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				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 4, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Nothing.


He’s known he wouldn’t be president again since August. If he had an uncontroversial, good-vibes project in mind, why not start it earlier?


For 1, he’s not going to get anything resembling a compromise. Not without something bringing Putin to the table.


Trump has already tarred 3 for Democrats.


I guess digging up another park would be a decent option. It doesn’t involve him giving MAGA exactly what they want, though, so I assume it’s dead on arrival. Maybe that’s too pessimistic.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 4, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If he slashes regulation on oil rigs, and we have some sort of horrible spill, would you assume Deepwater Horizon was planned?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 4, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
People also died of all sorts of shit for thousands of years. Sometimes literally.


I agree there’s little reason to treat raw milk as the fentanyl of animal products, but it’s not because of the Founding Fathers.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 4, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Amy Coney Barrett, who authored the linked concurrence.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 4, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The prospect of Elon Musk crippling the entire SAP infrastructure because they don’t want to answer his questions just made me physically cringe.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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First, they aren’t unrelated. The Twitter trend has seen to that.


Second, it’s not well-documented. If it were, you could show rates of dog or cat consumption in Haiti rather than just asserting that they’re really high. Dog consumption appears highest in East Asia; I’d be willing to believe that Haiti has flown under the radar, but I have yet to see the evidence.


@cartman and I cannot tell where you got your prior that Haitians are total dog gourmets. If it’s because of voodoo, show me dog sacrifice numbers. If it’s because of an epithet tossed around in the 80s, tell me why you think it’s particularly accurate today. Surely you can do better than repeating “well documented!”


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 4, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
As it stands, we see rising edges in credibility with Democrats each time a Republican is elected. I want to see if that holds for Bush Sr. or Reagan.


I suspect the curves have more to do with media technology and the collapse of newspapers than with the actual Democratic establishment and their mana pool.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 4, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Haven’t you been arguing this exact line for at least a year? What difference did the summer really make?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 4, 2024
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think that graph would be a lot more compelling if it wasn’t 50% empty space. There’s room for plenty of spikes between ‘78 and ‘96.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Is she, though?


Her concurrence on Trump v. Anderson was kind of unhinged. Other than that, I guess she’s done alright.


I guess they all throw something weird out there every once in a while.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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What advantage does that one have over the actual IED manual?


Anyway. The subject has come up on occasion. My understanding was that China backed the Tatmadaw as a stabilizing force, but when they failed to deliver, fell back on the iron fist. It’s more like the U.S. interventions in Central America than in Afghanistan.


I think it’s worth remembering that the fog of war makes a lot of obvious interference less obvious. Take a day to consider your options, and that rebel army is suddenly two towns further down the road. China isn’t puppeting the war so much as funneling it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Seeing as the electors do, with few exceptions, respect the preferences of their electorate, I’m not seeing much value.


Why not just ban listing parties on ballots, period? It’s not going to change anything about the top races, but it’ll hit most everything at the state level or below.


For a more drastic (and probably illegal under the VRA) filter, require all ballots to be write-ins. To really get with the zeitgeist, text recognition and counting the vote will be handled by a dedicated AI. We can call it GW.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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So, uh, how’d you feel about Trump’s own handling of classified material?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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No.


I thought fraud was quite unlikely in 2020 on account of all the audits which found nothing. I still think it was really unlikely. We’re not talking about a few hundred fraudulent ballots flipping PA; this is a gap of millions. That doesn’t happen without leaving a trail.


Trump 2020 was running as an incumbent in a bad economy. Biden 2024 was running as an incumbent in a bad economy. Harris 2024 replaced that with a sort-of-incumbent in a bad economy. In hindsight, it doesn’t seem so surprising that she underperformed.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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As the others note, professional-managerial class.


It was originally an attempt to launder Marxism for the service economy. They don’t own the capital, but also aren’t big on the class interests of the proles.


Dean’s usage is somewhere between that and the category of technocrats.


Today, I’d say it’s mostly seen as a sneering shorthand for whichever parts of the middle class don’t agree with one’s politics. Kroger-brand coastal elites.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Not a chance.


Unless he has some route to get Jr. into the line of succession, he’s not going anywhere.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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No, they aren’t.


Most outlets are only calling him fascist in conjunction with last week’s news. Going forward, they prefer “dangerous,” “unpredictable,” or “authoritarian.”


More importantly, they aren’t insinuating a takeover. He appears to have won fair and square.


I think both are moot points. The mind which decides to strike a blow against fascism is just as detached from reality as the one that thinks he’ll impress Jodie Foster. Stochastic terrorism is overrated.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Statistically speaking, he’s going to alternate between golfing and coming back strong. Man spent a lot of time at Mar-a-Lago last presidency.


Maybe he should invite Biden; could do him some good.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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SJ?


Social justice?


Steve Jobs, a lá Metal Gear Solid 2?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Fear of getting shoved in a locker for talking like a nerd.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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They vote in accordance with their March Madness bracket, which also always wins.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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I'm more invested in the "October Surprise" millenarians.


But I must admit this is cold comfort.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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I've noted before that this campaign has been awfully short on signature legislation. Is that strategic ambiguity? Is it a crippling fear of 🤓 emoji? Is it a tacit admission that our most salient problems are unusually vague? No idea. But I'm betting Supreme Court decisions will be the closest we get to a lasting legacy of the next President.


Kavanaugh has exceeded my expectations. Barrett has not. I don't even think I have an opinion on Gorsuch. Not thrilled about the prospect of one or two more Trump picks.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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I'd like to be able to contradict you, but I don't actually know anything about her, and it looks like I'm going to keep it that way.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Concession within a day unless there's a Gore-level "too close to call". And I would like to think such would have been apparent by now.