Quantumfreakonomics
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Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
So the reason I said that Yashar pretends not to be racist is that they do pretty much commit to treating all Israeli citizens the same. The catch is that Israeli citizenship law is itself quite racist, in the sense that there is an explicit ethnic preference for matrilineally descended ethnic Jews regardless of national origin.
Quantumfreakonomics
1d ago
I did leave one option off. Number 5: Something something biotech.
I would probably do a double-take if I heard someone say, “you need to talk to our accounts payable specialist, Xiu Ying Wang,” whereas seeing a name like that on a lab report is completely unremarkable.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
I assume it's above """massage therapist""", but I admit I am unfamiliar with both types of establishments. I don't think I've ever been inside either one.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
Comprehensive list of socially-acceptable jobs for Asian-American women:
- Nail salon worker
- Hostess at an Asian restaurant
- Housewife
- Doctor
I'd go insane too tbh.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
Israel had its first general election since 2022 on Tuesday. Israel is an experiment in ethnonationalism, but it is also an experiment in proportional representation. Every conceivable minority group or special interest has their own political party. There is a party for Russian immigrants, a party for Ashkenazi Haredim, and a separate party for Mizrahi Haredim. Arabs of course vote for entirely separate parties from Jews (by custom, not law).
Israel is the most right-wing democracy in the world. In Israel, you can vote for the racist party (Likud), the extremely racist party (Religious Zionism), or the racism über alles party (Otzma Yehudit, literally "Jewish Power"). You can even vote for the pro-racism but anti-Netanyahu party (Together), or the pretending-not-to-be-racist party (Yashar). If you feel like sticking it to the man, there is at least one viable actually-not-racist party (The Democrats). Some would argue the Arab parties (Joint List and Ra'am) are non-racist, but others would say that they are just as racist but in the opposite direction.
The Knesset has 120 seats, so 61 seats are needed for a majority to form a government. Most of the results are in, and it's looking like deadlock.
Estimated seats by bloc
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Netanyahu Bloc - 53
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"Change" Bloc - 48
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Arab Bloc - 19
In European legislatures, is is customary to have a cordon sanitaire against parties perceived as far-right. In Israel, there is a cordon sanitaire against the Arab parties. The Netanyahu bloc has lost its majority, but there is no clear opposition bloc large enough to form a government. Israeli Arab turnout was through the roof.* Bedouin nomads rode into town on camels to vote. The conventional wisdom seems to be that forming a coalition with any of the Arab parties post-October 7th is political suicide. If no one can form a majority, there could be another election as soon as next year.
*Netanyahu is accusing the Arabs of voter fraud. I have no idea if this means anything.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
This potentially explains why whatever social infrastructure we built to prevent permanent culture war broke down in the last 20 years, but it doesn’t explain why burning those democratic commons was so profitable.
People clearly want culture war ragebait content. All Zuck did was give it to them.
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
Are we serious about gun control still?
No. When Democrats try to be competitive in battleground or light-red districts, gun control is the first issue thrown out the window. America being an antiracist cosmopolitan land of immigrants is far more important to the liberal conception of what our society should be than trying to stop a couple of schoolchildren from being gunned down every year.
Quantumfreakonomics
4d ago
A 25% decline is not unreal for a surprise election win by the socialist party in a third-world country. Currency devaluation, property expropriation, excessive taxation, and bans on foreign distributions are all realistic possibilities. The US equity market is not a good reference benchmark for equity markets in other countries.
Quantumfreakonomics
5d ago
"We want the on-the-nose neofascist aesthetic from Pink Floyd's 'The Wall', but make it a falcon."
"Say no more fam."
Quantumfreakonomics
5d ago
As one example, there are many stories in the UK and Europe about people being victimized by new waves of immigrants. But for alleged victims to share those stories in solidarity would (in most progressive minds) create hatred and bias people against immigrants as a whole.
Class is a major hidden variable here. Cornell 7 discourse is about upper-class women sharing their relationship trauma. "The hot frat guy I was obsessed with in college wouldn't give me the time of day and tried passing me off to his buddies," is not really the same category of story as, "14-year old girl living on the streets is prostituted by the only family willing to take her in," even though there are superficial similarities.
Quantumfreakonomics
5d ago
If things get as bad as the security alarmists are saying, then none of these anonymizing services or practices will save you. It will be insufficient to avoid getting on blacklists. You will have to be on the whitelists. Any account not subject to surveilance will be presumed to be malicious.
Dentists (and pharmacists) count as doctors. Piano teacher is a well-known housewife side gig. I haven't noticed the bank thing, but I don't go to banks often.
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