Peter Thiel, and Palantir for that matter, can fuck right off. I believe, in fact, that [1] represents the general opinion of those in the UK for Peter Thiel and everything he stands for.<p>Apart from the current UK government, of course, who'd love to find one last remnant of public assets to sell off and make <i>themselves</i> a quick gain at the expense of everyone else. But given their absolute <i>historic</i> [2: sorry for the twitter-link] level of unpopularity right now, I'm quietly confident they'll be out of power soon, and then stay that way for a good long time.<p>[1]: <a href="https://img.ifunny.co/images/a7b1bd7e108b709f5250985ab200dac1a617c23477f05360a8a98ebff8b43dc0_1.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://img.ifunny.co/images/a7b1bd7e108b709f5250985ab200dac...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1616473287160172545?t=wFMFoiJkRPtsZcBkhUe3Og&" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/161647328716017254...</a>
Canada is even worse I'd expect. We have a horrible healthcare system that explicitly disallows any other options, and people rave about the concept of it. This sounds like the same thing.
... he says after screwing it all up with lobbying for excessive privatization.<p>If they had kept their hands off it it would be great. Like the public system in Spain still is, even after the budget cuts during the credit crisis.