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I understand where the original sentiment the OP is replying to is coming from, but people with intentions broadly compatible with our own who are incredibly knowledgeable can end up messing up. Knowledge will not solve all. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The End of Ambition
A groundbreaking new history of how the Vietnam War thwarted U.S. liberal ambitions in the developing world and at home in the 1960s
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July 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I understand where the original sentiment the OP is replying to is coming from, but people with intentions broadly compatible with our own who are incredibly knowledgeable can end up messing up. Knowledge will not solve all. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Relatedly, no one really mentions that Democrats played perhaps the primary role in the congressional American national security politics throughout most of the Cold War.
July 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Relatedly, no one really mentions that Democrats played perhaps the primary role in the congressional American national security politics throughout most of the Cold War.
A huge part of the MLB's fan base is older white people. Afaik, the NFL pretty accurately mirrors America.
June 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A huge part of the MLB's fan base is older white people. Afaik, the NFL pretty accurately mirrors America.
Also, horse racing being relatively bipartisan checks out.
June 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Also, horse racing being relatively bipartisan checks out.
Golf having a smaller fanbase and being concentrated among wealthier retirees could result in surprising partisan things.
June 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Golf having a smaller fanbase and being concentrated among wealthier retirees could result in surprising partisan things.
I didn't grasp the extent to which it was a big deal (featuring some interesting online archaeology).
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Heavy Online Censorship of Articles Critical of Animated Chinese Blockbuster “Ne Zha 2”
Since it began screening in late January during the Spring Festival holiday, the Chinese animated blockbuster “Ne Zha 2” has smashed box office records, becoming the highest-grossing animated film in ...
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June 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I didn't grasp the extent to which it was a big deal (featuring some interesting online archaeology).
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Thanks for sharing!
June 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Thanks for sharing!
Having spent a ton of time on zillow, the tell for me is generally interior design & quality of furniture and artwork.
June 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Having spent a ton of time on zillow, the tell for me is generally interior design & quality of furniture and artwork.
Kind of intrigued to see what numbers it did in LATAM.
June 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Kind of intrigued to see what numbers it did in LATAM.
Spending time on Reddit has really shown me that a-People "on here" overestimate the number of people who have coherent political visions, and b-The power of "everything in the economy is worse now" as a rallying cry that gets people angry.
June 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Spending time on Reddit has really shown me that a-People "on here" overestimate the number of people who have coherent political visions, and b-The power of "everything in the economy is worse now" as a rallying cry that gets people angry.
100% agree. Relatedly, the fact that communication on here is written means that every take made seems much more serious than it is.
June 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
100% agree. Relatedly, the fact that communication on here is written means that every take made seems much more serious than it is.
On political speech, it's very interesting reading about the situations with teachers vs the regulations that surround career civil servants/military officers.
May 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
On political speech, it's very interesting reading about the situations with teachers vs the regulations that surround career civil servants/military officers.
Thanks! (don't rely on r/teachers for answers about the profession).
May 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Thanks! (don't rely on r/teachers for answers about the profession).
Public school teachers are not state employees (with weird niche exceptions like STEM academies). I take it that discipline is entirely at the district's discretion?
May 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Public school teachers are not state employees (with weird niche exceptions like STEM academies). I take it that discipline is entirely at the district's discretion?
I was not expecting that clerkship relationship.
May 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I was not expecting that clerkship relationship.
In all the discussion of MLK on here, people forget that he developed a political alliance with Nelson Rockefeller.
May 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
In all the discussion of MLK on here, people forget that he developed a political alliance with Nelson Rockefeller.
Oh yeah, those user stats that got shared around recently really further that point--especially if you broke them down for the entire Anglosphere.
May 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Oh yeah, those user stats that got shared around recently really further that point--especially if you broke them down for the entire Anglosphere.
Abstract death, and more terrifyingly, annoyed reviews from participants.
May 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Abstract death, and more terrifyingly, annoyed reviews from participants.
Makes a lot of sense. In a very different context (running crisis simulations), there are just times when one person who knows the events that happen is just far easier than trying to update new people.
May 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Makes a lot of sense. In a very different context (running crisis simulations), there are just times when one person who knows the events that happen is just far easier than trying to update new people.
Your original argument is an article of faith of the "progressive-ish reddit commentariat," which is hilarious when you read it for the 99th time.
May 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Your original argument is an article of faith of the "progressive-ish reddit commentariat," which is hilarious when you read it for the 99th time.
Also, very basically, Christianity is a massive evangelizing religion that has a ton of different ways of organizing itself--similar to Islam. People will use it to argue for anything since it is so broad and can be interpreted in so many ways.
May 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Also, very basically, Christianity is a massive evangelizing religion that has a ton of different ways of organizing itself--similar to Islam. People will use it to argue for anything since it is so broad and can be interpreted in so many ways.
Relatedly, there are a lot of evangelicals in the Northeast, but they are often overlooked as they are predominantly non-white.
May 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Relatedly, there are a lot of evangelicals in the Northeast, but they are often overlooked as they are predominantly non-white.
I presume it's pretty apocalyptic for the generic decorative landscapes that go up in waiting rooms.
May 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I presume it's pretty apocalyptic for the generic decorative landscapes that go up in waiting rooms.
It's very funny how throughout that discussion, I have yet to see a person reference The Breakfast Club.
May 21, 2025 at 5:21 AM
It's very funny how throughout that discussion, I have yet to see a person reference The Breakfast Club.
That's a significant sum for Remington, which had a gross profit of $191 mil in 2015.
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How America’s Oldest Gun Maker Went Bankrupt: A Financial Engineering Mystery (Published 2019)
When a secretive private equity firm bought Remington, sales were strong and the future bright. A decade later, the company couldn’t escape its debts.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
That's a significant sum for Remington, which had a gross profit of $191 mil in 2015.
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