understanding the left
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understanding the left
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
-women vs Men
-black vs White
-poor vs Rich
-queer vs Straight
-musli... See more
one thing the left has certainly accomplished this past half-century is to associate moral superiority with the underdog.
If you rule out all dissent on the basis that it's hate speech and misinformation, you will detach entirely from reality.
To my Western leftist friends, from your leftist Israeli friend
yuval-idan.medium.com
While Jews are a small population, they are 10% of billionaires, and 25% of democratic party donor capital, so they materially influence leftist institutions.
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
i've noticed a weird aversion to using AI on the left. not sure if it's a climate or an IP thing or what, but it seems like a massive self-own to deduct yourself 30+ points of IQ because you don't like the tech