Double Good Think
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He/Him, Aotearoa NZ. Mallu.Hindu-Buddhist agnostic.Global politics and history enjoyer and understander
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A lot of the discourse around Mamdani has focused on his Muslimness, but a striking aspect of his presentation has been how unapologetically Desi he has been, especially in contrast to right wing Indian-descent Western politicians
A lot of the discourse around Mamdani has focused on his Muslimness, but a striking aspect of his presentation has been how unapologetically Desi he has been, especially in contrast to right wing Indian-descent Western politicians
Zohran Mamdani is an authentic representation of modern India
Unlike many other Indian origin politicians, he has not converted to Christianity or played down his Indian roots. It would be hard for him to do that anyway because his mother Mira Nair is a well-kno...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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A lot of the discourse around Mamdani has focused on his Muslimness, but a striking aspect of his presentation has been how unapologetically Desi he has been, especially in contrast to right wing Indian-descent Western politicians
A lot of the discourse around Mamdani has focused on his Muslimness, but a striking aspect of his presentation has been how unapologetically Desi he has been, especially in contrast to right wing Indian-descent Western politicians
I'm in an odd place where I'm somewhat optimistic in the short run that the current wave of right-wing populism globally will be defeated, but I'm increasingly long-run pessimistic about the prospects of democracy and liberalism, or even socialism.
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I'm in an odd place where I'm somewhat optimistic in the short run that the current wave of right-wing populism globally will be defeated, but I'm increasingly long-run pessimistic about the prospects of democracy and liberalism, or even socialism.
On this website, and a lot of other liberal and left dominated spaces, tonnes of people were freaking out at the time of the Charlie Kirk killing that it was a Reichstag fire moment, prelude to Trump's Enabling Act, and now? 13 year olds are meming about it on TikTok.
one of the weirdest things that people believe on a website where the collective mood changes every thirty-six hours is that events completely unknown to 60% of the population, where 90% have the facts wrong, will have persistent effects eighteen months later
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
On this website, and a lot of other liberal and left dominated spaces, tonnes of people were freaking out at the time of the Charlie Kirk killing that it was a Reichstag fire moment, prelude to Trump's Enabling Act, and now? 13 year olds are meming about it on TikTok.
Regular meditation hasn't made me some enlightened Buddha, but it *has* gotten rid of a lot of unnecessary egoism and baggage around identity which used to seem super important. I think it's made me able to engage with being online in a much healthier way too
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Regular meditation hasn't made me some enlightened Buddha, but it *has* gotten rid of a lot of unnecessary egoism and baggage around identity which used to seem super important. I think it's made me able to engage with being online in a much healthier way too
Again, this isn't unique to Americans, I think it applies to most citizens of developed Western countries.
country violently allergic to acknowledging the existence of policy trade-offs, and steadfastly convinced that this allergy is virtuous and even a skeptical rejection of the powers that be instead of a prolonged temper tantrum by the most privileged people to ever live on this earth
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Again, this isn't unique to Americans, I think it applies to most citizens of developed Western countries.
Israeli policy has been to continuously undermine the possibility of a 2SS and present its unworkability as a fait accompli
This is definitely true, but I’m not sure the distinction has ever mattered less. 2SS Zionism may have been the only mainstream left wing position 5 years ago, but it no longer seems viable. And it’s not hard to see why, it’s not a particularly coherent ideology.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Israeli policy has been to continuously undermine the possibility of a 2SS and present its unworkability as a fait accompli
I've been grappling lately with my own voyeuristic interest in US politics. Ofc it matters, hugely. But having too strong an opinion on what say, Senators should do, when I'm safely out of the immediate blast radius as a foreigner feels perverse and voyeuristic
I think there is a near-pathological remove from which a lot of people on this website view politics. For all the talk about material conditions, a refusal to see the effects on material shutdown that have happened and were worsening. “Yeah but the other guy’ll get blamed” can change on a dime.
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I've been grappling lately with my own voyeuristic interest in US politics. Ofc it matters, hugely. But having too strong an opinion on what say, Senators should do, when I'm safely out of the immediate blast radius as a foreigner feels perverse and voyeuristic
I do love how both parties in the US are determined to outdo each other in incompetence
he's going to ask Vought to nuke SNAP even after the government reopens, isn't he
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I do love how both parties in the US are determined to outdo each other in incompetence
This is a man whose core belief since he was young is that you can change objective reality by sheer willpower and acting as if your preferred reality was the real one.
TRUMP: The economy is as strong as it's ever been
INGRAHAM: Then why are people saying they're anxious about the economy?
TRUMP: I don't know they are saying that. The polls are fake. We have the greatest economy we've ever had
INGRAHAM: Then why are people saying they're anxious about the economy?
TRUMP: I don't know they are saying that. The polls are fake. We have the greatest economy we've ever had
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is a man whose core belief since he was young is that you can change objective reality by sheer willpower and acting as if your preferred reality was the real one.
UK Labour and Senate Democrats are probably the political factions in the Anglo world who seem to loathe their own voters the most and have a deep desire that *someone else* were their voter base.
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
UK Labour and Senate Democrats are probably the political factions in the Anglo world who seem to loathe their own voters the most and have a deep desire that *someone else* were their voter base.
Part of the reason why so many people are convinced the GOP are evil geniuses who can break all the rules of politics and still win is that they ran an absolute train-wreck of a campaign in 2024 and still rode to victory, and this psychologically broke many people
Looking at the GOP acting electorally suicidally and saying “they’re not acting like they’re planning on having elections” is like watching someone driving 90mph at a brick wall and being like “wow they must have figured out a way for this not to kill them.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Part of the reason why so many people are convinced the GOP are evil geniuses who can break all the rules of politics and still win is that they ran an absolute train-wreck of a campaign in 2024 and still rode to victory, and this psychologically broke many people
I think at any other time in history it would have been cool to wake up and find yourself in the body of the richest man in the world, but if that happened with me and Elon, I would assume I was being punished for all my sins by some angry god
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I think at any other time in history it would have been cool to wake up and find yourself in the body of the richest man in the world, but if that happened with me and Elon, I would assume I was being punished for all my sins by some angry god
Modern Hindu identity seems to have more in common with contemporary Jewish identity in that the sense of affiliation and belonging does not necessarily correlate to degree of religiosity and practice
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Modern Hindu identity seems to have more in common with contemporary Jewish identity in that the sense of affiliation and belonging does not necessarily correlate to degree of religiosity and practice
The propaganda is the end as well as the means, which is something really distinct about Trumpism and its 'influencer-authoritarianism'
in a very real sense, these people do not live in reality. they take actions based on what they see in cable news, and react to the consequences of those reactions as described by cable news. they have put their own propaganda inside their control loop.
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The propaganda is the end as well as the means, which is something really distinct about Trumpism and its 'influencer-authoritarianism'
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if you buy a paradox game and have any idea what is going on within the first ten hours of gameplay, they have fucked up beyond all belief. (this is why CKIII is not a good game.)
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
if you buy a paradox game and have any idea what is going on within the first ten hours of gameplay, they have fucked up beyond all belief. (this is why CKIII is not a good game.)
There were probably voters in 19th century America who were passionately against slavery and might even have believed in Black people's equality, who were at the same time fiercely anti-immigration and saw the influx of Irish Catholics as a grave danger to the Republic
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
There were probably voters in 19th century America who were passionately against slavery and might even have believed in Black people's equality, who were at the same time fiercely anti-immigration and saw the influx of Irish Catholics as a grave danger to the Republic
Lmao the current 'civil war' on the American Right basically boils down to whether you hate Jews or Muslims more.
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Lmao the current 'civil war' on the American Right basically boils down to whether you hate Jews or Muslims more.
