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This is the 5th post I see about this on Lemmy, within a few minutes. Why is Lemmy overflooded with bullshit said by tech billionaires? Stop give assholes like this any attention. Do not spread their word. They want to despabalize the world for their own gain and you are helping him. Negative attention is also attention. Treat them like the crazy neighbor: just ignore them.
Unlike your ceazy neighbor, Peter Theil can influence the direction of the US government. He's the reason why Vance is VP. Ignoring him just lets him continue advancing his agenda unchecked. Mentioning stuff like this helps explain why people like Theil should be cast down from their positions of power. That's also important because not many people know why Theil is a bad person.
So your solution is to give them a stage?
Give him a stage? Peter Theil already has a stage. He has the ear of the president. He already has power and influence. Ignoring him lets him continue to grow that power and influence unopposed. He does not get power and influence from people knowing who he is; he gets it from being able to work behind the scenes in the darkness.
The more you spread his bullshit, the more people will believe that shit. Same goes for Elon or any of the other billionaire crooks, and the entire fascist US government.
Just treat anything they say as complete and utter bullshit, don't spread it, just react that they are crazy as fuck and hopefully enough people will see it that way. Spreading their word just gives them more power and reach, while all they deserve is accountability for their actions and only to be remembered for what they actually are: rich criminal pedo lunatics who love nothing more than to bring agony and suffering onto others and destabilize the world for their own benefit.
Just treat them as a laughing stock, it will hurt them the most. It takes the wind out of their sails. Amplifying their words does the opposite.