Great thread (as always) by 17c here but I disagree with this assertion. The "problem" with evolution is that it has the ability to get trapped at local maxima - as long as a solution is good enough, it suffices. Progressivism is strengthened by evolved adaptations to it.https://twitter.com/17cShyteposter/status/1421369011841892352 …
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Look at criminal justice as an ex. Initial state - cops on beats have personal executive authority Progressive attack - only priestly judicial authority can legitimize punishment Evolved solution - cops can that authority only on a "suspect" who "flees" or "resists"
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This evolved solution works for a while but the progressives start getting itchy - there's power out there and people unwilling to defend it. Video cameras in private hands mean *every* incident can be reviewed by priests - the adaptation fails.
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Why did it fail? Because when the Rodney King case was going on the response wasn't "yes, they beat him for punitive reasons and this is required for a functioning society" - it was the good enough "uh, he was resisting". The good enough is what evolution cares about.
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The bigger fight was put off for another day and now the good enough has failed utterly - progs watch a woman get shot when literally attempting to plunge a knife into another woman and insist that's not enough justification for a cop exercising executive authority.
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This pattern is repeated on every progressive advance. Progressives destroy social order, the response is to figure out something progressives haven't gotten around to outlawing and use that to patch up the damage. Meanwhile progressive look at the patch and plan to eat that.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon
The only counter ex I can think of is that higher ed became a signal of IQ when it became too complex to legally administer IQ tests for hiring for most firms and higher ed is still here OTOH that may be intentional for indoctrination and it is being gutted by anti-testing mania
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That's not a counter-example. Ban IQ testing -> use SAT range of admits from applicant's alma mater as an approximation Prog adaptation -> step up gating on ideological conformity for admissions That was a case where the "work around" directly granted money and power to progs.
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