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This person claimed that John Locke replaced human nature with an unknowable “X” in an essay arguing that 9/11 brought about the end of liberalism and ushered in the title “Straussian Moment.” ProPublica’s (15[1])investigation “Lord of the Roths” details how this person made a gargantuan profit out of a $2000 Roth IRA. (15[1])This person is the founder and so-called “don” of an unofficial “mafia” whose members include (15[1])Max Levchin and (*) Reid Hoffman. Student recipients of this person’s fellowship, like (10[1])Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, leave college to pursue other work. This person is set to bankroll the “Enhanced Games,” an Olympics-like event without drug testing. In 2016, this man became the first openly gay speaker at a Republican National Convention. Blake Masters’s Senate campaign was primarily financed by, for 10 points, what venture capitalist who cofounded Palantir and PayPal? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Peter Thiel (“teel”) (The third sentence refers to the PayPal Mafia.)
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