Wannabe Apparatchik
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History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
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fascinating that Biden was often his strongest when he was embodying a coalitional generic democrat and often got progressively worse the further out of step with the coalition median he got
also extremely not surpised that AOC is mostly reiterating bidenist vibes because bidenism was actually not really about joe biden and more about the general consensus of the contemporary democratic coalition and Biden himself, particularly on FP, was kinda separate from his own admin's posture
February 13, 2026 at 8:24 PM
fascinating that Biden was often his strongest when he was embodying a coalitional generic democrat and often got progressively worse the further out of step with the coalition median he got
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also extremely not surpised that AOC is mostly reiterating bidenist vibes because bidenism was actually not really about joe biden and more about the general consensus of the contemporary democratic coalition and Biden himself, particularly on FP, was kinda separate from his own admin's posture
February 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
also extremely not surpised that AOC is mostly reiterating bidenist vibes because bidenism was actually not really about joe biden and more about the general consensus of the contemporary democratic coalition and Biden himself, particularly on FP, was kinda separate from his own admin's posture
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One issue here is crank convergence, and the escalation ladder of a competitive media environment. The other is that there's no social cost to beliefs anymore, being a 9/11 truther or an anti-vaxer or a Nazi doesn't actually *mean* as much as it used to, because identity has become so cheap.
Going to need to a complete and total shutdown on podcasters and political livestreams until we can figure out what’s going on
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
One issue here is crank convergence, and the escalation ladder of a competitive media environment. The other is that there's no social cost to beliefs anymore, being a 9/11 truther or an anti-vaxer or a Nazi doesn't actually *mean* as much as it used to, because identity has become so cheap.
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This elitist view that only rich/Ivy/private school kids should study/have access the liberal arts is so deeply ingrained in so many highly educated Democrats’ views (including tons who majored in the lib arts themselves) that they don’t even realize they hold it, let alone how ugly & elitist it is
(3) But the Democrat view is also bad: while it's fine for people at Princeton and Harvard to study Latin and Sanskrit, public higher education is about job training and $ ROI. There is no room for the idea that curiosity-driven inquiry is a good that should be supported by the public.
February 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This elitist view that only rich/Ivy/private school kids should study/have access the liberal arts is so deeply ingrained in so many highly educated Democrats’ views (including tons who majored in the lib arts themselves) that they don’t even realize they hold it, let alone how ugly & elitist it is
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Also, the entire vocational case for <not> majoring in the humanities/liberal arts rests on approximately no data at all:
👇🎯 Periodic reminder that the right-wing career/salary talking points about the liberal arts are belied by huge piles of data (e.g., news.wisc.edu/new-data-on-...), & the complicity of Democrats & university administrators in repeating those right-wing talking points is a major part of then problem.
February 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Also, the entire vocational case for <not> majoring in the humanities/liberal arts rests on approximately no data at all:
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I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
My most authoritarian opinion is that the MMR vaccine should be mandatory, with only medical (not religious or floofy) exemptions allowed. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
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one of the great ideological innovations of the 2020s has been the far-left centrist
hey cool man while you were deep in research or whatever you might want to catch up on some other stuff that has happened in the world in the past year
February 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
one of the great ideological innovations of the 2020s has been the far-left centrist
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you used to need years of patient livejournal community building before you could spectacularly implode at this level, well done heated rivalry fandom
the Heated Rivalry fandom has done a really remarkable speedrun from a celebration of a fluffy, sexy gay show to calling cast members pedophiles & journalists "klan members" (yes, really) — v excited about @wired.com's blow-by-blow feat interviews w fans on the front lines
The ‘Heated Rivalry’ Fandom Is Tearing Itself Apart
The breakout hockey romance has sparked legions of enthralled fans, along with obsessive, parasocial behavior that’s starting to get called out.
www.wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
you used to need years of patient livejournal community building before you could spectacularly implode at this level, well done heated rivalry fandom
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if someone is saying shit like "it's lowkey biphobic that you support AOC even though she won't legalize cannibalism" or "you realize that expecting your room to have windows a luxury belief right" what you're seeing are the charged particles being shot off from polycule fission
February 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
if someone is saying shit like "it's lowkey biphobic that you support AOC even though she won't legalize cannibalism" or "you realize that expecting your room to have windows a luxury belief right" what you're seeing are the charged particles being shot off from polycule fission
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I don't know what the homelessness rate is in China, but imagining saying out loud that you thought 1/5th of the United States was homeless. How do you go outside and walk around and maintain that belief? Insane.
February 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I don't know what the homelessness rate is in China, but imagining saying out loud that you thought 1/5th of the United States was homeless. How do you go outside and walk around and maintain that belief? Insane.
