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John Ganz
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John Ganz writes Unpopular Front, a personal blog at johnganz.substack.com about politics, history and culture. Since 2021, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “The Enigma of Peter Thiel”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-25, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Essays by John Ganz on Peter Thiel and political thinking, which HN commenters link as counterpoints or background. Commenters praise the Thiel essay as comprehensive and persuasive.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
the junk shop of history.
Most-linked posts?
- The Enigma of Peter Thiel6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2022-07-23
- Blood and the Machine2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-06-13
What Hacker News says?
A counterpoint to consider: "The Enigma of Peter Thiel": https://johnganz.substack.com/p/the-enigma-of-peter-thiel
Comment linking /p/the-enigma-of-peter-thiel
on “Welcome Home, Garry Tan”Submitted The Enigma of Peter Thiel as a story · 26 points
HN discussionNo less a person than the Chairman of the joint chiefs is said to have thought otherwise. You may find this historical comparison of interest: https://johnganz.substack.com/p/feb-6-1934jan-6-2021
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on “My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal collapse””Submitted The Enigma of Peter Thiel as a story · 11 points
HN discussionThis from John Ganz is a rejoinder to this piece: https://johnganz.substack.com/p/the-enigma-of-peter-thiel . Jon makes a narrow argument, but it’s persuasive to me. I’ve said before that Thiel is the most interesting billionaire, but his high-minded thinking is right now cashing out in the campaigns of two low-brow, bog-standard Trumpist senate candidates: Masters and Vance.
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on “Peter Thiel on the Dangers of Progress”Submitted The Enigma of Peter Thiel as a story · 9 points
HN discussionThis article by John Ganz presents possibly the most comprehensive argument - https://johnganz.substack.com/p/the-enigma-of-peter-thiel > So, let’s sum up. Peter Thiel believes he belongs to an elite group, often understood in implicitly or explicitly racial terms, that is entitled to set aside democratic governance in favor of pursuing a program of technological progress and national restoration. He believes the po…
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on “Death of Peter Thiel’s “Kept” Romantic Partner Being Investigated as a Suicide”Submitted The Last Days of Twitter as a story · 3 points
HN discussionHilarious. This is what Strauss and Nietzsche and Bronze-Aged Pervert all claim as well. “Writing for the few who can hear” https://johnganz.substack.com/p/the-super-duper-men What a joke.
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on “How Confusion Spreads and Becomes Engrained (2017)”Submitted Blood and the Machine as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blood and the Machine: The Return of Reactionary Modernism as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The End of Silicon Valley? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Bohemian Punditry as a story · 1 points
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