• smeenz@lemmy.nz
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    1 day ago

    Sorry, that was a terrible post…now edited. He bribed the DIA to give him NZ citizenship back in 2011 and then tried to build a multimillion dollar bunker in wanaka, but the council refused building consent and he abandoned the idea. Unfortunately he still holds citizenship and can come here at any time, which is the point I poorly made above.

    A quick search reveals he did indeed move both himself and his family to Buenos Aires, earlier this year.

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      the council refused building consent

      Oh, I love that. I guess in some places, people still have the right to tell someone like Thiel to fuck off.

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        23 hours ago

        The reason the council gave was that his plans would spoil the view for others.

        Imagine that…the needs of the many winning over that of one billionaire