I didn’t make it through the whole whole thing, but it’s an interesting take, thanks for sharing rss bot! Central criticism seems to be that modern day technologists latch onto the Chosen one themes of LOTR and convince themselves that they’re special and good and justified in worsening the world in their own special and good way. While discworld antagonists are generally those self-styled chosen ones. I buy that difference and agree, but I don’t think LOTR made thiel an asshole sociopath - I think some people are just assholes and society rewards them too much for it. On the either hand maybe society would be better off not buying into chosen one mythology. How many people proclaimed Musk as a real life Tony Stark during his rise?
Absolutely. It makes me crazy that people can’t imagine what the consequences of American isolation will be. We built this position and lifestyle over generations, and every single other administration including his was smart enough not to fuck with it