the aim of the american constitutional structure is twofold: to prevent major change without consensus and to have a workable system of self-government. supermajority rules for ordinary business might promote consensus (i think this is wrong btw) but they make government unworkable!
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
the aim of the american constitutional structure is twofold: to prevent major change without consensus and to have a workable system of self-government. supermajority rules for ordinary business might promote consensus (i think this is wrong btw) but they make government unworkable!
A General Consensus
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A General Consensus
This is literally the consensus belief on this website. And because everyone knows it’s the consensus belief, big tastemaker accounts completely refuse to challenge it, because their game is to say things that they know the majority of their audience will agree with. So the falsehood spreads.
defining the economy is capitalist propaganda, as is measuring it with graphs. also, the economy is bad and used to be better and everyone knows it.
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is literally the consensus belief on this website. And because everyone knows it’s the consensus belief, big tastemaker accounts completely refuse to challenge it, because their game is to say things that they know the majority of their audience will agree with. So the falsehood spreads.
America is about to end up in a procedural session where consensus is never met for the rest of eternity.
Anarchism: Doesn't Sound So Silly Now, Does It? An introduction
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
America is about to end up in a procedural session where consensus is never met for the rest of eternity.
few books i recommend as much as @rickperlstein.bsky.social's "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus"
want a guidebook for taking over the dems? its in there.
want a guidebook for taking over the dems? its in there.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
few books i recommend as much as @rickperlstein.bsky.social's "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus"
want a guidebook for taking over the dems? its in there.
want a guidebook for taking over the dems? its in there.
Being pro-Israel was an elite consensus and litmus test and it is no longer sustainably capable of being one
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Being pro-Israel was an elite consensus and litmus test and it is no longer sustainably capable of being one
I followed the chain back and I don't think the claim is really consensus belief on here, I just think the relevant nexus of beliefs highly correlates with "likely to get in a fight with Will Stancil" and that is distorting his perception somewhat.
This is literally the consensus belief on this website. And because everyone knows it’s the consensus belief, big tastemaker accounts completely refuse to challenge it, because their game is to say things that they know the majority of their audience will agree with. So the falsehood spreads.
defining the economy is capitalist propaganda, as is measuring it with graphs. also, the economy is bad and used to be better and everyone knows it.
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I followed the chain back and I don't think the claim is really consensus belief on here, I just think the relevant nexus of beliefs highly correlates with "likely to get in a fight with Will Stancil" and that is distorting his perception somewhat.
The broad vibe shift against an organization like AIPAC is good overall and indicates something serious in the underlying direction of the Democratic base but I think, and have for a long time now thought, it was always a bit too simplistic to chalk up the pro-Israel consensus *to* AIPAC et al.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The broad vibe shift against an organization like AIPAC is good overall and indicates something serious in the underlying direction of the Democratic base but I think, and have for a long time now thought, it was always a bit too simplistic to chalk up the pro-Israel consensus *to* AIPAC et al.
It feels like something's shifted in the national consensus.
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
It feels like something's shifted in the national consensus.
The general consensus among archaeologists is that Easter island heads are smarter but Olmec heads are more compassionate
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The general consensus among archaeologists is that Easter island heads are smarter but Olmec heads are more compassionate
Given the reaction from the rest of the caucus it's pretty clear that's NOT the consensus.
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Given the reaction from the rest of the caucus it's pretty clear that's NOT the consensus.
Worth remembering as ever that within the life time of most of our political class, the 'whacky' idea of abolishing landlordism was cross party consensus
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Worth remembering as ever that within the life time of most of our political class, the 'whacky' idea of abolishing landlordism was cross party consensus
immiseration is more or less a bipartisan policy consensus; we are being asked to choose the window dressing
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
immiseration is more or less a bipartisan policy consensus; we are being asked to choose the window dressing
These are economic fundamentals underpinned by a tacit policy consensus between PD and FdI that the UK's Starmer government dreams of having
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
These are economic fundamentals underpinned by a tacit policy consensus between PD and FdI that the UK's Starmer government dreams of having
The Anglo consensus of the first half of 2010s was that where continental Europeans were endemically subject to crises and demagoguery, "we" were distinctly were more enlightened. Cameron's Britain. Obama's America. Ponderous essays about Magna Carta and the "golden thread".
