Things That Might Be Done: A List
to be updated as I have ideas
Conversation
1. Block lists
Self-explanatory.
Want to identify certain bad actors and limit exposure.
Have ideas about how to do this effectively but will discuss in other fora.
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2. Freedom of Navigation operations
Explanation: China claims control over certain waterways that are viewed by other countries as international. The US Navy routinely sends warships through these waters without consulting China to maintain the principle that they are open.
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A common tactic used by illiberal groups is arranging for someone to be destroyed for speech that was heretofore well within civil bounds.
Analogously to the Navy, one might attempt to defend open turf in a principled manner.
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Executing this is tricky, because certain outlets (eg: Quillette) that attempt this end up being simply written out of the Overton window and ignored . . . or something. The dynamic isn't legible to me yet but it seems like cracking it might suggest a counter.
Thinking on this.
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3. Shift to an assertive stance.
We have spent years falling back on our heels.
This needs to stop.
youtu.be/Ms_WY0s_1XM
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. has a favorite post that describes the psychology of a player in MtG who reaches a point where he decides he is going to lose the game. At that point, he stops playing to win, and starts making moves that rationalize what he perceives to an inevitable loss.
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is this “stuck in the middle with bruce”? a classic
