TheFooder
6mo ago
GenX here. I got into this with my supposedly intelligent GenX peers, both PhDs, who simply couldn't believe that at 19 years in the early 1990's I could see that all of this housing stuff was an unaffordable nightmare. Maybe half (if I'm being generous) of my friends own their homes and most didn't buy until well into their 40's. People pretend like this is a new problem but it was well in play 30 years ago.
TheFooder
7mo ago
You want a jihad but you don't want it to be stupid? Methinks you demand too much good sir!
TheFooder
8mo ago
I is minor and insignificant suggestion. I think Barbarian jsut fits better with the other three super-positions. A barbarian is a political superposition or a job, whereas a caveman is more of a species. anyway, cool idea nonetheless.
TheFooder
8mo ago
Don't know if he's relevant but he has a substack that pops up on my feed every now and then: sigmagame has 7k+ followers but a few hundred like per post. I didn't realize it was a person at first (who names their kid Vox Day?) and if you told me it was someone writing as someone else using AI I'd have to take it on faith.
TheFooder
8mo ago
Where does Kulak fit into this heirarchy?That dude seems pretty extreme to me...
TheFooder
8mo ago
degree to which they have not succeeded in making peaceful revolution impossible.
much confused! The Blues have succeeded in making peaceful revolution possible?
TheFooder
11mo ago
In the story the journalist wasn't a lib, just playing the role. The joke is that she was more conservative or based or w/e than the Bannon-ites. My read: the purported beliefs of most MAGA types, or typical young conservative, aren't anything beyond memes that make them feel good about themselves and the real ubermensch have no respect for them and will take them down too.
TheFooder
11mo ago
That was my tactic with the Anthrax vaccine back in the 90's. It was double-plus hard because I was in the military, but I dodged it anyway. No regrets.
TheFooder
11mo ago
I, for one, enjoyed it. But I don't think I'm in the same solar system as anyone you might be aiming this at.
TheFooder
11mo ago
With decades of seeking I've yet to find a group anywhere close to the Motte for interesting and thought-provoking conversations. Substack is a watered-down version that I don't fully appreciate. I've learned more and seen more in this forum than any other. All else is tribalism.
TheFooder
11mo ago
Isn't that the general precedent? Top-level big thread, keep it out of CW thread? My $0.02 = no reason for a ban.
TheFooder
1yr ago
Are you saying a fool would never admit they were wrong? Why not? Fools do all kinds of things some of which might not be foolish. Hannaia's problem is that he's wrong all the time. Maybe he's a terminal fool and should sit down for a while. Just admitting one was wrong isn't enough of a reason to consider him a meaningful intellect. There are many public intellects I disagree with but still have valuable analysis. Hannania is not one of them.
My view of that is that we (as a cohort) couldn't really afford the houses either. I'd add it as another chit in the 'this isn't a new problem' bucket.
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