danah boyd explains the connection between the epistemological crisis and the rise of far-right conspiratorial thinking

Yes. Along with the Mercers, he’s one of the most prominent American funding sources for projects run by alt-right and Neoreactionary figures. The common thread is Thiel’s semi-feudal ideal version of Libertarianism, which further ties into the cesspool of scientific racism and misogyny and antipathy toward liberal democracy with which he finds further affinity.

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