Peter Thiel

Yeah, for sure.

What happened to all those yachts that got confiscated? I don't know.

What happened to all those yachts that got confiscated? I don't know.

What happened to all those yachts that got confiscated? I don't know.

I bet. It's some high-level version of a police auto auction, right? Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.

I bet. It's some high-level version of a police auto auction, right? Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.

I bet. It's some high-level version of a police auto auction, right? Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.

Right. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know what those yachts are. It's a great question. What happens to those yachts? Those very luxurious... That was the first problem I had. Obviously... It's a tragedy, the whole Ukraine war, but I thought, frankly, going around and taking these oligarchs' boats, I was against that.

Right. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know what those yachts are. It's a great question. What happens to those yachts? Those very luxurious... That was the first problem I had. Obviously... It's a tragedy, the whole Ukraine war, but I thought, frankly, going around and taking these oligarchs' boats, I was against that.

Right. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know what those yachts are. It's a great question. What happens to those yachts? Those very luxurious... That was the first problem I had. Obviously... It's a tragedy, the whole Ukraine war, but I thought, frankly, going around and taking these oligarchs' boats, I was against that.

A lot of them had nothing to do. They just earned money in Russia and they were like, all right, we're going to sanction everybody. We're going to confiscate everything. And it's like, okay.

A lot of them had nothing to do. They just earned money in Russia and they were like, all right, we're going to sanction everybody. We're going to confiscate everything. And it's like, okay.

A lot of them had nothing to do. They just earned money in Russia and they were like, all right, we're going to sanction everybody. We're going to confiscate everything. And it's like, okay.

It could be. I think that there was a decision made at some point to not try to end this. I don't think they wanted to end this quickly. There was a decision made to bleed the Russian military and isolate Russia and try to...

It could be. I think that there was a decision made at some point to not try to end this. I don't think they wanted to end this quickly. There was a decision made to bleed the Russian military and isolate Russia and try to...

It could be. I think that there was a decision made at some point to not try to end this. I don't think they wanted to end this quickly. There was a decision made to bleed the Russian military and isolate Russia and try to...

economic realities that and then you're saying to these people, OK, you know, go figure it out. It's what we said to Russia. But they did. Right. They got closer to China. They got closer to Brazil. They traded with India. You know, they started an industrial economy. They started producing their own, you know, munitions and things like that. So they were able to.

economic realities that and then you're saying to these people, OK, you know, go figure it out. It's what we said to Russia. But they did. Right. They got closer to China. They got closer to Brazil. They traded with India. You know, they started an industrial economy. They started producing their own, you know, munitions and things like that. So they were able to.

economic realities that and then you're saying to these people, OK, you know, go figure it out. It's what we said to Russia. But they did. Right. They got closer to China. They got closer to Brazil. They traded with India. You know, they started an industrial economy. They started producing their own, you know, munitions and things like that. So they were able to.

kind of start to weirdly build out this middle class this was the worst i think it's the worst thing if you don't want a country to keep invading other countries you certainly wouldn't put them in the position to be stronger while they were doing it yeah it's all very weird too with like the killing of that pipeline yeah like don't aren't more people reliant now on russian energy because of that all of this seems to have had the opposite effect