Zadok Allen
@zadokallen.bsky.social
Alcoholic amongst fish people, “we are all p-zombies,” globalist Democrat 🌎, techno-optimist; simp for NATO, Fukuyama & Dennet
Kinda coming to a conclusion to be the most successful candidate you need to engage in some intra-party bashing. It energizes people since it’s not repeating the expected party line and cliches.
Being able to speak passionately without resorting to tropes and standard party talking points is essential. Harris was boring to listen to, Trump is an evil idiot but not boring. Charisma isn’t just youth.
Buttigeig and Newsome examples of charismatic center-left.
Buttigeig and Newsome examples of charismatic center-left.
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Kinda coming to a conclusion to be the most successful candidate you need to engage in some intra-party bashing. It energizes people since it’s not repeating the expected party line and cliches.
Damn, want to repost whole thread. We’ve fallen into nihilism and the rejection of objective truth.
Best response is to ensure liberalism defeats the Nihilist Maximus on the very real battlefield in Ukraine. Putin made Trump; we must retaliate. If Americans won’t, Europeans must.
Best response is to ensure liberalism defeats the Nihilist Maximus on the very real battlefield in Ukraine. Putin made Trump; we must retaliate. If Americans won’t, Europeans must.
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Damn, want to repost whole thread. We’ve fallen into nihilism and the rejection of objective truth.
Best response is to ensure liberalism defeats the Nihilist Maximus on the very real battlefield in Ukraine. Putin made Trump; we must retaliate. If Americans won’t, Europeans must.
Best response is to ensure liberalism defeats the Nihilist Maximus on the very real battlefield in Ukraine. Putin made Trump; we must retaliate. If Americans won’t, Europeans must.
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Years and years ago some redditor coined (or popularized?) "second-option bias" to explain the mechanism — people so cynical and self-impressed with their intelligence that they doubt EVERYTHING if normies believe it, and glom onto the first alternative theory they hear, so that they sound smarter.
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Years and years ago some redditor coined (or popularized?) "second-option bias" to explain the mechanism — people so cynical and self-impressed with their intelligence that they doubt EVERYTHING if normies believe it, and glom onto the first alternative theory they hear, so that they sound smarter.
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We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
Sweet Mother of … sheesus, there it is
This email about Lavrov from Epstein is June 24, 2018.
Less than one month later Pompeo met with Lavrov in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. Trump met with Putin the same place on the same day.
I think we finally figured out What the Hell Happened in Helsinki.
Less than one month later Pompeo met with Lavrov in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. Trump met with Putin the same place on the same day.
I think we finally figured out What the Hell Happened in Helsinki.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sweet Mother of … sheesus, there it is
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As a social scientist and a citizen, I always hate dealing with counterfactual claims about what a negotiating process *would have* gotten for your side if only it lasted longer, was done differently, etc.
So hard (impossible?) to evaluate, from Russia-Ukraine to the govt shutdown
So hard (impossible?) to evaluate, from Russia-Ukraine to the govt shutdown
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
As a social scientist and a citizen, I always hate dealing with counterfactual claims about what a negotiating process *would have* gotten for your side if only it lasted longer, was done differently, etc.
So hard (impossible?) to evaluate, from Russia-Ukraine to the govt shutdown
So hard (impossible?) to evaluate, from Russia-Ukraine to the govt shutdown
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i genuinely think that economic history is arguably the most important form of history to read--yes, even more important than your fave--because it drills down past how people felt about the world and into what they could ACTUALLY PRODUCE (just enough to survive)
www.amazon.com/How-World-Be...
www.amazon.com/How-World-Be...
How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth
How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth: 9781509540235: Economics Books @ Amazon.com
www.amazon.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
i genuinely think that economic history is arguably the most important form of history to read--yes, even more important than your fave--because it drills down past how people felt about the world and into what they could ACTUALLY PRODUCE (just enough to survive)
www.amazon.com/How-World-Be...
www.amazon.com/How-World-Be...
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my preferred candidate in Seattle for mayor is not winning, but the alternative candidate is a Newsom-like anti-Trumper moderate, and my reaction to this is “the pattern is not exactly a swing toward the left in this blue wave, but rather toward ’the most anti-Trump candidate’”
which is good imo
which is good imo
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
my preferred candidate in Seattle for mayor is not winning, but the alternative candidate is a Newsom-like anti-Trumper moderate, and my reaction to this is “the pattern is not exactly a swing toward the left in this blue wave, but rather toward ’the most anti-Trump candidate’”
which is good imo
which is good imo
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the future of the democratic party is a coalition of the wokest people on tumblr and absolutely dead-eyed pursuers of the national interest and the maximization of GDP
funny that the two groups in the political class who have been the least enthusiastic about trump term 2 are like neocon blob guys and economists
I feel like the econ policy people have been less annoyingly centrist on Trump than the rest of the think tank ecosystem purely because the only concrete policy he’s pursued in two months are tariffs, which like none of them like
March 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
the future of the democratic party is a coalition of the wokest people on tumblr and absolutely dead-eyed pursuers of the national interest and the maximization of GDP
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They do not think we are a real mass movement.
That's why they have all the crazy "Cathedral" and "Longhouse" and paid protestors shit.
They simply do not believe people believe in liberalism.
They lack a realistic theory of mind for us.
That's why they have all the crazy "Cathedral" and "Longhouse" and paid protestors shit.
They simply do not believe people believe in liberalism.
They lack a realistic theory of mind for us.
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
They do not think we are a real mass movement.
That's why they have all the crazy "Cathedral" and "Longhouse" and paid protestors shit.
They simply do not believe people believe in liberalism.
They lack a realistic theory of mind for us.
