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Apparatus of the dreaded Deep State. Went from Republican to independent to Democrat to some kind of Socialist (not yours) between 2012 and 2022, but always, ALWAYS hated a fascist.
"Paved Paradise" was a revelatory book for me.
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Paved Paradise" was a revelatory book for me.
There are pandemics and then there are pandemics. Flu spreads globally every year. It often originates in farm animals. This last bout jumped to a lot of species it hadn't affected before. So not exactly a reach to predict this... But that is not the same as predicting a COVID level catastrophe
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
There are pandemics and then there are pandemics. Flu spreads globally every year. It often originates in farm animals. This last bout jumped to a lot of species it hadn't affected before. So not exactly a reach to predict this... But that is not the same as predicting a COVID level catastrophe
Tate, unfortunately, will be able to keep his idiot fanboys because getting knocked out in a fight against a real opponent has some degree of "manliness" attached to it.
You gotta figure that Paul's days are over, though. That picture of abject fear explodes everything he wants to cultivate.
You gotta figure that Paul's days are over, though. That picture of abject fear explodes everything he wants to cultivate.
December 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Tate, unfortunately, will be able to keep his idiot fanboys because getting knocked out in a fight against a real opponent has some degree of "manliness" attached to it.
You gotta figure that Paul's days are over, though. That picture of abject fear explodes everything he wants to cultivate.
You gotta figure that Paul's days are over, though. That picture of abject fear explodes everything he wants to cultivate.
I'll rephrase. I don't know what your racial views are. I just know that the effect of your preferred policy choice (shrinking the population of an affluent island) would be the end of immigration from poorer areas, while it would not achieve your goal of arresting environmental collapse.
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'll rephrase. I don't know what your racial views are. I just know that the effect of your preferred policy choice (shrinking the population of an affluent island) would be the end of immigration from poorer areas, while it would not achieve your goal of arresting environmental collapse.
number of us is bad for nature.
Now having said all of that, I agree that advocating for increased birthrates is dumb and pointless. The ideal is not reaching some target population, but enabling everyone to make their own choices about reproduction.
Now having said all of that, I agree that advocating for increased birthrates is dumb and pointless. The ideal is not reaching some target population, but enabling everyone to make their own choices about reproduction.
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
number of us is bad for nature.
Now having said all of that, I agree that advocating for increased birthrates is dumb and pointless. The ideal is not reaching some target population, but enabling everyone to make their own choices about reproduction.
Now having said all of that, I agree that advocating for increased birthrates is dumb and pointless. The ideal is not reaching some target population, but enabling everyone to make their own choices about reproduction.
and against population growth suggests that the "steady state" is a lower human population than we have now. Ok, so what's the number? At what point would having *more* people be desirable? This isn't really an answerable question, because if we remove humans from the category of "natural," then any
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
and against population growth suggests that the "steady state" is a lower human population than we have now. Ok, so what's the number? At what point would having *more* people be desirable? This isn't really an answerable question, because if we remove humans from the category of "natural," then any
The language "importing more people" conveys the fundamental denial: even though the migrant wants to come, they shouldn't because it's bad for nature [here, at least - presumably fewer people in your home country would be good for nature *there,* but that's your problem]
Advocating a steady state
Advocating a steady state
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The language "importing more people" conveys the fundamental denial: even though the migrant wants to come, they shouldn't because it's bad for nature [here, at least - presumably fewer people in your home country would be good for nature *there,* but that's your problem]
Advocating a steady state
Advocating a steady state
Makes very little sense to me to suggest a casual link. To the extent that there's a correlation (if it exists more so than in other games) I suspect it boils down to the fact that HOI encourages you to play as fascists (for gameplay reasons that make sense - counterfactuals are more interesting).
December 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Makes very little sense to me to suggest a casual link. To the extent that there's a correlation (if it exists more so than in other games) I suspect it boils down to the fact that HOI encourages you to play as fascists (for gameplay reasons that make sense - counterfactuals are more interesting).
This is just another use of "population" as an excuse to deny opportunities (in this case, freedom of movement) to black and brown people.
To say nothing of the fact that the logical conclusion of your argument is that the best thing we could do is to go extinct.
To say nothing of the fact that the logical conclusion of your argument is that the best thing we could do is to go extinct.
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is just another use of "population" as an excuse to deny opportunities (in this case, freedom of movement) to black and brown people.
To say nothing of the fact that the logical conclusion of your argument is that the best thing we could do is to go extinct.
To say nothing of the fact that the logical conclusion of your argument is that the best thing we could do is to go extinct.
I want Eric Adams to be a very active poster, content creator, and commentator for the rest of his life. He should not be allowed to vote and anyone who thinks his ideas are good should be sterilized, of course, but Goddamned if I don't want to hear whatever crazy shit he comes up with.
December 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I want Eric Adams to be a very active poster, content creator, and commentator for the rest of his life. He should not be allowed to vote and anyone who thinks his ideas are good should be sterilized, of course, but Goddamned if I don't want to hear whatever crazy shit he comes up with.
enemy, maybe even as an alternative to dreams of military action in Mexico; but just like I don't think he's Machiavelli, I don't think he's eager to do war crime. Whatever time he had in incepting the idea, it's now well out of his control.
December 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
enemy, maybe even as an alternative to dreams of military action in Mexico; but just like I don't think he's Machiavelli, I don't think he's eager to do war crime. Whatever time he had in incepting the idea, it's now well out of his control.
