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				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 15, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


In the Middle East, you don’t win with measured responses and restraint—you need to go berserk. To obliterate. To crush the terror.




I wish we could stop it with the "this is the middle east'. Just stop it.




The first great test of the Revisionist’s claim to understand the Arab came with the Western Wall controversy, of 1928-29. That Jews could use the area for prayer was established by long precedent, repeatedly affirmed by the Ottomans in the late 19th and early 20th century. Fanatic madman, Hajj Amin Al Husseini, was trying to use the wall as a wedge issue in his campaign to cement control over the Arab community, and, like the rightoid shithead he was, pursued a dual strategy of provoking and funding violence against Jewish worshippers, whilst also spreading rumours of Jewish intentions to take over the Temple Mount among the Arab public. The Zionist leadership was trying, with mixed success, to handle the issue through a mixture of appeals to the British administrators, and domestic and international hasbara campaigns.






That’s cucked and bugman, though, and so, tired of Jewsniping impotently from the sidelines for a year, the Revisionists decided it was time for them to step in. In order to demonstrate their enormous understanding of Arab psychology, they unveiled a truly brilliant and strategically adroit plan, so cunning in its methods and delicate in its design that it could not fail to win the day. They would - get this! - organize a gang of oafs to march to the wall and shout stuff. This would ‘assert Jewish pride’ and ‘demonstrate resolve’ and ‘show that Jews are not victims’ and other important goals of Retard Revisionist Zionism. That it happened to be precisely what Hajj Amin Al Husseini had been trying to engineer the whole time was but a minor detail. When you truly understand that Arab mind like a Right Wing Zionist does, you don’t even have to game out his plans.






Fast forward a few months, of course, and there were riots all over Palestine, and over 100 Jews were dead, many of them murdered in appallingly bestial fashion. To cap matters off, after imposing their Iron Wall on the Arab rioters, the British authorities decided it was time to review the policy of open Jewish immigration, with the Hope Simpson Enquiry paving the road to the White Paper, and ensuring the doors of the Holy Land were slammed shut just in time for the Holocaust. Great job, knobhead. But when YOU HAVE SUCH AN INCREDIBLY GREAT GRASP OF ARAB PSYCHOLOGY, you don’t have to say sorry. You just blow up a hotel or whatever.




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The truth is that the Middle East is a mess because it is full of people whose thought process extends to ‘but this is the Middle East’ and then respond to real or perceived disrespect by chimping out, then cry when other people chimp back. Those Middle Eastern countries that have managed to turn lemons into a measure of lemonade don’t do it by inciting their dumbest and most violent people to start provoking everyone around them. They do it by taking out Pakistani generals on loan to kill them.




				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 15, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Did anyone say "all"? Most men do in fact want kids.


I'm sure there's folk songs on both sides of this question.


It's also quite well established that the fertility decline is due to marriage decline, which I think is hard to put entirely on men.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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That's the thing though, no doctor has explained to me why it's over for things like radical bone thickness changes.




I'm not a doctor, but I bet an LLM could answer most of your questions around this.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Thanks. House prices mostly only go up. A correction highly relevant to my point.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Women don't even want men, that's part of the problem. Romantasy in all its easily available varieties, 'love is love so nobody can kink-shame you', and real life relationships being tough because there's another human being with their own wants, needs, and desires in the mix who isn't there just to blow cash on you and dump huge bovine loads, means that sticking with the stimulation you accessed first at age ten and which warped your emerging sexuality into this particular mould is the siren song drawing them away from marriage and motherhood.




Why is this wrong, or wronger than what you wrote?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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But safe returns can also be found in 'house prices up only!' lending, which directly undermines the demographic sustainability of civilization and transfers wealth from young to old.




Housing prices only go up thanks to government policy. You can't really blame the finance industry for that.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 15, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Gratify male sexuality, be classed as degraded female only good for One Thing (and that's not marriage and children).






Surely his mother can't be concerned that those women gratifying his sexuality affects how he classifies his mother.






Why not?




Because boys don't see their mothers as only good for One Thing, even if they do realize that their parents have, or at least had, sex. It would be difficult I'm confused why this isn't obvious.




If he had to think of his mother in the context of a sexual being, that would be uncomfortable.




Well, yes.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Surely his mother can't be concerned that those women gratifying his sexuality affects how he classifies his mother.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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I'm pretty sure it's over for your wrist size at 23. Maybe there's some Chinese research chemical I'm not aware of, but I'm skeptical.


The good news is that you can still play sports and meet women as a wristlet. The bad (?) news is that if you aren't already performing at a high level you're unlikely to be held back by your wrists in sport.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Sometimes the partial toleration of native criminal gangs can reduce the influence of foreign criminal gangs, like the way probiotic bacteria outcompete dangerous bacteria for nutrients.




