40 collapse

If I had known how cheap politicians were I would have bought a few of them myself but NOW I have to buy them after Russia has overinflated their worth.

finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 11:48 collapse

Can we Go Fund Me some politicians? Maybe a Trump-based pardon, or two?

frongt@lemmy.zip on 02 Jun 12:29 collapse

That’s called a PAC

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 08:56 next collapse

Man, some things don’t change… Western Europeans anywhere outside of Europe have historically been a cause for strife, conflict and suffering. They should be contained in their continent, we can even all move out of Europe as long as you stay over there, being wolves to your fellow Europeans instead of everyone else. Maybe that would finally give them the push to become moral and prosocial. Meh.

binux@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jun 11:10 collapse

This is a very sane and rational idea with no fascistic undertones whatsoever

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 11:35 collapse

Idea? It’s a fantasy social experiment that would benefit everyone but will never take place, Western civilization as it has been since the days of Rome requires everyone else’s exploitation.

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 16:32 collapse

would benefit everyone

Define “everyone”.

Eternal192@anarchist.nexus on 02 Jun 08:59 next collapse

This bastards parents should have used plan b to spare us all the trouble and bullshit he has done.

Yliaster@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 11:25 collapse

Generational issue, likely, I’m afraid.

Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jun 10:05 next collapse

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DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jun 11:03 next collapse

All we had to do to get him to leave was enact a 5% wealth tax and a pied-à-terre tax? Shit, we could’ve done this years ago.

modernangel@sh.itjust.works on 02 Jun 11:10 next collapse

Made America so great that now it’s someplace to flee if you’re rich enough.

LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml on 02 Jun 12:10 next collapse

But… What happens when money becomes worthless and the bunker is running out of food, how to keep the waitstaff in line? Are explosive collars really a viable solution? Maaaaaybe…,

idiomaddict@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 16:14 collapse

I’d like to think I’d take one for the team if there are explosive collars involved and the other option is that billionaires enslave humanity even after money is worthless. I suspect most people would (like to think that, that is).

It only takes one to actually do it.

Prove_your_argument@piefed.social on 02 Jun 12:27 next collapse

They know the US is about to have an economic collapse, possible policitical coup or uprising, and that billionaires’ and their wealth are the target of the opposition party.

Wealth tax is terrifying, almost as much as jail or dying. Way cheaper to hire a huge PMC tier security team and ride it out in a foreign country that will be less affected by the US.

GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 13:16 next collapse

They think its going to save them.

couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip on 02 Jun 13:27 next collapse

Spoiler:

spoiler

he’s not going to spend much of his time in Argentina

treehugger6@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 13:31 next collapse

Is he going to learn Spanish?

Witchfire@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 17:17 collapse

He seems like the kind of person to complain that no one speaks English

FreddiesLantern@leminal.space on 02 Jun 13:34 next collapse

Theory out there: he’s going there to try stuff over there first to perfect it and bring it back. Don’t celebrate just yet.

zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Jun 14:19 next collapse

Why do the Nazis always flee to Argentina?

entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Jun 15:42 collapse

No extradition

Reygle@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 16:00 collapse

Argentinians! Please take careful note of the location, and any underground facilities’ air intake locations. When needed we may ask you go fill them with concrete.