I can see how that aligns with his idiom, but he's not really the face of it. It's possible he's a mastermind working behind the scenes to thwart Latin American leftists while letting others take the fall, but I don't think he's that clever or artful. He may have planted the idea of Venezuela as an
December 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I can see how that aligns with his idiom, but he's not really the face of it. It's possible he's a mastermind working behind the scenes to thwart Latin American leftists while letting others take the fall, but I don't think he's that clever or artful. He may have planted the idea of Venezuela as an
I'd be curious to know what makes you say that. Rubio's time in the executive so far strikes me as wholly devoid of influence; he sits in meetings, parrots the messaging, but is never on the front lines of any major negotiation or policy.
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I'd be curious to know what makes you say that. Rubio's time in the executive so far strikes me as wholly devoid of influence; he sits in meetings, parrots the messaging, but is never on the front lines of any major negotiation or policy.
Agree we've got a soft coup now. Disagree that Hegseth or Rubio are power centers in it. Rubio is arguing about fonts while Witkoff et al do "diplomacy." Hegseth rambles about fatties and is mostly useful as (a) a meat shield for criticism, and (b) a way for Miller to kill Hispanics
December 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Agree we've got a soft coup now. Disagree that Hegseth or Rubio are power centers in it. Rubio is arguing about fonts while Witkoff et al do "diplomacy." Hegseth rambles about fatties and is mostly useful as (a) a meat shield for criticism, and (b) a way for Miller to kill Hispanics
"The LORD has given a command concerning you: “Your name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded image. I will make your grave, For you are vile.”
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"The LORD has given a command concerning you: “Your name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded image. I will make your grave, For you are vile.”
I have a hard time with the argument "South Park is responsible for our current situation." Would the world be a substantially different place without it? I don't think so. But if they are such a big cultural engine, then surely it's useful to have them driving it in the right direction now.
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I have a hard time with the argument "South Park is responsible for our current situation." Would the world be a substantially different place without it? I don't think so. But if they are such a big cultural engine, then surely it's useful to have them driving it in the right direction now.
They have had some massive misses, some of which they've tried to make amends on (climate change), some of which shocked me by how backwards they were, even for them (trans women in sports), but right now they are among the most aggressive in attacking the administration and those who bow to it.
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
They have had some massive misses, some of which they've tried to make amends on (climate change), some of which shocked me by how backwards they were, even for them (trans women in sports), but right now they are among the most aggressive in attacking the administration and those who bow to it.
On the one hand, I've thought the death of the correspondents dinner here in the States was good, because it fostered the symbiotic press-pol relationship at the heart of so much of our national dysfunction.
On the other hand, if our politicians were that funny I might not care.
On the other hand, if our politicians were that funny I might not care.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
On the one hand, I've thought the death of the correspondents dinner here in the States was good, because it fostered the symbiotic press-pol relationship at the heart of so much of our national dysfunction.
On the other hand, if our politicians were that funny I might not care.
On the other hand, if our politicians were that funny I might not care.
Europe's commitment to a small border member, esp in an environment of U.S. isolationism.
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Europe's commitment to a small border member, esp in an environment of U.S. isolationism.
The concern isn't that Russia will, like, decide to march on Paris. But if Putin fiddles with the Baltics - bc he has bad info, or needs to satisfy/distract domestic parties - then the question of readiness decides whether Europe is willing to go to bar for Estonia. Putin might, with reason, doubt
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The concern isn't that Russia will, like, decide to march on Paris. But if Putin fiddles with the Baltics - bc he has bad info, or needs to satisfy/distract domestic parties - then the question of readiness decides whether Europe is willing to go to bar for Estonia. Putin might, with reason, doubt
I also partly get the sidewalk concerns, not because they're a problem now (they aren't; the robots are rare and deferential), but it's easy to envision these companies demanding precedence in public spaces as they get more and more common. That's inventing a problem to get mad at, but its plausible
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I also partly get the sidewalk concerns, not because they're a problem now (they aren't; the robots are rare and deferential), but it's easy to envision these companies demanding precedence in public spaces as they get more and more common. That's inventing a problem to get mad at, but its plausible
20 years ago this would have been accepted as a good thing, but that was before we made "delivery guy gig economy" an important part of so many peoples' incomes. So in that sense I get the knee jerk reaction to these, even if delivery is once of the rote tasks ideally stored to automation.
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
20 years ago this would have been accepted as a good thing, but that was before we made "delivery guy gig economy" an important part of so many peoples' incomes. So in that sense I get the knee jerk reaction to these, even if delivery is once of the rote tasks ideally stored to automation.
TO BE CLEAR: I'm not saying anybody should join a religion. But the idea of a community getting together frequently to socialize, organize things, and help each other doesn't have to get thrown out with religion, and that's what we seem to have done.
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
TO BE CLEAR: I'm not saying anybody should join a religion. But the idea of a community getting together frequently to socialize, organize things, and help each other doesn't have to get thrown out with religion, and that's what we seem to have done.
attendance is just one very visible example. People quit those groups, which may be a good thing ideologically, but they didn't really replace them with anything else. And now social media and other factors foster total atomization. I think you find a lot of society's ills in this trend.
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
attendance is just one very visible example. People quit those groups, which may be a good thing ideologically, but they didn't really replace them with anything else. And now social media and other factors foster total atomization. I think you find a lot of society's ills in this trend.
these communities don't have to be limited to conservative family or religious structures. Civil society groups at any level of organization with just about any set of values can do the same thing for members. The issue is that participation in civil society groups is way low. The decline in church
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
these communities don't have to be limited to conservative family or religious structures. Civil society groups at any level of organization with just about any set of values can do the same thing for members. The issue is that participation in civil society groups is way low. The decline in church