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The great task for libertarians is to escape politics in all its forms, rather than to win within it.

Drawn from what Peter Thiel said

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What Peter Thiel actually said

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    Peter Thiel 13 Apr 2009

    In our time, the great task for libertarians is to find an escape from politics in all its forms — from the totalitarian and fundamentalist catastrophes to the unthinking demos that guides so-called “social democracy.”

    ↗The Education of a Libertariancato-unbound.org

First recorded here 13 Apr 2009 · How quotes work

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