@maximalworm

Philosophy PhD Candidate at @ouranu • Occasionally posts about public policy and politics • Writes at https://xitter.cf/t.co/K6Z7JjjjD1 sometimes

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only two situations where violent clashes with the state helps you achieve desired social change: 1. you are attacked by the state first and you don't retaliate by fighting back or rioting 2. you successfully lead an insurrection otherwise riots = more votes for your opposition
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everyone takes that one MLK quote out of context (the whole point is that you shouldn't simply condemn riots without also condemning the conditions that create them) IMO celebrating mindless rioting is very indicative of powerlessness and that powerlessness is not noble per se
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you should want to be powerful!
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Not really, given that superannuation tax concessions cost a lot in forgone revenue This only makes sense if you pretend that fiscal incidence isn't a thing and only spending matters
Quokka 🏳️‍🌈@Q2QuokkaOct 19
Australia escaped the horrors we see coming out of France right now with their pension spending.
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The fiscal upside is real but it's political in nature: You can sell weaker/lower retirement income as something caused by market forces rather than having to directly reduce the age pension
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Quokka 🏳️‍🌈@Q2QuokkaOct 19
Australia escaped the horrors we see coming out of France right now with their pension spending.
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argument from miracles going well
New York Post
@nypostOct 18
Priest gave sermon on spontaneity of death just before falling crucifix killed him during livestreamed mass trib.al/z1QhWvA
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Leaving old age welfare intact while letting the rest of the welfare state rot was and is good right-wing strategy Keep the boomers voting for you and foster resentment against old age welfare among young people
Cameron 🇺🇸 🗽🦅
@CameronCorduroyOct 18
i have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach that eventually the boomer property tax revolt will foment a reverse-polarity version in young people ("well then why should i keep paying Social Security taxes?") and the entire concept of cooperative public goods disintegrates
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It's a great way to split the welfare coalition and undermine social solidarity The really difficult thing is you can't exactly let the boomers off the hook for it either
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Ben Gross@bengrossbgOct 17
Most insightful and in-depth center-right criticism of market socialism:
Ariele 🏗️🌐🏳️‍⚧️@PositivistWitchOct 16
dabbling my feet in roemer analytical marxism coupon socialism and all i have to say is. holy shit just do a free market welfare state
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This poem manages to patronize both America and every other country in the world at the same time. It’s kind of incredible how trite it is. Sub-Rupi Kaur literature
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Joshua Blanchard@philoshuaOct 16
A lot of philosophy-infused AI discourse is ridiculous because it boils down to this: "Look at this dumb layperson who believes [contentious view held by some philosophers of mind]. As an expert, I can tell you [contentious view held by some philosophers of mind]."
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@HalalcoholismOct 13
Gillis’ monologue wasn’t great but so much in this video captures the rancid off-putting vibes of Peak Woke. Treating a joke as a serious thesis; rephrasing Gillis to make it seem worse; the tone of sneering, smug superiority. Hope we’ve seen the last of elites talking like this.
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@TMZOct 12
"Schitt's Creek" star Dan Levy rips Shane Gillis "SNL" monologue as misogynistic. 🎥: Instagram/instadanjlevy
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Milan Busk@KarolusWangusOct 13
The buttoned-down geeks won WW2, then came home and led the nation to the greatest prosperity it ever knew. The "savage violence" roid monkeys lost a war to the Taliban, then came home and sold crappy "veteran owned" coffee.
P@PaidtoRaidOct 11
Replying to @Tonkzfud
That’s a military tradition that needs to fade away. There’s people who like yourself underperform at you PMOS and should be relegated to such duties. However the rest of combat arms should only focus on winning its nations wars.
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Acyn
@AcynOct 10
Trump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap
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Philosophy, fiction and policy interests/political economy
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Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. Batman Begin
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Kill Tim Faust 💀@crulgeOct 8
I don't think Zohran is committing genocide
Peter Sterne@petersterneOct 8
Replying to @petersterne
Anti-Mamdani chants at the protest: “Zohran, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?” “700,000 dead. Mamdani, your hands are red!” “Traitor, traitor, come on out! You sold all your people out!” “Zohran, you can’t hide. We charge you with genocide!”
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