sliders1234
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sliders1234
11mo ago
I believe in hbd. I don’t think Jews win more because of societal advantages. I think genetically they have a much higher average IQ than other groups. Which I don’t believe is critical theory.
sliders1234
11mo ago
The goal isn’t to “own the libs”. It’s to win and make society how you want it.
The Disney strategy is part of getting the PMC back in the fold. Right now they have to be woke because that’s the activist class that will hurt them. Punishing corporates for being woke and having a right activist class is part of a strategy to make corporates more neutral again.
sliders1234
11mo ago
Why is that inevitable? Desantis was a Guantamo lawyer from Harvard. He knows what he’s doing. I also don’t understand why he would have to pay them a lot of money.
sliders1234
11mo ago
Sure if Disney was only a corporation it would be a first amendment violation, he can do whatever he wants to Disney the government. Governments don’t have first amendment protections.
This is basic lawfare the left has been better at. Find the nuance and exploit it.
sliders1234
11mo ago
The above point that if you replace Jew with white and you basically have crt and all the anti-white woke ideology of the left. Buds not that dumb be realizes he’s being point at the bottom of identity politics.
On the second point perhaps if the document is read that tightly. I’ve seen plenty of people make antisemitism accusations for even mentioning Soros/DA. Same thing for Jewish over representation. But like I said in what you quoted “this comes pretty close to just telling facts” - let’s say this was law and I go to jail if I violate it. If I’m talking about Soros/DA manipulation then one wrong word or one judge who thinks I’m dog whistling/implying something puts me in jail. It’s very very close to the line of banning facts.
sliders1234
11mo ago
I think it’s quite plausible that Desantis evolved at some point in 2020 not just in political decision to beat Trump but internally in himself. Something changed around that time that made something we didn’t notice before apparent. And since then all the revelations on the lawfare used against Trump when he was elected.
He probably was more of a George Bush conservative but I don’t think any of us realized how heavily the attack from the left was before then.
sliders1234
11mo ago
They will follow the law. They aren’t going to make a state government give up sovereignty.
sliders1234
11mo ago
I think it was Hannania, who I think been crushing it lately, who said if a person takes a job in the Trump administration it’s the last job he will ever get while Desantis gives them the normal post administration options.
Perhaps this isn’t true but it feels correct to me. But I don’t think his cabinet with a check will have much power. They will be C people facing lawfare from everywhere. Putting out fires is all they will accomplish.
sliders1234
11mo ago
I think a middle ground exists where Trump is actually repulsive and undignified. Liz Cheney types would still around and the broad middle wouldn’t play ball with blue shenanigans.
sliders1234
11mo ago
Those weren’t issues back in 2016-2020 as much. And after 2020 he had the election denial stuff.
Trump did things in 2016 like being mean to immigrants instead of just not wanting them.
sliders1234
11mo ago
Trump will depend a lot on the Dems. They need to scare me enough to pull the lever. 2020 was close but we also had summer riots.
I could see myself abstaining on POTUS with Trump and voting straight GOP. Split power usually keeps excess spending in check. And would open the door better for Desantis in 2028.
That being said the Dems probably will find a way to get me to vote for Trump. POTUS years always seem to be blm riot years.
sliders1234
11mo ago
Abortion seems easy to handle. No nationwide laws. Just argue States Rights conservatism.
Why do Aircraft Carriers vote?
The Case against Democracy.
A common retort on the left is Why does Land Vote? I don’t think they can explain that view when I will assume they believe Aircraft Carriers should vote.
Balaji had an interesting tweet which led me to coin this term.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1663429591757885440?s=46&t=aQ6ajj220jubjU7-o3SuWQ
Synopsis the global system is controlled by America with some partners. If it was a Democracy a bunch of other countries would control the system. America consistently interferes with other countries policy thru sanctions etc. Those countries in a Democracy would do that to America when they don’t like what we are doing.
Benjamin Franklin famously said “A Republic if you can keep it”
I think it’s beyond clear that Republic/Democracy isn’t clearly the best form of government but it depends on something else. At the global level I don’t think the world would be a better place if India, China, and a few other populous countries were in charge.
South Africa is struggling a lot now. Electricity is spotty and other public goods. I think that country is probably best if the Elon Musks white people had more power but perhaps in a less racists and nicer way.
