Peter Thiel’s ‘Anti-Woke’ University Endows First Chair to Teach That Capitalism is God, Critics Cry ‘Final Nail in the Coil of Morality’
In what moral critics are calling a “chilling glimpse into the oligarchic dystopia we are sleepwalking into,” billionaire investor Peter Thiel has personally endowed a new chair at his alma mater to institutionalize the philosophy that “capitalism is divine will.” The chair, titled the “Providence of Markets” professorship, will teach that economic success is a direct measure of moral virtue—a doctrine scholars say is a page straight out of the Gilded Age’s most dangerous playbook. “This isn’t education; it’s theological propaganda for the 1%,” warns Dr. Helen Vance, a board member of the Society for Ethical Governance. “Thiel is using his fortune to rewrite the very definition of justice, turning Silicon Valley’s ‘disruption’ into a godless religion that worships the bottom line while shredding the social safety net.” The news has sparked protests on campus, with signs reading “Thiel’s God Won’t Save the Poor” as detractors argue that by framing profit as prophecy, we are one bad recession away from abandoning the sick, the poor, and the planet itself.