Month: June 2020

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I told Scott Alexander

I told him, your friends are your enemies, and your enemies are your friends. A few hours ago, he shut down his blog, Slate Star Codex, because the New York Times came after him. Every year I have lived, it has been getting crazier, faster and faster. If Trump fails to become Caesar Augustus, Scott …

war

Color Revolution

This blog does not pay much attention to the events of the day, because if you pay too much attention the events of the day you lose track of the long term trend, which has been in a leftist holiness spiral for two centuries, ever holier, ever faster, which unless checked by military dictatorship, ends …

culture

Status and violence

Observe that everywhere throughout the American hegemony, it is cool and hip to protest the murder of George Floyd. Enormous crowds are protesting in Germany, in Australia, in Amsterdam. Suddenly no one remembers Wu Flu. Look for the dog that did not bark: They are not protesting in Russia and China. People behind the shield …