ThomasdelVasto
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Blogger, Christian convert, general strange one. https://shapesinthefog.substack.com/
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ThomasdelVasto
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20d ago
Welp, turns out more Epstein files are finally getting released!
Apparently there will be a vote coming out to release even more, but the docs released so far have been negative for Trump's claims to be innocent of the whole matter.
This, combined with the ruckus over Trump arguing we need foreign talent, has caused a massive cratering amongst online confidence in MAGA. From my perspective, confidence in MAGA at least online is the lowest it has ever been. Many feel betrayed by Trump when it comes to his America First promises.
Add in the storm over Fuentes and Israel, and I feel I'm seeing the conservative coalition fall apart in real time, extremely quickly.
Is this inevitable, the narcissism of small differences? Or is it just Trump not being a very principled man?
ThomasdelVasto
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20d ago
Both!
ThomasdelVasto
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20d ago
Why on earth would this be a good idea? I would never want to vote for anyone's "morphological freedom." This is an extremely alien thing to Western civilization you're arguing.
ThomasdelVasto
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21d ago
Ty for sharing! Yeah it's pretty bad stuff. Sigh.
ThomasdelVasto
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24d ago
Does anyone have sources that go over the replication crisis? I am collecting information for a podcast I want to do.
So far I've got:
https://www.palladiummag.com/2024/08/02/the-academic-culture-of-fraud/
ThomasdelVasto
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25d ago
David Chapman has an interesting podcast out discussing the work of Jordan Peterson and how his book Meaningness relates. https://meaningness.substack.com/p/maps-of-meaningness
I don't like Chapman's casual dismissal of 'eternalism' or the idea of an ultimate Truth, but I do find him an engaging thinking. More thoughts here: https://x.com/Thomasdelvasto_/status/1986911832192229657?s=20
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
It's less that I disagree with the premise, more that the way he said it was over the top and cruel about a subject I find distasteful to be so flippant with.
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
Very much agree that maximizing enjoyment was the only thing that has gotten me to work out consistently. Plus, it's just better!!! Why force yourself when you can have fun?
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
This is an incredibly callous response. Maybe you really are a Tleilaxu Ghola.
ThomasdelVasto
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27d ago
Hah history and fantasy interesting. I'll think about it! Idk if I like the idea of trading posts anymore but I'd like to contribute a little more.
ThomasdelVasto
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28d ago
Is that an effortpost for the CW thread? Idk I love fantasy, partner dance, uhhh meditation and esotericism more generally. History. Etc.
ThomasdelVasto
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29d ago
I love the idea of trading effortposts. I'm down if anyone is that interested in my thoughts.
ThomasdelVasto
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29d ago
Good luck brother. As always, partner dance is the way…. ;)
ThomasdelVasto
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29d ago
I liked The Commonwealth Saga quite a bit.
ThomasdelVasto
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29d ago
It doesn't bother me that much. It used to, but I have mostly gotten over it, I suppose. Both of us were very liberal with our sex lives before we wanted to "settle down," so to speak. I don't really know what to tell you, was never a huge issue for me and I did a lot of other emotional work for other issues and that helped calm things generally.
ThomasdelVasto
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29d ago
I respect your commitment man. There are definitely virginal women out there, though finding them outside of a church is going to be an exercise in endless frustration...
ThomasdelVasto
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1mo ago
For me, the destruction of rural America's prosperity and selling out these people for globalism hit very close to home. My father died when I was young, in large part because he was committing to keeping a rural family business alive that his grandfather built, and he had to compete with overseas manufacturers. There are real costs to these economic plans, and I genuinely don't give a shit about the economic efficiency of competing with people in other countries if it's at the cost of my fellow Americans livelihoods.
ThomasdelVasto
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1mo ago
Yeah the erasure of social technology like etiquette, standard topics of conversation, calling cards, etc. is a huge issue in dating discourse and socializing more general.
Also, women going into the workforce instead of spending more time upholding the social fabric is another factor.
ThomasdelVasto
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1mo ago
Ok I regret my previous response, I wrote it in anger.
I do think you can make an extremely compelling and true case that overseas employees are often much less productive than American employees, even if only because of a shared culture. However, unfortunately much of our economy is geared towards short term juicing of numbers, instead of long term genuine value creation. This means offshoring is naturally incentivized.
I'd also say that I don't think there is anything wrong with protectionism, and I don't think it's unamerican. Early Americans were extremely patriotic and judgmental of others countries. I highly doubt the founding fathers would've been in favor of the massive globalist free trade economies we have today, in large part because they considered their nation morally superior to the rest of the world.
ThomasdelVasto
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1mo ago
But by your own admission, you don't care about giving Americans jobs. You want to give Americans jobs at vastly inflated salaries relative to their market worth without their creating any additional value i.e. rent-seeking. If you just wanted to give American software devs jobs, you would tell them to either:
Yes, I want Americans to enjoy the wealth our ancestors created and be exclusionary and rent seeking to the rest of the world. I have no problem with that, to a certain degree.
I'm sorry you have contempt for the country that built the modern internet, and much of the modern world, wanting to have a higher status than other countries that are mostly along for the ride.
ThomasdelVasto
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1mo ago
If an Indian can do the same job as an American for half the price, it would be foolish not to hire the Indian. This is also known as "economic efficiency".
Unless you actually care about the American people and giving Americans jobs? Protectionism in economics is not "foolish" it's a strategic decision to promote your own people's economic interests over others.
I don't believe in the economic vision of "comparative advantage," it seems to be obviously riddled with holes at this point. Like, for instance, lacking strategic manufacture of key military tech and medicines. Not to mention hundreds of other issues.
ThomasdelVasto
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1mo ago
Fair points I do agree that over regulation was another part of the death knell of local manufacturing. Offshoring was part of it as well though.
Indian programmers are really not that terrible. I work at a bigcorp and our whole team is Indian. The bad ones get fired and over time the remaining team is decent.
Helps that our manager over here is Indian too though, I suppose.
ThomasdelVasto
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1mo ago
The ultimate problem is, Reagan and the free traders were just wrong. Free trade destroyed our ability to manufacture physical goods, offshoring is forcing American workers to compete with every person in the world and making software far more attractive since software companies can hire thousands of Indians to work for pennies.
Ultimately I think Trump should just accept that fact and say hey Reagan was wrong. But then again I'm not a politician.
ThomasdelVasto
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1mo ago
Yeah I suppose the fact that he's just increasing the power of the executive instead of actively trying to extend his own power after his term does sink a hole in this theoretical boat.
Yeah unfortunately this seems to be the case. The dynamics of the two party system are screwed. There are issues with other setups like Kingmakers, but still. I wish their stranglehold would drop...
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