Politics

One of the biggest ways Trump changed America is a variety of people now use a presidential nominee as a consequence, a threat, a slur—something to impose on people you'd like to hurt, even if it hurts you too.

When one side declares war, the war has started. Your refusal to fight back doesn't mean there's no war, it just means you're going to get fucking destroyed.

what’s become clear is that a large number of people faced with the trolley problem would just get mad about the fact that you’re asking them to pull the lever

Europeans aren't poor. They are illiquid. Much of Europe's wealth is stored in safe streets, nice parks, public transit, "free" healthcare, etc. which, it turns out, are too socially expensive for Americans to maintain. Americans take the money instead. The rest is only natural.

MLK, Jr. succeeded because he crafted his message for a broader audience. Today's protestors ought to learn from his strategy. Most folks aren't paying attention until extreme events happen. Don't give others the opportunity to paint you as an extremist when you're not.

what’s become clear is that a large number of people faced with the trolley problem would just get mad about the fact that you’re asking them to pull the lever

In any cause the undecided are who you have to convince. So if you actually care about the cause, you can't afford the luxury of despising them, regardless of how good it might make you feel.

The “male loneliness epidemic” is sociologically real and societally detrimental but the notion that it’s somehow caused by women or women’s problem to solve is absurdly hilarious.

What I think is a mistake is to inconvenience the public merely for the sake of inconveniencing them. If a big protest incidentally blocks traffic, that's ok. But a small number of people blocking traffic *in order to* inconvenience the public is a tactical error.

At the risk of making twitter really mad, I think “no ethical consumption under capitalism” means stuff like no matter how you get your produce, someone in the supply chain was exploited not like “fuck it - $500 SHEIN hauls”.