A libertarian reading of Christianity is that when Christ is tempted in the desert and Satan says worship me and you'll have all the kingdoms, this is saying that all governments are more satanic than divinely ordained; people don't understand this—they think governments are somehow divinely ordained.

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Peter Thiel

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all the governments are more satanic than divinely ordained...people don't understand that they think the govern- governments are somehow divinely ordained...once once you see how satanic the government is...it it will have this unraveling effect.

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Peter Thiel on Political Theology | Conversations with TylerMercatus Center
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:36:56 AM

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