Ron Paul 2024
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Theoretically could there be a government run by intellectuals which thus likes intellectuals (think plato's republic)
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Yeah, he was such a charmer, Norway reinstituted the death penalty just so they could give it to him.....
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Oh lord, the Neoreactionaries. I still remember the exact day I stopped taking alt-right politics seriously: An extended look at this guy's blog:
http://blog.jim.com/
"This would explain the continual and major drop in testosterone levels. It is not literal estrogen in the literal water supply, but metaphorical estrogen in the metaphorical water supply."
Oh boy! We're past fluoride--er, I mean estrogen in the water supply. We're worrying about *metaphorical* water supplies now! How far we have come.
http://blog.jim.com/
"This would explain the continual and major drop in testosterone levels. It is not literal estrogen in the literal water supply, but metaphorical estrogen in the metaphorical water supply."
Oh boy! We're past fluoride--er, I mean estrogen in the water supply. We're worrying about *metaphorical* water supplies now! How far we have come.
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Mikey Anissimo, one of Yudkowsky's spergs-in-arms and nerd fascist blogger, has posted a list of all the accomplishments of the alt-right.
Two-thirds of it are about blogging, the remaining third is crying about the sheeple.
Autismal. As. Fuck.
No, because most intellectuals are not the same people with a boner for absolute dictatorships and there is no guarantee the smart people are going to stay in charge or get corrupted. Lenin's revolutionary government was run by intellectuals, they all got murdered by Stalin.
Theoretical politics is bullshit, anyway. The lesson Communism should have taught us is that reality will never match the narrative.
Two-thirds of it are about blogging, the remaining third is crying about the sheeple.
Autismal. As. Fuck.
No, because most intellectuals are not the same people with a boner for absolute dictatorships and there is no guarantee the smart people are going to stay in charge or get corrupted. Lenin's revolutionary government was run by intellectuals, they all got murdered by Stalin.
Theoretical politics is bullshit, anyway. The lesson Communism should have taught us is that reality will never match the narrative.
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From Anissimov's first link:
"If neoreaction is to be judged by what it has accomplished “in the real world”, it has accomplished absolutely nothing."
Well, at least he admits it!
"If neoreaction is to be judged by what it has accomplished in the intellectual world, is has achieved quite a lot."
Awww, he jumps off the rails.
"But some significant subset of intellectual content will have a disproportionate impact that exceeds the impact of “real world actions” many times over."
Hate to break it to ya Mikey, but I don't think Nrx is part of that "significant subset." Or, if it is, I'd wager it may not have the sort of impact you may like.
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He also thinks the Singularity is gonna happen any time now so it's not crazy to assume he's got kool-aid induced brain problems.
Really, the Autistic Fascist Party has actually accomplished less than a lot of fringe political elements. Lyndon LaRouche still has people waving signs in public, The Tea Party was major news once, even the American Green Party got some small action because of Nader.
They literally only have blogs and people on youtube. Nobody outside a small, small subset has even heard of any of these clowns, and the movement is mostly constrained to first world manchildren.
I'm sure the jews are why they're not a winner.
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"Realpolitik" is something none of these people get, despite it being an easy concept for supposedly smart folks to figure out.
When you come down to it, governments are mostly concerned with looking out for themselves and advancing their own goals. They may advance the goals of others, insofar as they have to to get reelected in a democracy or not deposed in a dictatorship, but the idea that any form of government that isn't selfish to some degree is possible or sustainable is a fantasy. That's why I'm a big proponent of "wasteful" democracy, the system itself is set up so it's hard to do anything without support from several branches specifically because individuals are prone to do things for themselves at the cost of others. And it's not just politicians, we're ALL that way, 90% of our dedication to our jobs probably comes from wages, not passion for work.
The intellectuals (or rather these faux-ones) live in a world where the super-powerful are benevolent and self-sacrificial and will promote the system above themselves. No system ever works or has worked this way, not even the kingdoms and empires of history which only seem appealing because they're too far gone for anyone who remembers living under them to contradict the fantasy when these folks start longing to live under a King again.
WHen the king's treasury ran low, he'd raise taxes so he wasn't broke anymore, whether YOU could pay them wasn't a factor. Modern politicians, for all their flaws and scorn, at least acknowledge they have to justify what they're doing with your money, there's no Divine Right of senators.
When you come down to it, governments are mostly concerned with looking out for themselves and advancing their own goals. They may advance the goals of others, insofar as they have to to get reelected in a democracy or not deposed in a dictatorship, but the idea that any form of government that isn't selfish to some degree is possible or sustainable is a fantasy. That's why I'm a big proponent of "wasteful" democracy, the system itself is set up so it's hard to do anything without support from several branches specifically because individuals are prone to do things for themselves at the cost of others. And it's not just politicians, we're ALL that way, 90% of our dedication to our jobs probably comes from wages, not passion for work.
