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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPeter Thiel has moved to Argentina
Peter Thiel has had his hands in so much fuckery to destroy the United States that it's no surprise he's bailing out. Our government is full of Palantir employees but he's trying to get beyond extradition reach in Argentina. Leaving his stink behind and dodging responsibility. 1/
— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T23:28:34.791Z
Reporters need quotes from Peter's political proteges: his first two Senatorial projects, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, the two who were seen by other Senators as planning Jan 6, the two who stood to object to the electoral vote. And Thiel's hand-picked VP JD Vance, the now-abandoned heir apparent. 2/
— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T23:28:34.792Z
The NYT story is heavily curated by Peter's allies, all granted anonymity. Their takes are dutifully transcribed without any pushback. Peter knows how to work the press: in 2023, he got media to reprint the false claim that he was "done with politics" - right before he chose Vance as our VP. 3/
— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T23:28:34.793Z
There were hints already on May 19, when JD Vance semi-praised the pope's encyclical, which everyone knew would criticize Peter's megalomaniacal AI dreams. Vance had been shockingly disrespectful to the pope earlier, when he felt safe as Peter's sidekick... 4/
— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T23:28:34.794Z
The encyclical was even stronger than expected, a righteous broadside against Thiel and Vance and a call for humanity. Now Thiel is working the press on why he's fleeing to Argentina and Vance is trying to pretend he's always been a good Catholic. He knows his patron is abandoning him. 5/
— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T23:28:34.795Z
FalloutShelter
(14,665 posts)Want some nightmare inducing reading about what this Schlick is pushing read up on Transhumanism
And also Dark Enlightenment.
surfered
(14,483 posts)niyad
(134,210 posts)peppertree
(23,484 posts)You see: No matter how Milei and his money-laundering Economy Minister Caputo spin it, the economy down there is awful for most people - and that's despite three bumper crops in a row, and an oil export boom (which Milei largely inherited).
Add to that the mounting corruption scandals involving Milei, his witch-doctor sister, and his chief of staff on down - and the stage is set for his resounding defeat in the October 2027 elections.
The likely winner - center-left Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof - is both charismatic and has a very good record as governor despite 7 of the most challenging years in Argentine memory (and that, as you know, is saying a lot).
And while he's unlikely to bother Thiel in any way (except through a U.S. court order), the Namibian Nazi is unlikely to stay in a country governed by a left-wing Jew.
Polls already have Kicillof well ahead in the head-to-heads - especially in RW former President Mauricio Macri ("Mr. Macrisis" ) throws his beach hat in the ring.
Of course...Milei is very much counting on Needy Amin to put his fat, hepatitis-ridden thumb on the scale for him again in '27 - like he did for the '25 Midterms with the U.S. taxpayer-funded bailout.
So quién sabe.
Who knows.
niyad
(134,210 posts)peppertree
(23,484 posts)Here's the townhouse he recently bought in an upscale Buenos Aires section:
The 8,000 ft² townhouse, on 2924 Dardo Rocha Street, was designed in the 1920s by the same Argentine architect (Alejandro Bustillo) who - unwittingly - designed what's widely believed to be Adolf Hitler's post-war hideout cabin in Patagonia.
I suspect that might've helped seal the seal for Herr Thiel.
It's also just across the street from the residence of Susana Giménez - the rabidly right-wing (and ethically challenged) "queen of Argentine talk" (gossip, would be more like it).
At US$12 million, it was a record for any single property purchased in Buenos Aires.
Beacool
(30,526 posts)"designed what's widely believed to be Adolf Hitler's post-war hideout cabin in Patagonia." Seriously? Hitler did not survive and moved to Argentina. That's as batshit crazy as all the Alt-Right and MAGA conspiracy theories. Yes, some Nazis moved to Argentina, but there were German colonies in Argentina decades before WWII. Argentina was very wealthy at the time and, after the U.S., it was the second country to receive the largest number of European immigrants during the great migration. Their population doubled every six years thanks to the massive wave of immigrants, mostly Southern Italians and Spanish from Galicia. Although, Germans, Poles, Russians escaping the pogroms, British, Irish, Welsh, etc., also emigrated to Argentina. Most of the Welsh settled in Patagonia, some of the Germans too.
peppertree
(23,484 posts)And I'm with you on your point about Argentina's copious, and very diverse, wave of European immigration in the 1880-1950 era.
Over 6 million in all - in a country with only 2 million people in 1880.
As I once pointed out to another poster, that would be like having China's entire population move to the U.S. between now and 2100.
Suffice it to say - by 2100, U.S. culture would look very different. And that's just what happened down there.
homegirl
(1,994 posts)if Argentina has an extradition agreement with the USA?
peppertree
(23,484 posts)Argentina - like many nations - will not extradite anyone they have reason to believe will face the death penalty.
The most recent such example, as far as Argentina, is of Kurt Sonnenfeld - a FEMA videographer who was charged with murdering his wife in 2002.
Sonnenfeld - who shot the last FEMA footage taken of the World Trade Center before 9/11, as well as some of the first from after the attack - has long suggested that his wife may have been murdered by the Bush regime in retaliation for his questioning the official story.
