Encryption America's Market Maker Moment: Peter Thiel in a Historical Turning Point

Dedicated to right-wing American operator Peter Thiel.

On September 4th, at the White House technology conference, a number of Silicon Valley moguls attended the roundtable, but Peter Thiel was absent.

From left to right, Figma CEO is a Thiel Fellowship recipient, Scale AI is a unicorn nurtured by Founders Fund, David Sacks is, besides being the crypto czar in the White House, Peter Thiel's right-hand man during the PayPal era, Meta CEO Zuckerberg is the first representative work of Peter Thiel's legendary Silicon Valley venture capital, Palantir is a major contractor for Trump's Iron Dome project, and Peter Thiel is also one of the earliest investors in OpenAI.

Image description: Attendance list for the White House Technology Conference. Image source: @sherwood_newsDistant people, distant places, are all related to Peter Thiel.

On the eve of 911, Charlie Kirk died in Utah. The world only knows that Vance carried his coffin and Trump lowered the flag to half-mast. What is not known is that it was Charlie Kirk who completely changed Vance's view of Trump, leading him to give up his future within the system as a Yale Law School PhD and choose to go all-in on Trump.

Coincidentally, Vans is also Peter Thiel's deepest nail embedded in the MAGA movement and Washington, and behind them, the Silicon Valley right is devouring the entire Western world.

Wall Street cannot save the Federal Reserve, and the banking industry cannot stop stablecoins.

Right-wing America, after 15 years of planning by Peter Thiel, has emerged before the world and will shape the next era of crypto, AI, and world order.

The Collapse and Reconstruction of the Western Order

Musk is anxious about the birth rate of white people, while Peter Thiel hates the morality of slaves.

Image Description: The Source of Peter Thiel's Thought Image Source: @zuoyeweb3 After World War II, a large number of Germans fled the European continent and settled in Latin America and southern Africa, especially in Swakopmund, Namibia, where they even publicly celebrated Hitler's birthday on April 20, 1989, which reflects their ideology.

Born in 1967, Peter Thiel moved to Namibia at the age of 4 and returned to California, the New Rome, at the age of 10. Unlike Elon Musk, who spent his entire childhood in South Africa, Peter Thiel's impression of Namibia and South Africa is that they are both “white” societies.

At that time, both South Africa and Namibia were under apartheid and colonial rule, representing the longest-lasting colonial order since World War II. This is a shared historical memory of Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, with the difference being that Peter Thiel's childhood was dedicated to anti-authority.

Opposing the forced freedom of others while hoping to continue the West's authority over the world, all the twists and contradictions stem from this core.

Politics is about distinguishing friends from foes. Carl Schmitt is referred to as the spiritual mentor of the Nazis, and some also see him as a guiding light for Peter Thiel. However, Thiel recognizes that the political order after World War II is ambiguous.

You have me, I have you; the East-West confrontation in the late Cold War was not only ideological but also a cultural war. From the hippie movement to the Reagan era of the 1980s, a generation of Americans walked towards self-destruction in confusion.

By the time Peter Thiel entered Stanford in 1985 at the latest, he had already read “Atlas Shrugged”, but unfortunately, Ayn Rand had passed away in 1982, and she did not witness the most glorious moment of libertarianism sweeping across America - the rise of Reagan.

Fortunately, in 1987, Peter Thiel founded the Stanford Review to vigorously promote neoconservatism and libertarianism, which Peter Thiel used to respond to the school's actions, as Stanford replaced its Western culture courses with “diversity” courses.

The efficient leftist transformation of the West Coast, also known as the diversification movement, has not ceased its rapid advance even during the Reagan era. However, under the long-term efforts of Reagan's fellow believers, Trump and Peter Thiel, we have begun to see signs of yielding.

Perseverance pays off. Peter Thiel's consistent style has even led to the “Stanford Review” referring to him as a right-wing stronghold in a leftist Stanford. Peter Thiel has long sponsored and maintained contact with key members, and the so-called PayPal mafia originated from this.

Throughout his academic career, the philosopher René Girard had the greatest influence on Peter Thiel. Girard's most well-known theory is that “desire comes from the imitation of others.” Like Ayn Rand, Girard does not accept the Christian theory of original sin, placing human nature within a rational framework that can be objectively discussed, ultimately legitimizing innovation, especially technological innovation.

Peter Thiel once said, “People want flying cars, but what they get is 140 characters.” The theoretical roots lie with Girard, who, whether willingly or not, has in fact become the intellectual wellspring of the Silicon Valley right.