The intellectuals (or rather these faux-ones) live in a world where the super-powerful are benevolent and self-sacrificial and will promote the system above themselves. No system ever works or has worked this way, not even the kingdoms and empires of history which only seem appealing because they're too far gone for anyone who remembers living under them to contradict the fantasy when these folks start longing to live under a King again.
WHen the king's treasury ran low, he'd raise taxes so he wasn't broke anymore, whether YOU could pay them wasn't a factor. Modern politicians, for all their flaws and scorn, at least acknowledge they have to justify what they're doing with your money, there's no Divine Right of senators.
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His obsession with the exact IQ level of people in the "movement" is the spergiest thing ever, and if there are people with an IQ over 130 who currently think that absolute monarchy is the solution to the world's problems, that's evidence against IQ, not evidence in favour of monarchy.
I also think it's hilarious that he reckons neo-reaction getting "highly intelligent" people together to discuss politics is a particular achievement. It happens all the time in universities, think-tanks and loads of other places. I suppose for Anissimo, if you don't agree with him, you just don't qualify as highly intelligent.
Yes the iq sperging is hilarious. You can practically hear him masturbating while reading it.
Why are these people all so fucking long winded? Is there something about having an IQ of 135 that compels you to write a ten part series that basically boils down to "dirty normies are joining my nerd club, but that's OK, I guess."
Why are these people all so fucking long winded? Is there something about having an IQ of 135 that compels you to write a ten part series that basically boils down to "dirty normies are joining my nerd club, but that's OK, I guess."
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Real bona fide "smart" people who are in the sciences and engineering don't talk like how the stereotypical lab-coat "scientist" on TV speaks.... they talk like the rest of us, because being overly verbose when it's not needed is NOT a very practical or smart thing to do, now is it? Makes me think lots of these people aren't as smart as they think they are and are trying to hide it by copying the mannerisms of a "smart" person, or at least how they're portrayed in fiction.... and it's obvious. Like how every internet "tough guy" is really part of some super-secret special ops military unit, but can't talk about that, cuz' it's secret. It only fools those who'd be dumb enough to try it themselves.
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ChinIsDead
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You know your movement has a terminal case of the spergs when this shit is done in earnest.
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People like this often confuse SJWs for actual democracy and then conclude that democracy is wrong (as opposed to SJWs being a totalitarian movement which is a threat to democracy) They are actually almost identical to SJWs although less influential
The descriptions on the cards are funny, like they're hiding the fact that they are pseudo-intellectual neckbeards. What's with the gold fetish; I mean it doesn't have a value beyond civilization; like if America collapsed your pile of gold is not worth anything.
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The desire to go back to a gold standard has a lot of overlap with a lot of the fringe movements, all stemming from ignorance of economics and a belief that gold is somehow immune to problems only a fiat currency has.
To the anti-government types, as well as the sovereign-citizens/tax deniers its' because they think the Treasury is run by Jews/Space Lizards/insert shadow organization here-types that are skimming millions for themselves and converting it into gold behind the scenes so when society collapses they'll have all the "real" money and the rest of us will have worthless tissue-paper dollars.
The rest like the Dark Enlightenment crowd and others less radical but just as dumb, it's because they naively think that back in the "good ol days" when everyone used gold there were no such things as inflation, market collapses, credit crunches, deficits and all that other stuff, and things like the Great Depression wouldn't have happened had we all had gold coins in our pockets.
Gold is a rallying cry for people too dumb to figure out how an economy works because it's not transparent/small enough for them to get their heads around, but they DO know that gold=valuable throughout history, so to them, that's all that's needed.
To the anti-government types, as well as the sovereign-citizens/tax deniers its' because they think the Treasury is run by Jews/Space Lizards/insert shadow organization here-types that are skimming millions for themselves and converting it into gold behind the scenes so when society collapses they'll have all the "real" money and the rest of us will have worthless tissue-paper dollars.
The rest like the Dark Enlightenment crowd and others less radical but just as dumb, it's because they naively think that back in the "good ol days" when everyone used gold there were no such things as inflation, market collapses, credit crunches, deficits and all that other stuff, and things like the Great Depression wouldn't have happened had we all had gold coins in our pockets.
Gold is a rallying cry for people too dumb to figure out how an economy works because it's not transparent/small enough for them to get their heads around, but they DO know that gold=valuable throughout history, so to them, that's all that's needed.
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The thing is I think there is a disconnect between the Zero -Hedge readin' speculator / investor vs. the Alex Jones readin' THE HAPPENING IS HAPPENING TONITE type.
Gold, or silver isn't a terrible investment. If you spend $20 on a one ounce bar of silver / Morgan dollar, and put a $20 bill next to that silver and bury it in a jelly jar in your backyard, and dig it up 30 years later, the silver will most likely be worth more than the $20 FRN (Federal Reserve Note).
However, none of us are going to be digging holes in our backyard and stuffing coins and bills in jelly jars, and waiting 30 years to dig them up again.