over the last few weeks a kind of annoyance has been crystalizing ... or, rather, my understanding of the set of people/actions that trigger it is crystalizing the other side is "the anti-civilizational". not people, but behaviors. Some very pro-C people have anti-C behaviors
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2/ might work it up into an essay, but probably won't There are all sorts of personal moral failings, peccadilloes, sins, etc. that are, I suggest, sub optimal, but do not really harm civilization that much.
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3/ Talking about things normalizes them, and causes memes to spread, whereas just doing certain things does not. Arguably better to have two quiet alcoholics than one person writing essays about the joys of "day drinking".
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4/ So I guess I'm talking, to some degree, about a "memetic commons". But there are other ways to damage civilization. Casually using up or degrading resources for hedonistic purposes instead of husbanding them is another.
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5/ The obvious example of that would be use and damaging natural resources, but I'm actually thinking more about the Roissy / Heartiste types. On the one hand, Roissy talks about "the thousand cock stare" ... and on the other hand, he - through his actions - helps create it.
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6/ heading into EXTREME TRADCON territory here, but all sorts of actions that either lower the chances of family formation (propagandizing young women into career-and-sex over family, seducing young women for a one night stand, etc.) or delay it (propagandizing "enjoy your 20s")
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7/ meet this standard. As do other activities that coarsen the public sphere - and I'm not just talking "producing hard core pornography", but also just "casual use of F-bombs in areas that should be family friendly areas, like parks, sidewalks, restaurants".
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Replying to @MorlockP
I swear like a pirate but am close to perfect around my kids
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same, re kids in general, and my wife in particular I think she's heard 2 F-bombs in 10 years. ...both when there was literal blood (mine) on the ground
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