Great essay John. Vance is such an enigma. All I know there is a bit of old fashioned buggery and well as MOLDBUGGERY in the Thiel camp. But do not underestimate this guy, he is the slicker and smarter Fuhrer in waiting. It would not surprise me if they offed Trump after he is elected and blamed on the Dems, like Hitler and the Reichstag Fire. Note: https://medium.com/@daneke/moldbuggery-afoot-at-hand-a-new-ideology-for-the-coming-dark-age-01ff9d329e08