Indeed, there's actually an even bigger native gang in Japan than the Yakuza that runs a protection racket over the entire home islands.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 15, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The MOU is implemented when it's signed. Don't confuse what happens when the "deal" is reached vs MoU signing.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 15, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


The money and sanctions and aid are contingent on a round credibly abandoning their nuclear aims.




Incorrect.




The United States of America undertakes that immediately upon the signing of this MoU, and until the termination of sanctions, the U.S. Department of Treasury will issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives, and all associated services including banking transactions, insurances, transportation, etc.


The United States of America undertakes to make fully available for use, the frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran upon the implementation of this MoU.




Funds unfrozen and exports permitted right off the bat.




This is the Trump Doctrine. You establish overwhelming force over an adversary, strike a quick blow, then negotiate.




Hmm. What quick blow did he strike against North Korea?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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It doesn't have to be a shaming campaign, an in person or on twitter convo of "ya this is weird please keep it separate from EA stuff" would be sufficient.




And how do you know that such an in person convo has not taken place?


It's only not separate from EA stuff in the sense that it's conceivable that an EA will attend and it's conceivable that he will mention EA at some point. That's it. That's the standard that's being applied here - the good EAs must restrict everyone else who considers themselves to be an EA from attending any possibly sus event. Needless to say, this standard isn't applied for just about any other ideology attending vibecamp (do Catholics need to worry about this?).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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I'm glad that they pinkie promise no bomb. That's good.


However, there's no firm commitments here about enforcing this in the future. We just get a promise of "agree to discuss the issue of enrichment."


Also, my list of desired outcomes was necessary but not sufficient. For example, if Iran credibly committed to no bomb ever but in return each American had to pay them $1000 a year in perpetuity, this would be overall bad. I assume your list was the same way.


You responded to my comment with:




[The war would be a failure if] Iran tolls the Strait of Hormuz




This is still on the table!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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It's not clear to me what spending $300B on our own industries looks like. Unless we're going to loan them some dentists and barbers, it's probably going to look like Iran getting a whole bunch of capital at our expense. If we build e.g. a port for Iran, maybe this has some short run benefits for America, but Iran still gets a free port. That's one thing if Iran is our new best friend, but I'm not sure if that's the case.


Maybe we'd be better off spending $300B digging holes and filling them in again in the Mojave.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Thanks.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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So Iran gets $300B, no commitments to remove any mines before 30 days, and no commitments to allow toll-free passage after 60 days.


I guess $300B is cheap for foreign adventures these days. Maybe we'll be able to saddle some "allies" with part of it. I'm not sure if paying reparations was part of the plan, but perhaps some plan trusters can help me out.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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What's the evidence that he is?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Working for a non-reform religious Jew means that your labor will likely go toward the lobbying efforts of the Jewish community.




Is the guy in question a non-reform religious Jew? If so, did Franco know that at the time?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Mounting a shaming campaign against any event that may have EAs in attendance (vibecamp is not an EA meetup even though some attendees are EAs) isn't going to save any chicken QALYs.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Scott is a good writer but is not particularly charismatic and refuses to give interviews (except the one I guess).


I don't know that Piper is focused on AI safety in particular rather than covering EA more broadly. I also see her as more of a journalist than a thinker.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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At some point you're better off finding the most charismatic follower and installing him as the figurehead of the movement while you retire to be the eminence grise if you actually want to convince people. Aren't rationalists supposed to win?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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EA and rat sphere seems filled with people that want to be weird. Which makes the "effective" part seem like a lie. Lots of charity involves convincing normies to give you money, and they basically suck at that. They are claiming all the weird people though, so maybe that is them just serving a market niche that no one else was serving well. They don't seem to have the awareness that this is what they are doing.




There's lots of perfectly ordinary EAs who care about malaria nets and not putting pigs and chickens into small cages (e.g. Lewis Bollard). It's just that they aren't the EAs that are posting their sex lives on Twitter.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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On top of that, opus 4.8 is seriously reviled by half of the llm addict community.




Isn't this mostly the half that use Opus for ERP?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Due to enhanced productivity at the top, there is a lesser need for graduate students, postdocs and younger faculty, and the ones that do remain in the system receive inferior training because of heavy reliance on AI to pass coursework and generate their own novel research questions.




Why should they be worse at this? There's parts of the process that AI optimizes, and people don't need to be good at those things anymore. That just makes the remaining human input more valuable. Word processing and computer graphics also increased productivity. I bet most grad students couldn't chart a plot by hand these days.




we begin to lose the ability to comprehend what much of it means or how much of it can be applied.




Can't you just ask the AI? If there's no practical applications, well, I'm told that that goes for a lot of human research today, so seems like a win if we can do that with fewer people.