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The biggest political divide on here is not between left and liberal but between "politics is real and involves real outcomes for real people" and "no it doesn't fuck you"
February 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The biggest political divide on here is not between left and liberal but between "politics is real and involves real outcomes for real people" and "no it doesn't fuck you"
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Not a lot to be proud of as an American these days, but I admit to feeling a swell of pride when I see an extremely normal person setting fire to a planned concentration camp
that’s a wine mom imo. we count those
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Not a lot to be proud of as an American these days, but I admit to feeling a swell of pride when I see an extremely normal person setting fire to a planned concentration camp
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fashioning a Molotov out of an empty bottle of a nice but affordable Chardonnay
that’s a wine mom imo. we count those
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
fashioning a Molotov out of an empty bottle of a nice but affordable Chardonnay
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i cannot believe we're doing Discourse on whiskey fridays with tony dokoupil
February 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
i cannot believe we're doing Discourse on whiskey fridays with tony dokoupil
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Median wine mom being more of a Maoist than BRG was *not* on my bingo card and I am absolutely delighted.
The "Firebomb a Walmart" tweet has finally been defeated cus apparently the company that owns the building canceled their talks with ICE over this.
February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Median wine mom being more of a Maoist than BRG was *not* on my bingo card and I am absolutely delighted.
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going to take the brave public stance of saying that we don’t need a profile on a minor bret easton elllis character
Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream.
Looks Aren’t Everything? Clavicular Begs to Differ.
Braden Peters, known as Clavicular, has emerged as a beacon for a group of narcissistic, status-obsessed young men. He wants to take his fixation with “looksmaxxing” mainstream.
nyti.ms
February 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
going to take the brave public stance of saying that we don’t need a profile on a minor bret easton elllis character
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An essential part of the term “blood libel” is that it was an accusation made against Jews with no proof or evidence. Those accusing the state of Israel of committing genocide have marshaled extensive evidence. It demeans the term “blood libel” to compare them.
February 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
An essential part of the term “blood libel” is that it was an accusation made against Jews with no proof or evidence. Those accusing the state of Israel of committing genocide have marshaled extensive evidence. It demeans the term “blood libel” to compare them.
the interesting part of this vulgar marxism is that “material effects” are redefined to mean “complete and total change”, such that anything short of that isn’t material, which isn’t what the word “material” means! like this is an analysis by which the civil war had no material effect!
there would be no real concrete effects of an AOC presidency that would be materially different from a JD Vance presidency because they all work for the capitalist ruling class and not for us, yes including AOC. we don't need a different president we need a dictatorship of the proletariat.
This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
February 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
the interesting part of this vulgar marxism is that “material effects” are redefined to mean “complete and total change”, such that anything short of that isn’t material, which isn’t what the word “material” means! like this is an analysis by which the civil war had no material effect!
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the communist will never forgive the social democrat for actually achieving anything remotely superior to what came before
February 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
the communist will never forgive the social democrat for actually achieving anything remotely superior to what came before
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you have to treat people like this with the same seriousness as you would a guy screaming at you about the lizard people on the street; they have a similar relationship with reality.
there would be no real concrete effects of an AOC presidency that would be materially different from a JD Vance presidency because they all work for the capitalist ruling class and not for us, yes including AOC. we don't need a different president we need a dictatorship of the proletariat.
This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
you have to treat people like this with the same seriousness as you would a guy screaming at you about the lizard people on the street; they have a similar relationship with reality.
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A Woman But Not That Woman 2028.
This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
she's a liberal and therefore supports a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
February 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A Woman But Not That Woman 2028.
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its "funny" that the same people who will unrelentingly hammer elderly (usually woman) libs who slip on pronouns and terms
will turn around and straight up call a trans woman a man for not being the right kind of socialist
will turn around and straight up call a trans woman a man for not being the right kind of socialist
February 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
its "funny" that the same people who will unrelentingly hammer elderly (usually woman) libs who slip on pronouns and terms
will turn around and straight up call a trans woman a man for not being the right kind of socialist
will turn around and straight up call a trans woman a man for not being the right kind of socialist
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I'm now visualizing great purges era stakhanovite LinkedIn posting
February 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I'm now visualizing great purges era stakhanovite LinkedIn posting
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you know that phenomenon where diaspora from an oppressive regime will make it their whole entire personality to advocate for their new country to bomb the shit out of their old one?
that's lowkey gonna be me if they ever force me out of America
that's lowkey gonna be me if they ever force me out of America
February 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
you know that phenomenon where diaspora from an oppressive regime will make it their whole entire personality to advocate for their new country to bomb the shit out of their old one?
that's lowkey gonna be me if they ever force me out of America
that's lowkey gonna be me if they ever force me out of America
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i actually *do* believe he didn't know it was a nazi tattoo when he got it. the problem is that he was told, repeatedly, for years, that it was. the lethal opposition research that uncovered this was... people who hung out at the bar with him when he'd hang out drunk and shirtless, which was often.
February 13, 2026 at 5:35 PM
i actually *do* believe he didn't know it was a nazi tattoo when he got it. the problem is that he was told, repeatedly, for years, that it was. the lethal opposition research that uncovered this was... people who hung out at the bar with him when he'd hang out drunk and shirtless, which was often.