@georgetakei In the 1990s and 2000s, libertarianism was the official religion of Silicon Valley. And as with many other religions and cults, the fundamentalist extremists gradually pushed the moderates to the sidelines. The South Africa adjacent PayPal mafia was a driving force.
#PayPalMafia #ElonMusk #ApartheidElon #LibertarianExtremists #JamesBondVillains #DefundMars

So last night I stumbled across this twenty-five minute interview with Guardian reporter Chris McGreal on Democracy Now!" Most of the conversation centers around the Musk family's longtime connections with Nazism (like literally the Third Reich) and neo-nazi movements, as well as how growing up in Apartheid South Africa shaped Elon Musk's worldview. Interestingly however, this is probably the first time I've ever seen anyone who works in corporate media mention that Peter Thiel, and David Sacks also have deep connections to apartheid societies in Africa. As you're likely aware, all three men have intimate connections with, and have financially supported, Trump and the larger fascist movement that's built around his cult of personality.

I'm sharing it here at least in part because McGreal is very firmly a mainstream media source, and until very recently this type of background information on the billionaire nazis ruining our society as we speak, really didn't get a lot of play in the mainstream media. This kind of critical background information wasn't necessarily a "secret," but corporate media has always been far too fawning towards tech billionaires to bring up "inconvenient truths" like the reality that the richest guy in the world, who is currently helping to enact a white nationalist agenda in America, comes from a family full of cracker nazis.

Democracy Now: Elon Musk's Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid & Neo-Nazi Movements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv3IKzMdHA

@nico198X @aral @robin Problem with #PayPal et. al. is that there ain't real & global competitiors.

• AFAIK, #SEPA-bound #wero won't allow people to setup accounts outside #EU / #EFTA / #SEPA area and get them at least topped-up (unlike PayPal, #VISA & #MasterCard, which literally offer #Prepaid cards aroubd the globe except North Korea, Belarus, Cuba and #WesternSahara / #SADR)…

And not only is it impractical for people to travel in person to i.e. Germany just to wait weeks (!!!) on an appointment and get a bank accout opened in person but even then the Bsic Account as per @BaFin regulations only applies to consumers in Germany and not SMEs from overseas and even then those business accounts are usually way more expensive than partnering with an expensive payment processor to outsorce headaches.

• Ask me how I know...

Needless to say the #PayPalMafia got their power to basically monopolize global payments...

@blogdiva

@AVincentInSpace @erkhyan Cuz it's the foundational basis of #PeterThiel, a white-hot gloeing antisemite, and #ElonMusk...

• See "#PayPalMafia"...

Not to mention they charge absurdly high fees, absurdly high currency conversions rates and always choose the most inconvenient option whether they are a #bank from #Luxembourg or a #corporation from the #USA.

• as a matter if fact, Luxembourg's finance regulator, #CSSF, had to literally employ dedicaded staff just to deal with #PayPal doing absurd shite!

4. act - cyberpunk wins

@timmoe85 Interessanter: Zu wem gehört das Twitter-SpinOff BlueSky?

Long story short: "Blue Sky" war der Name des blauen Methamphetamin in der Serie #BreakingBad, und hat den Gründer dazu inspiriert sein Produkt so zu nennen.

Als erweiterte Kopfgeburt der #PayPalMafia-Cryptobros um #PeterThiel hat Twitter-Gründer (und Anteilseigner) #JackDorsey mit #JayGaber zwar mittlerweile eine Crypto-Schwester als CEO installiert, aber das Ziel eine zwecks Kundenbindung ("improvement of uptime") mit addiktiven Algorithmen gespickte Plattform zu schaffen, die als Grundlage für dann profitable Business cases dient um letztlich maximalem Einfluss und Profit zu generieren, ist das Gleiche wie das aller Tech-Milliardäre im Kielwasser von Trump: Power from profits.

Einstiegshilfe für eigene Recherchen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dorsey

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Alternativ fällt mir nur mit Blick auf #Trump neue Freunde und in Erinnerung an die #Panamapapers ein, dass einige #Milliardäre ja gerne ein eigenes Staatsgebiet hätten. Panama als Zion der #PaypalMafia. Mal abwarten, ob da @andreaskemper bald was zu berichten hat...

@SchvenGlueckschpilsch
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Da #Döpfners Sohn bei Musks Bro' #PeterThiel gerade in die Lehre geht, gibt es bald tatsächlich nur noch 3% für die #FDP und dicke Millionenspenden von der #PaypalMafia und Gratispropaganda von #Springer für unsere alternativen Nazis.
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@lobbycontrol

Trump Gives Elon Musk a Huge Gift With Latest Appointment
https://newrepublic.com/post/189105/donald-trump-elon-musk-cryptocurrency-david-sacks

* PayPal COO David Sacks | tech billionaire
* Trump proved he’s fully in crypto industry’s pocket
* named Trump2 White House A.I. & Crypto Czar
* will also lead Presidential Council of Advisors for Science & Technology
* associate of Peter Thiel: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113392116004875490

#USpol #DavidSacks
#Trump2 #Trumpism #GOP #fascism #Project2025
#capitalism #libertarianism #cryptocurrency #VentureCapital #PayPal #PayPalMafia