If Trump with 'much better substance' and 'much better on so many things' could not win in 2024 against 'the machine,' then the machine would always win, meaning the country would no longer have a democracy—it would become a one-party California-style state or worse.

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Speaker

Peter Teal

Evidence Quote

if the machine could defeat Trump I I thought it was reasonable that it would gain even more power and somehow be unbeatable

Source

Peter Thiel on the Triumph of the Counter-ElitesThe Free Press
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:46:09 AM

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