That's why they have all the crazy "Cathedral" and "Longhouse" and paid protestors shit.
They simply do not believe people believe in liberalism.
They lack a realistic theory of mind for us.
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Russian fascism is engaged in an existential civilisational battle against liberal democracy, with the Ukrainian working class acting as the first line of defence for Europe.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Russian fascism is engaged in an existential civilisational battle against liberal democracy, with the Ukrainian working class acting as the first line of defence for Europe.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
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We are truly living through a probably of national immiseration and national humiliation and I think the ramifications of that will be profound and long lasting. I don't think a nation so accustomed to stability and prosperity will respond mildly
October 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
We are truly living through a probably of national immiseration and national humiliation and I think the ramifications of that will be profound and long lasting. I don't think a nation so accustomed to stability and prosperity will respond mildly
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one thing i'm pulling for in a post-Trump world is PMC class consciousness against enemies above and below
the techbro DOGE nonsense and the EPA studying chem trails should be a wake up call to everybody that there is a war against smart people who know how things work
the techbro DOGE nonsense and the EPA studying chem trails should be a wake up call to everybody that there is a war against smart people who know how things work
October 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
one thing i'm pulling for in a post-Trump world is PMC class consciousness against enemies above and below
the techbro DOGE nonsense and the EPA studying chem trails should be a wake up call to everybody that there is a war against smart people who know how things work
the techbro DOGE nonsense and the EPA studying chem trails should be a wake up call to everybody that there is a war against smart people who know how things work
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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7 million normie people show up for rallies with pretty radical elements where everyone is talking about abolishing the DHS and you have mayors of major cities calling for General Strikes to thunderous applause.
Internet communists: “this is bad, actually”
Internet communists: “this is bad, actually”
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
7 million normie people show up for rallies with pretty radical elements where everyone is talking about abolishing the DHS and you have mayors of major cities calling for General Strikes to thunderous applause.
Internet communists: “this is bad, actually”
Internet communists: “this is bad, actually”
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Next time you’re tempted to think Bluesky consensus in any way reflects the general public, remember this guy getting ratioed for being skeptical of universal masking, and then go to the grocery store and look around
I am not interested in living in a society of Universal Public Masking and neither are most people. This ask is not reasonable, and the invocation of solidarity in service of it is ridiculous.
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Next time you’re tempted to think Bluesky consensus in any way reflects the general public, remember this guy getting ratioed for being skeptical of universal masking, and then go to the grocery store and look around
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My take now is that since the basic comforts of life are widely available, and most of the ways to pursue pleasure, amusement, and entertainment are ALSO widely available, everyone went insane about money.
I know it’s the most obvious thing in the world but it’s really sad that so many people have absolutely no desires or dreams in life except to accumulate money and our entire world is becoming a fucking pit because of it
October 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My take now is that since the basic comforts of life are widely available, and most of the ways to pursue pleasure, amusement, and entertainment are ALSO widely available, everyone went insane about money.
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I don’t want them to feel good. All they’ve done my entire life is refuse to do the things that need to be done to preserve progress in our country, and bully people who are practical, and then gaslight us. I want them out of the coalition and replaced with tolerable center right folks.
May 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I don’t want them to feel good. All they’ve done my entire life is refuse to do the things that need to be done to preserve progress in our country, and bully people who are practical, and then gaslight us. I want them out of the coalition and replaced with tolerable center right folks.
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This is an essential. "Democrats need to beat the Trumpists in elections that we ensure are free" is the best strategy for the next 2-4 years. But it is not a long-term strategy! The only possible long-term strategy is that someone else needs to defeat the Trumpists for control of the Repub Party.
“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism
October 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is an essential. "Democrats need to beat the Trumpists in elections that we ensure are free" is the best strategy for the next 2-4 years. But it is not a long-term strategy! The only possible long-term strategy is that someone else needs to defeat the Trumpists for control of the Repub Party.
Where I share my thoughts on subjective experience with an online entity:
“Qualia” aren’t real, they are literally figments of your imagination. Being biological in origin also doesn’t make a physical process more “real.”
So obviously if the simulation is perfect the process is functionally equivalent.
So obviously if the simulation is perfect the process is functionally equivalent.
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Where I share my thoughts on subjective experience with an online entity:
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Trump vs. US was the final straw imo. You cannot read that ruling and continue believing they have legitimacy. It is not only against the plain text of the constitution, it is anathema to the national ethos. It is offensively, insultingly un-American and they ceded legitimacy by committing that sin.
October 9, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Trump vs. US was the final straw imo. You cannot read that ruling and continue believing they have legitimacy. It is not only against the plain text of the constitution, it is anathema to the national ethos. It is offensively, insultingly un-American and they ceded legitimacy by committing that sin.
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Waiting for SCOTUS to jump in with a one paragraph unsigned opinion saying that the greater harm here would *not* be allowing Trump to brutalized people living in Democratic cities.
A judge on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to halt its mobilization of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to protect the ICE building in Portland and its officers amid nightly protests.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Waiting for SCOTUS to jump in with a one paragraph unsigned opinion saying that the greater harm here would *not* be allowing Trump to brutalized people living in Democratic cities.
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When the most important things, the new Democratic regime will have to do in 2027 is aggressively prosecute FARA violations. It’s not just the Russians. The Israelis, the Qataris, the PRC, the Indians, all are operating unregistered influence ops in the US
October 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
When the most important things, the new Democratic regime will have to do in 2027 is aggressively prosecute FARA violations. It’s not just the Russians. The Israelis, the Qataris, the PRC, the Indians, all are operating unregistered influence ops in the US
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This is the president of the United States in 1947 to the NAACP
October 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is the president of the United States in 1947 to the NAACP