Peter Thiel’s Trump

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In his Thursday night convention speech, Peter Thiel cribbed his same old thesis but Trump-style.

When Thiel was a child in Cold War Cleveland, “The future felt limitless.” But modern reality is disappointingly limited. “This isn’t the dream we looked forward to.” Thiel helpfully paraphrased “Make America Great Again.” Trump’s not manipulating nostalgia, no. “He’s wanting to lead us back to that bright future.”

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