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Damn
After Scott Alexander’s awesome post on the reaction, I was hoping for some good follow-ups. It appears I’ll be disappointed. His initial post dealt almost exclusively with the reaction’s critique of...
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Randoms
- The court of public opinion: The court of public opinion is an alternative system of justice. It’s very different from the traditional court system: This court is based on reputation, revenge, public...
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Volunteer thought police
I remain fascinated by people who voluntarily work as thought police for the PC regime. As I’ve said before, totalitarian regimes have always had to pay or threaten people into doing their bidding....
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An interview with Richelieu
Here’s an imaginary interview with Cardinal Richelieu: “The moment you introduce majority rule in the tribal world,” the cardinal replied, “you destroy the natural equilibrium of oppression. “The...
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More on immigration
Steve Sailer and Moldbug both have thoughts on the crappy immigration piece I linked to last week. This just might be the best idea ever: “There should be an award given each year to the...
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Randoms
- A review of Paul Gottfried’s War and Democracy. - The electoral consequences of a path to citizenship. - How bad is USG? - Mangan reviews a book on mental illness. - The people is an ass. - Africa...
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Review of “Second Foundation” by Isaac Asimov
I’ve been reading these books in chronological order within the series, not in the order they were published. Asimov’s oldest books in the series are packed with interesting ideas, but the writing...
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Review of “Foundation’s Edge” by Isaac Asimov
This book begins with a group of First Foundationers who believe the Second Foundation still exists. They also believe the Second Foundation will eventually take over the Empire once it has been built...
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Diversity
David Friedman has some thoughts on diversity: Imagine that a university department has an opening and is down to two or three well qualified candidates. They learn that one of them is an articulate...
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Randoms
- Dalrock: While I’m not a professor of economics from MIT, I do have a real degree in economics and an honorary PhD in red pill pharmacy. Putting those two together allows me to explain what so...
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Randoms
- Lately, it seems like particularly evil ideas (like this one) are put forth by women that look like the one in that video. Seems like this phenomenon should have a name. - Happy (belated) Easter. -...
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This week in democracy
I came across a variety of thoughts on democracy this week. Here are some excerpts. Bryan Caplan wins the Ms. Conry Award (she was my 4th grade Social Studies teacher) for democratic naiveté for these...
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Review of “Breakfast with the Dirt Cult” by Samuel Finlay
It’s hard to tell who reads this blog, but I get the distinct impression that readers from the US military are over-represented compared to the general population. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting or...
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Gentrification and colonization
You hear a lot about gentrification these days. As with so many other phenomenon, gentrification is best defined by Urban Dictionary, which defines gentrification as: When a bunch of white people move...
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Randoms
- An introduction to the Neoreaction: Ultimately, however, if after all these centuries of trying to improve society based on abstract ideas of justice have only made life worse than it would have been...
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BTCs
Everyone’s talking about BTCs, so I should probably throw in my two cents. What is the purpose of an alternative currency? Let me answer that by analogy. What is the purpose of the internet? If you’re...
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Randoms
- At Outside In: If those Chinese eugenics nightmares come to pass, the future is theirs by (natural) right. A people that opts for stupidity deserves to be replaced. - DC might get a majority white...
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They blinded me with scienz
The dudes that demonstrated that the earth is a couple thousand years old have apparently moved on. Their latest project is an attempt to demonstrate that everyone is equal across various traits and...
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Randoms
- Communism never died (HT). - Isegoria is reading George Fitzhugh. - Radish takes on colonialism. - It might be nice if “hate speech” was criminalized like this, as long as it was done in a consistent...
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