How wrong it all was.
How wrong it all was.
I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Anglo consensus of the first half of 2010s was that where continental Europeans were endemically subject to crises and demagoguery, "we" were distinctly were more enlightened. Cameron's Britain. Obama's America. Ponderous essays about Magna Carta and the "golden thread".
How wrong it all was.
How wrong it all was.
The consensus is that the electrification of transportation will destroy 5 million barrels per day of oil demand by 2030.
In this new piece I argue that this number is too low for a bunch of reasons.
In this new piece I argue that this number is too low for a bunch of reasons.
Gluttons For Punishment: Oil Industry Doubles Down Against Reality
The world is facing a multi-year oil glut where the oil producers will be pumping more oil out of the ground than the world is using. This will keep oil prices at low levels – likely well below the le...
powering-the-planet.ghost.io
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The consensus is that the electrification of transportation will destroy 5 million barrels per day of oil demand by 2030.
In this new piece I argue that this number is too low for a bunch of reasons.
In this new piece I argue that this number is too low for a bunch of reasons.
The Consensus for Showdown № 224 is in 🗳️
Here are the top twenty best underseen horror films, as voted by the Letterboxd community 🎃
View the list: boxd.it/PYW8M
Here are the top twenty best underseen horror films, as voted by the Letterboxd community 🎃
View the list: boxd.it/PYW8M
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Consensus for Showdown № 224 is in 🗳️
Here are the top twenty best underseen horror films, as voted by the Letterboxd community 🎃
View the list: boxd.it/PYW8M
Here are the top twenty best underseen horror films, as voted by the Letterboxd community 🎃
View the list: boxd.it/PYW8M
Like, 15 years ago, “analytics” might have been a new strategy from an upstart team looking for an edge. The skepticism was understandable, if closed-minded and retrograde. Now basically every team in every pro league uses them! They’re the consensus!
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Like, 15 years ago, “analytics” might have been a new strategy from an upstart team looking for an edge. The skepticism was understandable, if closed-minded and retrograde. Now basically every team in every pro league uses them! They’re the consensus!
Honestly terrifying that the BBC can run an unhinged story about lesbians being forced to have sex with trans women, with one of the main sources being a rapist who responded to the story's publication by calling for trans people to all be hung, and the Official Consensus is they are too pro-trans
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Honestly terrifying that the BBC can run an unhinged story about lesbians being forced to have sex with trans women, with one of the main sources being a rapist who responded to the story's publication by calling for trans people to all be hung, and the Official Consensus is they are too pro-trans
The consensus seems to be that it’s bad for me to be off by anti-psychotic
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The consensus seems to be that it’s bad for me to be off by anti-psychotic
And it's very clearly a result of his leadership style tbh, he's good at getting voters together and building consensus by basically talking to everyone all the time, but that does not work when the moderates are swearing bullets and wanting to rabbit. Hard to use honey to make someone stop
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
And it's very clearly a result of his leadership style tbh, he's good at getting voters together and building consensus by basically talking to everyone all the time, but that does not work when the moderates are swearing bullets and wanting to rabbit. Hard to use honey to make someone stop
I think it’s insane how people just make stuff up about people they don’t like. It’s like consensus reality broke and everyone decided to create their CYOA
holy shit this isn’t true
how do you read a wikipedia page this incorrectly???
how do you read a wikipedia page this incorrectly???
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I think it’s insane how people just make stuff up about people they don’t like. It’s like consensus reality broke and everyone decided to create their CYOA
Rather the development of this more hardline consensus came after the fall of an important structural counterweight in the USSR and the assumption of near total impunity on the part of the United States in its rampage across MENA, as well as the enduring depiction of Palestinians as subhuman.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Rather the development of this more hardline consensus came after the fall of an important structural counterweight in the USSR and the assumption of near total impunity on the part of the United States in its rampage across MENA, as well as the enduring depiction of Palestinians as subhuman.