His murder charge was in fact initially dropped - before being unexpectedly refiled by prosecutors (i.e. someone in Washington made phone calls - if so, probably the eminently greasy John Ashcroft). Sonnenfeld left for Argentina at that point - and has lived there ever since.
He was almost extradited in 2015 - when then-President Cristina Kirchner (herself a neo-con target) granted him political asylum just days before leaving office.
So, yes - while Argentina has an extradition treaty with the U.S. (and many other countries), presidents reserve the right to override such orders. And this authoritarian Chucky-doll Milei definitely would, for those he sees as backers.
That's assuming, of course, that he'll be re-elected in '27 - which now looks very unlikely, given his mounting corruption scandals and the worsening Mileise.
LudwigPastorius
(15,068 posts)JT45242
(4,159 posts)That weasel will hopefully find some awful disease to contract.
Beacool
(30,526 posts)Look up Operation Paperclip.
Johonny
(26,681 posts)RetiredParatrooper
(232 posts)Than Venezuela.
dalton99a
(95,595 posts)
diane in sf
(4,257 posts)Cha
(320,879 posts)"lower taxes for Billionaires"? So what are you fucking whining about? What "regulations"?!!
You'd better come up with better excuses than those, Groesque Idiot..
PatSeg
(53,644 posts)If Thiel is intent on fleeing, that could be a positive sign. He pretty much got what he wanted as far as government goes, so he must be seeing a bigger picture on the horizon.
JoseBalow
(9,776 posts)UpInArms
(55,445 posts)in spades I hope he has a miserable illness that debilitates him and he dies a slow painful inexorable death
drmeow
(6,024 posts)Katcat
(623 posts)But hes been allowed to do as he pleases so why is he leaving now? I was under the impression that he was one of the architects of P2025
UpInArms
(55,445 posts)Knowing that the people in the US have had it with the billionaire class that thinks they can abuse everyone and everything.
The rich will be divested of their holdings to pay for the damage they have caused
AZProgressive
(30,005 posts)I think he likes the current politics and austerity going on in Argentina
wolfie001
(8,027 posts)Just like the fat p3do in the WH.
BeneteauBum
(820 posts)Peace ☮️
drmeow
(6,024 posts)to that landfill in Ushuaia?
Buns_of_Fire
(19,229 posts)He might want to check with Adolf Eichmann to see how that worked out.
meow2u3
(25,252 posts)IOW, if the Mossad can capture and extradite Eichmann to face justice in Israel, the CIA can capture and extradite Thiel to face justice in the States once Trump and his gang are no more.
Joinfortmill
(21,747 posts)mokeyz
(116 posts)reconstituted.
Historic NY
(40,150 posts)proud patriot
(102,582 posts)Initech
(109,349 posts)Fuck Peter Thiel, no circle of hell is good enough for that asshole.
JohnnyRingo
(21,020 posts)Maybe his lawyer tipped him off that someone is going to come out with a viable suit.
see: Roman Polanski
kimbutgar
(27,592 posts)F that monster!
Swede
(40,191 posts)popsdenver
(2,682 posts)Isn't that where countless upper level NAZIs went to disappear, including Menghle??????????
Tree Lady
(13,398 posts)Trumps people get away with everything, surely Trump could have covered for him.
Faux pas
(16,556 posts)all bail sooner rather than later
TBF
(37,346 posts)FakeNoose
(42,560 posts)
valleyrogue
(2,801 posts)Since 2000, Argentina has an extradition treaty with the U.S.
okaawhatever
(9,571 posts)promising no extradition was agreed upon before he invested hundreds of millions of dollars there.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(15,092 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,322 posts)Or did he finally see that JD isn't the bright boy he hoped for?
oasis
(54,078 posts)DFW
(60,500 posts)I guess their expertise in the field has not abated.
ahnakneemoose
(58 posts)Ray Bruns
(6,806 posts)
Multichromatic
(220 posts)Botany
(77,945 posts)and in the Ohio Senate races in 2022 & 2024 along with his Palantirs Digital Janitor that didnt
flip or delete votes but hid that it happened are just as big as Musks rat fucking of the vote. So it is time for him to flee the scene of the crime. He doesnt want to be around when Donny goes down.
Even if you dont buy into This will hold substack you can see Theil in his own words admitting to getting
technology to overcome the citizens vote and see the email that Epstein sent him after the 2016 election.
And to top it off, the latest tranche of Epstein files revealed that in the months leading up to the 2016 election, Epstein colluded with Peter Thiel and Russia to rig it for Donald Trump. Then, on election night 2016, Epstein sent a one word email to Peter Thiel:
Wow
https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/merrick-garland-and-the-octopus
TygrBright
(21,399 posts)Crowman2009
(3,607 posts)Because the people there are getting pissed about this chainsaw wielding libertarian dickhead in charge.
BannonsLiver
(20,897 posts)travelingthrulife
(5,644 posts)Hopefully they squeezed more out of Thiel.
Glad to see him gone, now take away all the money that has been sent his way.
Joinfortmill
(21,747 posts)purr-rat beauty
(1,497 posts)He knows how to deal with these types
Inglorious Basterds too
The Roux Comes First
(2,354 posts)As they say, "you can run but you cannot hide"!