In 2011, Peter Thiel again accused the current Silicon Valley of being a false innovation that does not focus on true human frontier technology during a speech, and among the audience at that time was a person named Vance. In 2010, Peter Thiel had already established the Thiel Fellowship to sponsor college dropouts with dreams, with Figma CEO Dylan Field and Ethereum founder Vitalik among those listed.

Even crazier was the 2016 presidential election, where Silicon Valley collectively obeyed the Democratic Party's iron grip. Peter Thiel began to bet against Trump, and notably, after Trump's defeat in 2020, Peter Thiel continued to invest in Trump, even stepping down from the Meta board in 2022 for this reason.

In comparison, Soros is the mainstream of the Democratic Party, Peter Thiel is the right-wing underground of America, and Musk is the line of chaos.

Before the results of the 2024 election are announced, Microsoft revokes its LGBT policy, and Bezos, who owns The Washington Post, demands that the editorial department remain neutral. Meanwhile, Zuckerberg is still indecisive until he suddenly realizes on September 4, pledging allegiance and tribute.

Peter Thiel views money as an ideology, while Soros hides ideology in politics; both are headed in the same direction.

Peter Thiel's ultimate goal is not to protect his own interests or expand the rights of homosexuals, but to maintain the imagined super-community - the survival of Western civilization, viewing white America as equivalent to the city-state of the West, resisting all foreign attacks on the spirit of ancient Greece.

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Peter Thiel Investment Timeline

Venture capital and political speculation may seem unrelated, but at their core, they both aim to turn expectations into reality, using a small cash flow to purchase a large future at a discount. In 1995, before venture capital and founding Paypal, Peter Thiel and David Sacks co-authored “The Myth of Diversity: Multiculturalism and the Politics of Intolerance at Stanford University,” ideology comes before products and money.

In fact, as early as 1992, after graduating with a PhD from Stanford, Peter Thiel rotated through various opportunities and ultimately seized the frenzy before the internet bubble, founding Thiel Capital Management in 1996 with around $1 million raised from family and friends.

Confinity was established in 1998, and Max Levchin designed anti-fraud measures related to CAPTCHA, while discussing experiments on digital currency with Peter Thiel. The cypherpunks developed alongside the commercialization of the internet, but the two quickly went their separate ways.

At that time, not to mention cryptocurrencies, the internetization of the US dollar hadn't even started; credit cards were the preferred method for cashless payments. Peter Thiel happened to align with libertarianism, and he also saw the biggest advantage of internet dollars—regulatory arbitrage, which the gambling industry has a strong demand for.

In 1999, Paypal officially emerged, symbolizing freedom for Americans, allowing for seamless transfers via email without complex verification processes. For the rest of the world, it became a necessity for value preservation, as people needed US dollars to escape inflation.

At this time, the US dollar is a stable currency, just as stablecoins are stable US dollars.

Just as MGX used USD1 to pay Binance for a $2 billion investment, Paypal also accepted a $3 million investment through Paypal.

There is nothing new under the sun, internet dollar arbitrage credit cards, stablecoin arbitrage on the internet, and Paypal's entry with PYUSD is also well-versed in this.

But this was hard to call a success for Peter Thiel, as PayPal collided with Elon Musk's X.com at the same time, ultimately leading to a merger. It wasn't until 2002 that they went public and were acquired by eBay for $1.5 billion, at which point Peter Thiel's net worth was $55 million.

Peter Thiel was 35 years old and finally achieved financial freedom just before being optimized.

Subsequently, Peter Thiel began to hide, Max Levchin, David Sacks, and even Musk can be categorized as the PayPal mafia, which means they acted in concert, such as Peter Thiel investing in Musk's Tesla and SpaceX, forming alliances, just like during the time of the Stanford Review.

With persistent effort, once again with persistent effort, the network built by Peter Thiel through venture capital ultimately grew into a towering tree that shades everything.

After 911, the U.S. government invested heavily in the security industry, and for the anti-authoritarian libertarians, collaborating with the government was anti-freedom, while not collaborating was anti-Western. In this awkward situation, Peter Thiel faced a mental crisis.

To resolve the spiritual crisis, Guillaire is not enough, Carl Schmitt is also not enough, and in the end, Leo Strauss saves the day:

1. 1 The common good of city-states and the common good of gangs are fundamentally the same; the common good is derived from the calculation of individual good.
2. 2 If science can make infinite progress, then there cannot exist a meaningful end or completion of history.
3. 3 Technology is justice, virtue is knowledge.

Strauss is a prominent scholar in both China and the United States, but the significance is completely different. For the rational person who does not believe in religion, Strauss provides a complete spiritual genealogy from ancient Greece to Alexander to ancient Rome, equating the West with human civilization and creating a spiritual resonance that transcends Christianity.

