terran.bsky.social
@terran.bsky.social
Human first nationalist
Incredible ability to ship!
January 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
At least not in the way that would transfer to having nothing to contribute to political discourse
January 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Not to be tongue-in-cheek, but I really don’t think having a well researched but fringe (even totally wrong) outlook on the identity of Shakespeare is intellectually damning
January 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Couldn’t this just be a left critique of anything that’s not on the left

You also hear this about neoliberalism, or fusionism, or libertarianism, or
January 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You’re well read and enjoy a back-and-forth

Why not email him challenging questions and post the results?
January 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I keep asking this and not getting a good answer

If he’s a pseudointellectual, why do his critics and interviewers fail? Lack of resources?
January 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If he’s so simple why does the interviewer fumble

I keep seeing this claim, but the more coverage we see that falls short, the more it just looks like laziness
January 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It would be great if someone with some background in history could actually do the interview

This interviewer said it literally “made his head hurt”
January 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I literally said it right here
January 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I just said I don’t like his writing and don’t agree with him

The coverage is still garbage
January 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
You’re a pretty in-depth researcher, grok the online world, and don’t mind taking swings

Maybe this is a Liz spiers piece
January 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
And it seems like everyone is saying the coverage is bad
January 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Where do I endorse any of his ideas

I’m just saying the coverage is bad
January 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
lol I promise
January 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I’m not really a fan, the tone is pompous and I disagree with the conclusions

It’s just grating to see piece after piece claim to take him to task and “shine a light” and skip the step of challenging anything
January 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
That would be great! I’m not surprised that editors were too skeptical to devote resources at first, but you’d think that by now someone with the demeanor you mention would take up the task

It’d be great to see a well researched challenging interview!
January 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This seems like it’s dancing around a bit. If he’s gormless then why does the interviewer struggle? If he’s ineffectual why are there a dozen glossy exposés about him “giving Vance his ideas” as Americas “most controversial political theorist?”

I’m willing to accept its sensationalism
January 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
That’s fair! But it seems like a different argument than him being a waste of time, and might rely on a lack of confidence in readers
January 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So he’s not a shadowy figure influencing elected officials and the donor class?
January 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
You’d think with all of these accusations of being a shallow thinker, someone would be able to demonstrate that in a challenging interview
January 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Because the interviewer embarrassed himself or because nyt readers are incapable of evaluating what’s being said?
January 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The interviewer totally lost his composure

To whatever extent Yarvin is a pseudointellectual, his interviewer fails at demonstrating that
January 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
He’s probably the most accessible billionaire

You can tweet at him and there’s a better chance he’ll reply than your odds with the average nyt journalist
January 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM