telekinetick
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American law, it seems to me, exists to create a condition of constant titillation for people whose material needs are never unmet, but whose appetites have been teased into a state of ungovernable sadism by sloganeering & advertising that promises a return to a world that never existed & never will
Our survival is their failure
I knew eventually right-wing shock troops were coming here
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October 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
American law, it seems to me, exists to create a condition of constant titillation for people whose material needs are never unmet, but whose appetites have been teased into a state of ungovernable sadism by sloganeering & advertising that promises a return to a world that never existed & never will
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
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a lot of political “scandal” coverage is just the media making a decision about whether public opinion needs a corrective
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
a lot of political “scandal” coverage is just the media making a decision about whether public opinion needs a corrective
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Imagine if we treated any other form of safety like this:"We should only install outlet covers in day care centers on a case-by-case basis, such as where a toddler has stuck his fingers in an electrical socket."
September 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Imagine if we treated any other form of safety like this:"We should only install outlet covers in day care centers on a case-by-case basis, such as where a toddler has stuck his fingers in an electrical socket."
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focusing on the immediate fire and how it polls is also what prevents the opposition party from ever forming a coherent message and popular platform that can last across cycles instead of constant churn and insincere slogans based on micro-targeting and consultants
September 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
focusing on the immediate fire and how it polls is also what prevents the opposition party from ever forming a coherent message and popular platform that can last across cycles instead of constant churn and insincere slogans based on micro-targeting and consultants
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refusing to accept this isn’t just about “purity” or whatever, it’s about effective politics. someone who thinks it’s practical to cave on trans rights misunderstands how politics works, they don’t recognize that public opinion is forged by perseverance
Gavin Newsom suggesting that 25 years of age is too young to transition and agreeing to right-wing entryism of concern trolling about trans people in sports. This is your opposition leader?
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.
August 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
refusing to accept this isn’t just about “purity” or whatever, it’s about effective politics. someone who thinks it’s practical to cave on trans rights misunderstands how politics works, they don’t recognize that public opinion is forged by perseverance
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this is a good illustration of what “compromise” on trans rights looks like. there’s no “everyone gets rights but we take it easy on the pronouns.” if you head down that road you will end up denying that trans people are real.
Rahm Emanuel criticized Dems for talking about "pronouns," but Megyn Kelly is the first interviewer I've seen drill down for his views.
Boys + girls are "fundamentally, physically different." No "men claiming they're women" in women's prisons.
"Can a man become a woman? No."
Boys + girls are "fundamentally, physically different." No "men claiming they're women" in women's prisons.
"Can a man become a woman? No."
July 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
this is a good illustration of what “compromise” on trans rights looks like. there’s no “everyone gets rights but we take it easy on the pronouns.” if you head down that road you will end up denying that trans people are real.
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in 2020, these guys who fancied themselves the world's true leaders bore witness to the power of a large-scale social movement so big that it could shift public policy and strip power from them within their own organizations. it undermined their entire sense of themselves and they lost their minds.
i think the big middle event between george floyd protests and covid that accelerated this hard right turn in elite circles was tech employees using slack to stage walk-outs and force concessions from management. tech bosses got a first whiff of organized labor's power and started reading mein kampf
Only in America could a white man with a current net worth of $2 billion see himself as part of a victimized group. 🤦♂️
July 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
in 2020, these guys who fancied themselves the world's true leaders bore witness to the power of a large-scale social movement so big that it could shift public policy and strip power from them within their own organizations. it undermined their entire sense of themselves and they lost their minds.
