[Wonder Warthog]

"Their failure to make the world conform to his vision has soured him on the entire enterprise—to the point where he no longer thinks it matters very much who wins the next election."

If so, then the Founding Fathers have been successful.

"Not for the first time, Peter Thiel has lost interest in democracy."

Perhaps Thiel needs to actually study what the Founding Fathers had to say about "democracy".

"Trump quite obviously did not share these interests, or Thiel’s libertarian principles."

I can guarantee that Trump shares those interests a lot better than the denizens of the Biden administration and/or his supporters.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I can guarantee that Trump shares those interests a lot better than the denizens of the Biden administration and/or his supporters.

This. The problem with all libertarians is their stubborn insistence on turning their backs on the good in their search for the perfect and their refusal to see that conservatism gets them a lot closer to what they hope for than the alternatives.