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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 May 2018

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Megan McArdle

      I don't want to to dunk on this amusing tweet too much but it has to be noted that this is the exact same logic that led Southerners to think secession would work in 1861: that North wouldn't fight because too soft, effeminate, cut off from blood & soil etchttps://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo/status/1000745664102486016 …

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      Megan McArdleVerified account @asymmetricinfo
      I am struggling to imagine what sort of army could be fielded by the "twee cosmopolitan elite" side of America's culture war. https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1000743583161507841 …
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 May 2018
      Replying to @MattBruenig

      Yeah,, that was also a conceptual error in 1861. One side thought that the values of chivalry outweighed railroads and armaments.

      4:49 PM - 27 May 2018
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        2. Бди!‏ @grapesmoker 27 May 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattBruenig

          the cosmopolitan elite may be twee, but they're no less capable of violence for all that

          4 replies 3 retweets 56 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 May 2018
          Replying to @grapesmoker @MattBruenig

          Yep, cosmopolitan liberal elite capable of incredible violence (as @ebruenig hinted at and many American wars demonstrate).

          3 replies 4 retweets 99 likes
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        1. Franklin Harris‏ @FranklinH3000 27 May 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattBruenig

          Yes, but the cosmopolitan elite has neither chivalry nor arms, unless one counts the bodyguards. So, how many is that?

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        1. Plain Lincoln‏ @PlainLincoln 27 May 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattBruenig

          No, Jeet: One side thought that the fact that no-one ever answered them back meant that they were always right and brilliant. In fact it meant that extermination of their way of life was the only solution. Again, Canada is not like that.

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        1. mollyswordmcdonough  🌊‏ @mollysmcdonough 27 May 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattBruenig

          The tweet made me think of the Hollywood people who designed an entire fake invasion force in England, with the real General Patton as its leader, to fool the Nazis about the location of the D-Day landings. Don’t mess with creative people!

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        1. God's Own Monster‏ @scabbyscribe56 27 May 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattBruenig

          As John Dolan once said, when one said starts talking about how spirit and culture will make up for lack of material, that side is lost.

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        2. ItsmeEd‏ @ItsmeEdOB 27 May 2018
          Replying to @ebruenig @HeerJeet @MattBruenig

          I’m in!

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        1. J B X‏ @JimbauxsJournal 27 May 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattBruenig

          Another critical factor in the Union victory was that a significant percentage of the Union Army's soldiers were immigrants and black people. I can't help but think that the same will be true for our side in the next civil war!

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        1. rainy gay redux‏ @dacheteur 27 May 2018
          Replying to @HeerJeet @MattBruenig

          Good thing the Red States don’t need technology or electricity for anything since the blue states have a monopoly on tech/hackers

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