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for a couple decades that industry was able to leverage high pay and perks to keep their workers in line and the second it looked like they might start demanding more than golden handcuffs guys like andreesen started inviting skull shape bloggers into the group chat
July 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
for a couple decades that industry was able to leverage high pay and perks to keep their workers in line and the second it looked like they might start demanding more than golden handcuffs guys like andreesen started inviting skull shape bloggers into the group chat
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i think the big middle event between george floyd protests and covid that accelerated this hard right turn in elite circles was tech employees using slack to stage walk-outs and force concessions from management. tech bosses got a first whiff of organized labor's power and started reading mein kampf
Only in America could a white man with a current net worth of $2 billion see himself as part of a victimized group. 🤦♂️
July 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
i think the big middle event between george floyd protests and covid that accelerated this hard right turn in elite circles was tech employees using slack to stage walk-outs and force concessions from management. tech bosses got a first whiff of organized labor's power and started reading mein kampf
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people really have some strange ideas about what exactly government is and isn't. "there's no way this body of people, money, and authority could ever possibly run a grocery store! now the Walton family, on the other hand, endowed by their Creator with the Grocer's Eye,"
June 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
people really have some strange ideas about what exactly government is and isn't. "there's no way this body of people, money, and authority could ever possibly run a grocery store! now the Walton family, on the other hand, endowed by their Creator with the Grocer's Eye,"
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i think this argument resonates with liberal moderates because the left’s rhetoric irritates them personally. But the idea that it’s responsible for ~10 point swings in public opinion is completely detached from the evidence.
June 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
i think this argument resonates with liberal moderates because the left’s rhetoric irritates them personally. But the idea that it’s responsible for ~10 point swings in public opinion is completely detached from the evidence.
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i don’t think it’s realistic to ask people being targeted due to their ethnicity and national origin not to engage in displays of ethnic and national pride
June 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
i don’t think it’s realistic to ask people being targeted due to their ethnicity and national origin not to engage in displays of ethnic and national pride
@cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com logging into social media for the first time in weeks or months to confirm: CSH reference as the title for the first part of today's podcast? you are seen
May 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
@cdgoldstein.baseballprospectus.com logging into social media for the first time in weeks or months to confirm: CSH reference as the title for the first part of today's podcast? you are seen
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the reality is that these people are far more interested in maintaining their coalition’s power within the party than protecting the party’s power within the country.
May 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
the reality is that these people are far more interested in maintaining their coalition’s power within the party than protecting the party’s power within the country.
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what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”
Interesting piece which reveals a lot of the tech bro ignorance of government: DOGEr comes in, expects to find lots of inefficiency, is at least willing to acknowledge he was wrong unlike the hard core ideologues.
May 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”
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i think the reality is that in the modern media ecosystem, the algorithms allow people to put almost anything in your face, no matter how rare, and convince you that it’s an epidemic
Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
I have two sons, and I don't think I've ever seen messaging going "Don't be a boy" or "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
May 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
i think the reality is that in the modern media ecosystem, the algorithms allow people to put almost anything in your face, no matter how rare, and convince you that it’s an epidemic
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a lot of pundits become obsessed with the little contours of conservative politics and ultimately get so lost in them that they get lapped by people who believe simple things like “republicans hate minorities and workers.”
April 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
a lot of pundits become obsessed with the little contours of conservative politics and ultimately get so lost in them that they get lapped by people who believe simple things like “republicans hate minorities and workers.”
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i think that careful study of the American right could have led you to predict this. but also, just utilizing a framework of “modern republicans are irredeemably vile” will reliably get you 99% of the way there.
“I gotta tell you, I did not think [Trump] would get this authoritarian this fast,” Jon Stewart admitted.
Donald Trump’s Latest ‘Authoritarian’ Move Blindsided Jon Stewart
“Who could’ve known?” Stewart asked.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
i think that careful study of the American right could have led you to predict this. but also, just utilizing a framework of “modern republicans are irredeemably vile” will reliably get you 99% of the way there.
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i keep seeing the right argue that the nazi salutes are "trolling." i think there's some truth to that, but know what exactly is being mocked. they aren't mocking the idea that they could be nazis, they're mocking the idea that they should care one way or the other.
February 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
i keep seeing the right argue that the nazi salutes are "trolling." i think there's some truth to that, but know what exactly is being mocked. they aren't mocking the idea that they could be nazis, they're mocking the idea that they should care one way or the other.
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authoritarianism works in large part because they hold the money and the guns - they can present you with choices where, in a vacuum, compliance appears rational. but that’s an illusion; compliance is dangerous.
February 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
authoritarianism works in large part because they hold the money and the guns - they can present you with choices where, in a vacuum, compliance appears rational. but that’s an illusion; compliance is dangerous.
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February 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services.
February 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services.