There was legit a prospect of something like 'rainbow coalition fascism', but the GOP's core base is too racist to achieve it
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There was legit a prospect of something like 'rainbow coalition fascism', but the GOP's core base is too racist to achieve it
I think HOI IV specifically attracts the worst people (coincidentally it's the Paradox game I like/enjoy the least)
I am dead serious when I say this
I think that Paradox Interactive bears significant responsibility for the current administration but I still think buying their entire catalog is less materially harmful than buying WH40k: Rogue Trader because Owlcat Games is a Russian studio
I think that Paradox Interactive bears significant responsibility for the current administration but I still think buying their entire catalog is less materially harmful than buying WH40k: Rogue Trader because Owlcat Games is a Russian studio
As much as we rag on these games for having horrible models of history/politics/military theory and the fanbases they attract, there isn't anything inherently wrong with enjoying them because if you look hard enough *everything* is problematic
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I think HOI IV specifically attracts the worst people (coincidentally it's the Paradox game I like/enjoy the least)
A big part of this is that Trump himself is committed to the belief that you can alter material reality with stubborn willpower and self-belief, it was a belief drummed into him early by the likes of Norman Vincent Peale
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A big part of this is that Trump himself is committed to the belief that you can alter material reality with stubborn willpower and self-belief, it was a belief drummed into him early by the likes of Norman Vincent Peale
Weirdly best outcome for America and the world might be the tariffs getting stricken down and Trump going to war with SCOTUS (tariffs imo are the one policy thing he *really* cares about).
Antagonising his most useful loyalists would be precisely the sort of dumb shit this guy would do now
Antagonising his most useful loyalists would be precisely the sort of dumb shit this guy would do now
Trump has already begun catastrophizing this expected outcome, predicting that if the Court strikes down his tariffs, “our economy will go to hell.” In reality: If the justices decide to undermine Trump’s economic agenda, they’ll be doing him a favor.
Read @crampell.bsky.social in 'Receipts'.
Read @crampell.bsky.social in 'Receipts'.
How the Supreme Court Could Save Christmas
If Trump lets them.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Weirdly best outcome for America and the world might be the tariffs getting stricken down and Trump going to war with SCOTUS (tariffs imo are the one policy thing he *really* cares about).
Antagonising his most useful loyalists would be precisely the sort of dumb shit this guy would do now
Antagonising his most useful loyalists would be precisely the sort of dumb shit this guy would do now
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Like I've been saying, part of it is that Americans (US folks) are embarrassed to be Americans (part of the Americas) and would like to assume they're displaced Europeans instead.
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Like I've been saying, part of it is that Americans (US folks) are embarrassed to be Americans (part of the Americas) and would like to assume they're displaced Europeans instead.
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We are very far from Stancilist regiments being raised, so removing yourself from a position of any influence has to be judged harshly. Liberals cannot abandon the spirit of courage and self sacrifice.
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
We are very far from Stancilist regiments being raised, so removing yourself from a position of any influence has to be judged harshly. Liberals cannot abandon the spirit of courage and self sacrifice.
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IMO unless you have a particular reason to fear being targeted, it’s reprehensible, at least if you’re putting yourself forward as some kind of political commentator. I genuinely believe that part of being a citizen is being willing to fight for your country in the last resort.
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
IMO unless you have a particular reason to fear being targeted, it’s reprehensible, at least if you’re putting yourself forward as some kind of political commentator. I genuinely believe that part of being a citizen is being willing to fight for your country in the last resort.
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The other thing here is that, I very much have a sense that these people (again, exile now is a very privileged choice) are chomping at the bit to be like “well thank you for all that work, now your betters will take over again”, and, uh, no, actually, Elitism Mk 2 is not how this is going to work.
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The other thing here is that, I very much have a sense that these people (again, exile now is a very privileged choice) are chomping at the bit to be like “well thank you for all that work, now your betters will take over again”, and, uh, no, actually, Elitism Mk 2 is not how this is going to work.