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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.” (15[1])ProPublica’s investigation “Lord of the Roths” details how this person made a (15[1])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 Max Levchin and (-5[1])(*) Reid Hoffman. Student recipients of this person’s fellowship, like Ethereum (10[1])co-founder Vitalik Buterin, leave (10[1])college to pursue other work. This person is set to bankroll the “Enhanced Games,” (10[1])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 (10[1])was primarily financed by, for 10 points, what venture capitalist who cofounded Palantir and PayPal? ■END■

ANSWER: Peter Thiel (“teel”) (The third sentence refers to the PayPal Mafia.)
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Aseem KeyalbruhThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola3115
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