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25 Jun 2025, 7:35 pm

Did you know that Peter Thiel, from south Africa, main source income for PayPal was from gambling and porn?

PayPal has barred gambling-related payments since 2002, when EBay acquired it. In 2003, San Jose-based PayPal stopped handling payments for adult-oriented content. Pires said those industries were targeted because they tended to experience more fraud than others.14 Sept 2004



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26 Jun 2025, 9:28 pm

The above video is The Man Behind The American Oligarchy, all about Peter Thiel (and a little about Elon Musk too).

Gambling and porn are far from the most evil things Peter Thiel has been involved with. Gambling and porn are, if anything, rather saintly compared to other matters discussed in this video.


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