Obviously there are actual social differences between the parties, but like if your heuristic was: "rich people would support just about anything to avoid losing money/power". That would probably end up explaining like 95% of the decision making of both parties.

Honestly its just time to end the democratic party.

We're going to find out in real time what the difference between "communism with free markets" and "capitalism without individual rights" is.

One of those both groups are now smarter situations...

What power does this cabal really have? It seems they derive their power from 2 sources: 1) Vice/Taboo - supply pedophilia, human hunting, torture, rape, canabalism 2) Access - can get you access to anyone in or adjacent to their network

Theory of power look vastly different than 2 weeks ago:

Trying to make sense of how the Epstein stuff could happen:

The Epstein stuff is existential shit. You cannot have a government (much less a democracy) if this stuff is left unchecked. We are jetting into a concrete wall at 1000 mph. It's a legitimacy crisis, people will stop believing in the idea of the state.

The Epstein files probably change my world view on conspiracies. Previously thought it would be neigh impossible to keep secrets amongst a large group of people. But seems to be very possible at the elite level if people are similarly aligned.

It's simple we just need a "Generation Home Transfer" tax credit. Raise prices for sellers, lower prices for buyers.

Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!

One thing that a lot of people are getting caught up on is thinking that all the fascist stuff doesn't come from trump himself. He purposefully surrounds himself with people who are willing to appear more extreme than him so he can swoop in and appear to be the normal one.

Like basically probably have to do these things:

HOW BETTING BECAME POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE In today's New York Times piece, I wrote about how prediction markets validate political events before Congress can respond, and how those market outcomes can end up deciding what's legitimate.

Kinda think in hindsight the cold war was more a two-party managed world order instead of a great powers conflict. The fall of the USSR was more a harbinger of what was to come for the US.

As an aside the Greenland flag is one of the coolest out there 🇬🇱

I didn't know this about Mark Carney but apparently he argued for replacing the USD with a "Synthetic Hegemonic Currency" (SHC). Would be some kind of digital currency issued through various central banks.

Like obviously this is especially egregious but the nobel prize in general is not good! It incentivizes a culture of prestige-chasing. We must open our hearts and base our actions in the service of humanity.

Tbh I think the original food pyramid was mostly right and more Americans need to learn about the superpower called *multigrain*!

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

Pretty interesting stuff happening here

Probably no greater feeling in the world than firing off a dozen tshirts with the tshirt cannon gatling gun

The problem isn't the media environment. The problem is the presidency is way too powerful. We basically shouldn't have any national elections.

Why do we even have the whole administrative state placed under the executive branch? Seems like it would be better to role this up under the legislature and have the agencies be controlled directly by the committees.

Flying in an airplane is probably the most surreal thing any of us will ever do