Monday, May 04, 2020
Sunday, May 03, 2020
Human Scale
Proposing a "theology of local community."
— Josh Hochschild (@JoshHochschild) April 30, 2020
In this 20 minute lecture from almost ten years ago I sketch how the goods of persons are related to the goods of communities.
(video is "unlisted" so this will never turn up in a search!)https://t.co/JMQOI6oiiD
“Taleb's interest is in what the pandemic reveals about the fragility of our institutions. The story historians tell about COVID-19 may prove to be less about the disease & more about its rapidly cascading effects on governmental & financial systems....”https://t.co/RlFzeDMns4
— Josh Hochschild (@JoshHochschild) April 29, 2020
Paul Gottfried Reviews R.R. Reno's Latest Book
The Agonist: The Gutless Persuasion on the Return of the Strong Gods by Paul Gottfried
I think that one sentence should be: "Reno fails to see that a democracy of, say, 10,000 citizens with the same cultural and moral principles would..."
Let me also note that what held together ancient democracies, and what Rousseau properly observed as their strength, was homonoia, a loyalty to the polity, its cult and its history. Today it is doubtful that our football fans embody the same shared sentiments. Reno fails to see that a democracy of, say, 10,000 citizens with the same cultural and moral principles wouldn’t practice self-government in a more meaningful sense than sports enthusiasts bellowing out the national anthem. Certainly, size and heterogeneity affect the quality of a democracy. Still, I wouldn’t expect Russell Reno to concede something so obvious, unless it were in his professional interest.
I think that one sentence should be: "Reno fails to see that a democracy of, say, 10,000 citizens with the same cultural and moral principles would..."
Skin in the Game
Excellent idea.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) May 3, 2020
You want freedom to infect others; now pay for it.
None of the people in parks enjoying their "freedom" should have any priority over and displace other sick people in hospitals. https://t.co/fiL5Ps2OmK
Like the spaghetti-minded Phil-the-rat🐁@Ptetlock, there are still some pple around who are not getting skin in the game.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) May 3, 2020
To repeat: it is not just an incentive-disincentive problem but a FILTER --a filtering mechanism that helps remove harmful idiots. https://t.co/ArlTtIvyaJ
Walter A. McDougall on Douthat's The Decadent Society
AmConMag: On Decadence, Decline, and Hope for a Renaissance by Walter A. McDougall
Ross Douthat says that a revolution is far-fetched, but the virus may provide the necessary alchemy for change.
Douthat is also ignorant of the economic collapse that is taking place, and decadence may be visible in blue urban areas, but I don't think the opioid crisis and the problems of middle red America.
Ross Douthat says that a revolution is far-fetched, but the virus may provide the necessary alchemy for change.
My only objection to Douthat’s diagnosis is that it has little or nothing to say about elites, establishments, and plutocracies. I believe Americans have become decadent in good part because they have chosen to do so, but I also believe it is not paranoid to suggest the choices we make are rarely free ones. Rather, we are constantly tempted, manipulated, by those who occupy the commanding heights and who grasp the levers of power. That is why I recommend readers to pair The Decadent Society with James Kurth’s new book The American Way of Empire: How America Won a World—But Lost Her Way. Among much else, Kurth describes the “preferred domestic public policies” as well as the foreign policies of three American plutocracies. The first rose to power in the 1880s and 1890s on the strength of industrial sectors such as coal, steel, railroads, and oil. Its captains of industry, or “robber barons,” wanted a political system that seemed bracingly democratic, but in fact ensured that both political parties would do their bidding by supporting the gold standard, protective tariffs, a big navy, and foreign markets through the “Open Door” policy. The second American plutocracy that arose in the 1920s and 1930s was split between industry and the financial sector which rose like a rocket during and after the Great War. Wall Street favored free trade and internationalism and thus quarreled with the industrialists of the Middle West. When the Great Depression hit both were hurt badly, but did not succumb to populist or leftist movements thanks to Franklin Roosevelt, World War II, and Harry Truman.
Douthat is also ignorant of the economic collapse that is taking place, and decadence may be visible in blue urban areas, but I don't think the opioid crisis and the problems of middle red America.
And it's probably working...
Kayleigh McEnany: beautiful, Christian, conservative ... designed by nature to enrage MSNBC viewers.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) May 1, 2020
Today @PressSec came out swinging for General Flynn pic.twitter.com/mz5ZhXaNmY
— Jack Po-So-Bik (@JackPosobiec) May 1, 2020
A Casualty of Wokeness
My Native American father drew the Land O’Lakes maiden. She was never a stereotype. https://t.co/i4enGKG2rP
— Kitty Eisele (@RadioKitty) April 29, 2020
Boo-Hoo
BREAKING: The U.S. women's national soccer team's claim for equal pay has been dismissed https://t.co/iMkJUb8Q2L pic.twitter.com/ayB3mFRc2k
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 2, 2020
Lmao epic https://t.co/qoAAIblfc5
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) May 2, 2020
Wakanda Is Not Enough
Blackwashing Arthur and a strong girl protagonist who is actually the first to wield Exaclibur? Winning!
More woke garbage from Netflix. Was the original graphic novel as woke? It does have the girl power aspect. (A woman holding a sword that is so heavy that it requires two hands? In combat? Ridiculous)
Netflix’s Upcoming Cursed Series Features Radical Changes To The Arthurian Legend You Know
Cursed: Everyone Who’s Joining Katherine Langford in Netflix’s Mythical New TV Series
More woke garbage from Netflix. Was the original graphic novel as woke? It does have the girl power aspect. (A woman holding a sword that is so heavy that it requires two hands? In combat? Ridiculous)
Netflix’s Upcoming Cursed Series Features Radical Changes To The Arthurian Legend You Know
Cursed: Everyone Who’s Joining Katherine Langford in Netflix’s Mythical New TV Series
Brion McClanahan on Justin Amash and the Libertarian Party
Steve Sailer: Flight from White, Part 472
And your point? https://t.co/xCLZJFCuxF
— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) May 2, 2020
Because Virtual Reality Is Better than Reality
One is supposed to want be among the Vikings in this, fighting against the English who are seeking to protect their lands from depradation. Maybe that would appeal to some in the alt-r. I don't see any of the PC stupidities that are in the Vikings tv show, but maybe they are present in the game as well.
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