Really struck by some of the parallels with other "perfection cults", e.g. the Oneida Community circa 1850's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Community" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Community
The Oneida's also produced a violent assassin: Charles Guiteau <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Guiteau" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Guiteau (I guess it is debatable they "made" him, same as with the Zizians)
Let's hope Thiel and company redirect that democracy-destroying energy into making quality flatware sometime soon...
GlibMonkeyDeath · · focus · HN ↗
The Oneida's also produced a violent assassin: Charles Guiteau <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Guiteau" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Guiteau (I guess it is debatable they "made" him, same as with the Zizians)
Let's hope Thiel and company redirect that democracy-destroying energy into making quality flatware sometime soon...
cindyllm · · focus · HN ↗
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