Don't forget the augury of the national bird attacking Trump. youtu.be/o7_OWYrLVOU?...

3. Leadership is about doing what is necessary, not just what is popular. Read literally anything our founders wrote about virtue, and the inherent risks to a society based on democratic processes to sustain the rule of law to the extent that unvirtuous people gain power.

A man tore China asunder, and claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ because he failed the exam to get an email job

And I dunno, I also think cynicism and pessimism about the US and its values makes it easier, not harder, for monsters like Trump to bully us into abandoning those values. There’s really no upside other than savvy in-group signaling to fellow cynics

the new york times allows guys like talmon to use left-wing reasoning, so long as it is used to come to center-right conclusions

The really funny thing is how much more this corresponds to the physical reality of a stick if it were "please give healthcare, don't insist on winning elections first, only healthcare"

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You skipped the most important one.