understanding the left
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understanding the left
The reason the ultra-left run into so many ideological incon...
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If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.
If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.
If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.
If you... See more
J.K. Rowlingx.comWhile Jews are a small population, they are 10% of billionaires, and 25% of democratic party donor capital, so they materially influence leftist institutions.
one thing the left has certainly accomplished this past half-century is to associate moral superiority with the underdog.
No one has yet decided on the name for the force that has come to unseat liberalism. Some say it’s “Social Justice.” The author Rod Dreher has called it “therapeutic totalitarianism.” The writer Wesley Yang refers to it as “the successor ideology”—as in, the successor to liberalism.
At some point, it will have a formal name, one that properly... See more
At some point, it will have a formal name, one that properly... See more
trying to understand what ihappened to the left
I don’t know how you can use LLMs without concluding that they’re already a very powerful technology — far more powerful than most experts would have predicted 10 years ago — with the potential to become more powerful in short order. The left may get dealt out of the hand if it doesn’t get better AI critics.
Nate Silver • It's time to come to grips with AI
The "Left" is really "BOTTOM" vs TOP, underdog vs incumbent
support + sympathies of the Left go to any group (identity: sexuality, skin color, gender, ethnicity, resources) that has LESS perceived power or leverage over dominant power on TOP
True historically in US of... See more