corman
11mo ago
I can only describe this sentiment as a serious game theory L for red tribe.
corman
11mo ago
I say this with love TW, histrionic breakdowns of any sort are an invitation for the wolves to circle. They embolden your enemies, an indication that their needling is effective. I don't know if we're tugging on the same side of the rope here but there's enough in your writing that reminds me of myself and should I ever encounter a new article of yours in the wild again I will read the whole damn thing even if only to humor that connection.
corman
11mo ago
We're operating on the oppressed/oppressor paradigm now bud, turnabout is fair play.
corman
11mo ago
Meanwhile, in America - show up, pay taxes, get a job, and learn to cheer or boo the Cowboys depending on where you live, and welcome to America. Pass the burger. We even threw on some veggie ones for Vivek and Priya even though I'd never eat any.
This is like a 2024 neoliberal Leave It To Beaver headcanon of race relations in America.
corman
11mo ago
It's beneath my dignity to be manipulated. Thinking empty things isn't thinking.
Well said.
corman
11mo ago
and to go full old man
If it makes you feel any better, due to an unprecedented general decline in IQ and the attendant competency crisis, the old man complaining about people being dumber and society getting worse is looking less like a grump and more like a leader these days.
corman
11mo ago
Democrats cry wolf about a lot of things. But not Trump.
The lesson of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is that it doesn't matter if the wolf has arrived, the boy has repeatedly abused his responsibility and fostered the conditions for a disaster.
At a certain threshold (we've crossed it!) any villager who comes when the lad calls is a sucker and if the town is ruined by this convergence of circumstances the boy is at fault.
Any self-respecting game theorist would be a fool to heed Blue Media's wailing and gnashing again.
corman
1yr ago
Overall, if in an intellectual debate space like this one somebody can unapologetically assert that he dislikes women when they argue with him, I'd say that's pretty suggestive that many men are uncomfortable facing the possibility of being intellectually bested by a girl.
Or rather that the experience of arguing with women is, among men, a universally recognized miserable time and bad idea.
corman
1yr ago
Every single metric you listed as being "incredible" right now is material and even that is only pertinent to the economic elite. Wage earner's buying power is going down and they are uninterested in your exploding portfolio.
You don't understand Trump voter's social grievances. All you think about is number go up. This election is bigger than that.
corman
1yr ago
It baffles you because none of the politicians you support are likable, they're nakedly predatory and contemptuous of the plebs. Blues are struggling against the fact that they're squares and stiffs. Tomato's screed reads as "dear subhuman filth" does. The online right have been using the sentiment as a recruiting tool for years.
corman
1yr ago
As with many things, it’s not that no one else in politics has ever done Bad Thing, it’s that Trump finds a way to take things to a new level.
This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the rhetoric we get served by the media about every Republican candidate every election.
corman
1yr ago
Most government lies are laundered through various black boxes of plausible deniability. I believe the biggest problem the government is facing right now is that trust in institutions has (rightfully) fallen so low that wary citizens are starting to look at any government accounting as plausibly deniable bullshit.
corman
1yr ago
Or it could mean that only in a most desperate and ugly battle for one's very survival do we forgo our principles and make women to fight because we need every last body at any cost.
It's this, combined with the fact that women are a distraction when discipline and focus are paramount. If you've ever trained in martial arts you know the air is charged differently when a woman is in the gym and the minds of men will wander.
corman
1yr ago
The fact that he was still charged and tried for murder despite the well-established facts was profoundly radicalizing for me, and I imagine for many other Reds.
Any time during before, during, or after the trial the Blues would smear Rittenhouse as stupid or immature my eyes would pop out of my skull. The boy handled himself in a crisis situation with outstanding discipline. Those who criticized him would rather our young men be locked in their rooms playing xbox and masturbating than defending their communities from outside invaders.
corman
1yr ago
You can't make motherhood 'prestigious' because motherhood has never been prestigious. Closest thing would just be banning women from doing actually prestigious things.
This is the second comment in this thread talking about eschewing motherhood being the more "prestigious" option, hence the more favored.
Healthy women have deep-seated, base, mammalian urges to reproduce and nourish healthy offspring. It is hardwired in them to feel pleasure through these behaviors. The bond a mother has with her children and how they give great meaning to her life is a story in every culture in existence.
Women are forsaking these genetic behaviors for what reason? For whose benefit? Have we stacked the value of the maternal bond against an economic forecast and decided it doesn't measure up?
corman
1yr ago
I think I got tripped up on the wording because "phobia" denotes irrationality to me and I don't believe the right's non-support of a war waged in the name of an unfamiliar flag to be irrational.
corman
1yr ago
Instead of specifically targeting the excesses of wokeness, they do the oikophobic thing and say the West itself must be destroyed.
It's only oikophobic if the West feels like home. A lot of people in the US see the pride flag being treated more reverently than the stars and stripes and feel like strangers in a strange land. If the morale of the people is flagging the ruling party may have to look to their own sins to understand why.
corman
1yr ago
I'd say it being made illegal to criticize them certainly serves to elevate their status!
And the only side effect is enshrining the most privileged group of people on the planet as a protected class!
corman
1yr ago
Improper? Unethical? Sure. Illegal? They have expensive law degrees and lawyers (also with expensive law degrees), and they wrote the laws. Chances are they know exactly where the line is and didn't cross it
I've been browsing themotte for a while now and at times have been tempted to comment. This is the first time I feel i have something to contribute to a conversation. My response to this bit is catalyzed by the recent attention @ymeskhout has been bringing to lawfare.
If there is low-grade or open conservative hostility toward the establishment that Trump is the avatar of, it is because of this attitude of "we make the rules, we sneeringly violate the spirit of them and then aggressively prosecute those who don't play the game as sociopathically as we do." I am tired of people like ymeskhout sitting asking about evidence when we all know exactly what game is being played and the only thing that matters is exactly how well the corruption is concealed and how well the law is "played around".
I would argue now that the Democrats as a party have becoming exceptionally more skilled than Republicans at concealing their corruption and gaming the system to the point that they are comfortable openly flaunting their impunity. The anger that Trump is the voice of is the increasing modern understanding of just how rigged the game is and who exactly is rigging it.
OP is almost certainly not a boomercon and her writing style is a near exact match for rdrama's favorite reddit mod Bardfinn or ex-Mottizen Impassionata.
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