> The populist left and neo-reactionary right see identical reality.
My one hope is that these people fall out of favor with the Trump admin and face his wrath.
The neo feudalist fervor among these autists has been transparent for some time now, but in retrospect the constant calls to destroy (as opposed to reform) institutions like education is just one piece of breaking the middle class as a requisite for the sort of power structures they desire.
> The coming clash of civilizations will determine which future becomes real. And I know which side I’m on.
There are some good bits in this writing, it did point out some of the core problems, I was going to discuss some of those points, but the sentences kept rolling by, losing focus and getting sidelined into heroic drama like the quote above.
Actually, there's nothing new, those who taste power want more of it, and since power corrupts, attaining absolute power requires absolute corruption, at some point it must be made legal, based on some theory of rightful oppresiosn and cannot be allowed to be called corruption - "1984" was written long time ago.
It's kind of disturbing to see something so simple and ancient being effectively deployed with absolutely nothing realistically useful against it.
It's time to stop acting surprised that this is happening in America, the Constitution won't defend itself, and Hollywood drama isn't the way to defended it.
We need politics 101, streetwise edition, which ironically, isn't about going to the streets. The first step is to to discuss the policies of the Democratic party, motivations aside, they appear to be more of an aid than a deterrent of the process unfolding before us.
The intelligent few? When becoming fantastically wealthy is almost 100% down to luck, doesn’t he really mean the lucky few?
Because I’m seeing some pretty stupid and moronic people there at the top. People who have let greed dominate them, people who have become drunk with power, people who have lost all semblance of empathy.
The people at the top aren’t any more smarter or better than the rest of us. They were just luckier.
>everyone except the technocratic center now recognizes the current system is finished
It doesn't seem that finished to me. Life isn't perfect but it never has been. I'm betting that flawed democracy will still be with us as it has for the last century.
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[ 2.1 ms ] story [ 33.4 ms ] threadI assert that Curtis Yarvin is absolutely a fringe crank. Peter Thiel is somewhat less so, but only somewhat. Being a billionaire doesn't change that.
My one hope is that these people fall out of favor with the Trump admin and face his wrath.
The neo feudalist fervor among these autists has been transparent for some time now, but in retrospect the constant calls to destroy (as opposed to reform) institutions like education is just one piece of breaking the middle class as a requisite for the sort of power structures they desire.
Is it really just citizens vs subjects? left-right, ying-yang, black-white?
Are the anti-democratic paths deliberate or simple drift?
I am not clear of the "not good enough jobs" how it fits to the arguments.
I am not convinced in deterministic path for tech.
i am also certain this is inconsistent across the Western nations, let alone the world.
finally, (real/true/proper) democracy has some very serious practical problems. "More democracy" may not fix what the author does not like.
There are some good bits in this writing, it did point out some of the core problems, I was going to discuss some of those points, but the sentences kept rolling by, losing focus and getting sidelined into heroic drama like the quote above.
Actually, there's nothing new, those who taste power want more of it, and since power corrupts, attaining absolute power requires absolute corruption, at some point it must be made legal, based on some theory of rightful oppresiosn and cannot be allowed to be called corruption - "1984" was written long time ago.
It's kind of disturbing to see something so simple and ancient being effectively deployed with absolutely nothing realistically useful against it.
It's time to stop acting surprised that this is happening in America, the Constitution won't defend itself, and Hollywood drama isn't the way to defended it.
We need politics 101, streetwise edition, which ironically, isn't about going to the streets. The first step is to to discuss the policies of the Democratic party, motivations aside, they appear to be more of an aid than a deterrent of the process unfolding before us.
Please show up peacefully at the next No Kings. Take some small steps and do something.
The flagnark??
The intelligent few? When becoming fantastically wealthy is almost 100% down to luck, doesn’t he really mean the lucky few?
Because I’m seeing some pretty stupid and moronic people there at the top. People who have let greed dominate them, people who have become drunk with power, people who have lost all semblance of empathy.
The people at the top aren’t any more smarter or better than the rest of us. They were just luckier.
It doesn't seem that finished to me. Life isn't perfect but it never has been. I'm betting that flawed democracy will still be with us as it has for the last century.
By the way I slightly object to appropriating the perfectly good term Clash of Civilizations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_Civilizations) for some Thiel dumb stuff.