Historically I’m not sure I can think of a Republic/Democracy that didn’t limit who could become citizens. Rome made some tribes into citizens but not everyone.
It makes me think the key thing is a shared civic religion and beliefs that are good and makes a successful country. In that situation a Republic probably works better than other forms of government. And yes I’m probably arguing that a Republic needs a certain level of average IQ (Which I believe is Garrett Jones argument he avoided saying directly).
Can anyone make an argument a Republic is best for all people - land and aircraft carriers shouldn’t vote? Or that land and aircraft carriers are not the same thing - the UN should be how it is but countries should all be Democracies?
The only counter I can come up with is at the global level the rest of the world hasn’t developed enough. A blank slatist type argument that America has reasonably good public schools creating a sufficient amount of citizens. But the rest of the world isn’t there yet so the world should be governed by the strong now. But fundamentally I think most people just use the arguments that increase their own power and power of their tribe when they can.
Disagree. I think even imperfect voters averaged over millions have largely gotten their interest correct. Pre-2010 Dems for example probably were better for African Americans. More redistribution benefits them even if it shrinks the overall pie. Less policing and Pride may be canceling that out. As higher murder rates and less promotion of trad families probably hurt their part of America disproportionately.
The things you are calling a problem is just the complexity of the system. Even the smartest humans can’t come to be rationalist AI robots on the vast amount of policy.
We aren’t a small Venice Republic with only a few issues to deal with at a time where a human can be rational across a few issues.
I think the best world for how it is would be an ignorance is bliss world. HBD isn’t taught but the elites have read Charles Murray. MSNBC doesn’t say the word white supremacists constantly. They accept differences in outcomes isn’t proof of racism. It’s probably not good if every kid is taught in high school that blacks are you on average much less intelligent. It would be very discouraging. I still had an inkling as a 5 year old that most of the sports players didn’t look like me especially at run fast positions.
But that’s also a conservative view. Some systems just work better probably because they get to a workable rational equilibrium that agrees with human nature and not a pure robotic rationalist.
sliders1234
11mo ago
First rule of slider been espousing lately. Nobody cares about the arguments much, they care if the argument boosts the power of their group.
When I say I’ve radicalized lately it might just be that I’ve accepted reality and power is the norm; which means I’ve just normalized.
sliders1234
11mo ago
I don’t care if the smart kids realize it. I literally said as a 6 year old I realized all the football players were black.
My point is sometimes their knowledge you don’t need to yell out. People know it but they don’t talk about it constantly.
sliders1234
11mo ago
I’m a proud member of the banned from Reddit anti-trans group. I actually didn’t know how much Reddit was censor before. My time on Reddit is probably not that much longer.
sliders1234
11mo ago
Yes. Yes they did. I thought the show should have gone on. I don’t like the decisions people made for themselves. But for a story they stuck the ending and had meaningful story arcs.
For real life shiv should have never given up the family company. But that made everyone have a story arc that made sense.
sliders1234
11mo ago
Difference is “moderators” I didn’t know before Reddit was punishing wrong think and motte needed a new friend place.
Fair but wasn’t sure what was allowed on different groups where I could just pure culture war
It’s fun for me to bash reddit
sliders1234
11mo ago
It’s HBO. The one brand who use to and maybe still does represent people in the way they are. And the way they talk I think is how modern rich people talk. I’m sort of getting evicted from a 1.5 condo but the owner/good friend I don’t ask if you are driving me to the airport I asked are you pushing me on the plane.
sliders1234
11mo ago
Limited user data for Reddit is an issue. They can’t target ads as well or have the data to upsell ads.
I wouldn’t be shocked if Twitter ends up being a gold mine. But that’s in part because Musks will adds products like payments.
sliders1234
11mo ago
That’s interesting and makes you wander why they are allowing that. My first reaction was Reddit would just turn every sub into bash gop faster but that’s fairly well entrenched all ready.
So it would seem to be less mod = more users = more profits
The commons already seem flawed enough in Reddit so less modding couldn’t possible make the commons worse.
All the data I’ve seen says prison sentences are far too long. I’ll mostly reference Tabarrok who’s done a lot of work there. Simplistically people age out of crime. And criminals generally respond better to more consistent policing and punishment than less consistent and longer.
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