This is very good. Follow it to the end!https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/ …
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I was going to make some remarks about the piece but
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The last part of it is eerily relevant to what I was ranting about last night in this thread, though.https://twitter.com/St_Rev/status/1128162464812732416 …
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St. Rev ☯️ 🏴 😻 @St_RevOne of the big lessons of the 20th century is when a set of institutions produces something desirable, FedGov decides to subsidize the shit out of them, the institutions rearrange themselves to eat the money and stop doing whatever FedGov wanted in the first place.Show this thread1 reply 1 retweet 7 likesShow this thread -
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I assumed you were subtweet-responding to
@KevinSimler in this thread! See also this thread about a piece Kevin recommended that I think you will also like parts of:https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1128386849267802112 …David Chapman added,
David Chapman @MeaningnessReplying to @Meaningness @KevinSimlerOTOH, it’s possible that public awareness of dysfunction may lead to political destruction of the existing institutions before we have anything to replace them with. This scares me a lot. Makes it all the more urgent to get the alternatives up and running soon!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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Hadn't read Kevin's piece, I was just expanding on 'no, college AND moon shots are bad'
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I remember reading Charlton's essay recently. A lot of good points, but way too long, and I also have a strong bozo flag set on Charlton for hazy reasons.
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Yes on all counts. “Reactionary Catholic shaking cane at cloud” was part of it. He didn’t quite come out and say “if you believed in God, you’d do science right” but it’s barely below the surface. He did accurately characterize symptoms of moral bankruptcy though!
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