Homosexuality, civil rights, and slavery together constitute a republican system that excludes outsiders, and it is also the last piece of the puzzle in Peter Thiel's spiritual world. Only through the interaction between the city-state and its people can the rule of the philosopher-king be correct and enduring.

In short, Peter Thiel believes that the West needs to be great again, and the way to greatness is through technological innovation, which requires dismantling regulatory barriers.

From oceanic islands to Mars colonization, and even life sciences that extend lifespan, all should be thoroughly accelerated, accelerated to a point where technology's frenzy cannot be stopped by humans, accelerated to a historical return, using technology to achieve the second coming of ancient Greece, allowing sinners to be saved.

And the most ironic thing is that Leo Strauss is a spokesperson for neoconservatism, advocating for a total acceleration due to the decline of the West, in order to free the West and regain its vitality.

This is the synonym for accelerationism in e/acc, as well as the effective altruism approach advocated by SBF; even Elon Musk's long-termism follows this logic, where long-termism is not just perseverance but a desperate acceleration for ultimate victory.

Today I realize that I am me. In 2003, Peter Thiel founded Palantir to mine big data for potential terrorist signals, with the CIA and security departments as its largest clients, and life entered the fast lane.

In 2004, a $500,000 investment in Facebook secured a 10.2% stake, fully proving that Peter Thiel is not a theorist, but a very strong actor.

In 2005, Founders Fund was established, and Peter Thiel used it to establish his dominance in the venture capital field. The goal of Founders Fund is not to “make money,” but to create technology products for human civilization, such as AI and cryptocurrencies, as well as hard technology, rather than continuing to revolve around 140 characters.

Summarize Peter Thiel's achievements in the investment field with numbers; he is a true practitioner of financial capitalism's grassroots right wing, and once again emphasizes that he is the Republican mirror of Soros:

• PayPal co-founder: $55 million exit
• Facebook early investment: $500,000 turned into over $1 billion
• Palantir Founder: Valuation in the Hundreds of Billions
• Personal net worth: $20.8 billion (2025), ranked 103rd in the world

Peter Thiel not only achieved economic success, but more importantly, he changed or attempted to change the balance between the East and West coasts. Before him, the West Coast was home to tech elites, while the East Coast was a financial and political complex. Once a business grew, it had to enter the government and participate in the political game in Washington.

If, when technology and finance are integrated, the political power balance in Washington will also tilt, this is the subtext of cryptocurrency and AI, pushing Wall Street out of productivity and the financial system, allowing right-wing tech giants to take over everything in America and the world.

Elon Musk is shouting, Peter Thiel is doing.

Conclusion: He Changed Silicon Valley

From founding the Stanford Review to sending Trump to prison, Peter Thiel has realized the return of neoconservatism in the freest Silicon Valley, embedding the dual insurance combination of Vance and Trump in the most entrenched Washington.

In Trump's political landscape, crypto, fintech, and AI practitioners from the West Coast have gradually replaced the traditional elites of Wall Street, which is the most significant part of this major political upheaval in the United States.

KK once wrote “What Does Technology Want?” The main idea is that technology has its own natural developmental tendencies and will ultimately free itself from the subordinate status of humans, which is the “anti-human centrism” criticized by Musk. Humanity's status as the primate of all things may be at risk with the explosive growth of AI.

Before this, Peter Thiel wanted to first try to save the core part of humanity—the Western world. Of course, it is filled with the racial colors of Western centrism. Unlike Larry Ellison of Oracle and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Peter Thiel's aversion to foreigners is not an emotional hatred, but rather a rational desire.

The love for the Greek city-states must be marked by hatred for the foreign nations.

No matter how much the power of the West has declined, and no matter how great the dangers facing the West may be, the decline, danger, failure, or even destruction of the West does not necessarily prove that the West is in crisis: If the West is confident in its goals, it could gracefully decline.

In a sense, through the hands of Peter Thiel, Girard has indeed changed the world, but it is not enough.

The shortcoming lies in the spiritual crisis of humanity. In a rational West where there is no place for God, the West itself cannot be defined. Peter Thiel's choice is Leo Strauss, who reshapes the Western spirit from the rationality of ancient Greece.

In human governance, the philosopher-king is the ruler that most closely aligns with Strauss's ideals, while Machiavellianism is merely a poor imitation. If a philosopher-king cannot be found, then aristocratic republicanism is the most rational form of city-state governance, whereas democracy and tyranny will gradually shed the garments of civilization under the erosion of foreign influences, becoming synonymous with the foreign.