>The 1920s were the last decade in American history during which one could be genuinely optimistic about politics. Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women — two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians — have rendered the notion of “capitalist democracy” into an oxymoron.
https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian
Hm, lemme have a go at a revised headline:
Money, and justification for various asshole views (libertarianism, racism, sexism, anti-democratic). Not really very mysterious.
Weird to see this from the author or Uncanny Valley, to be honest.