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Charles Murray

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Husband, father, social scientist, writer, Madisonian. Or maybe right-wing ideologue, pseudoscientist, evil. Opinions differ.

Burkittsville, MD
aei.org/scholar/charle…
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    Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray Oct 13

    Charles Murray Retweeted terry graham

    "When reforms finally do occur, they will happen not because stingy people have won, but because generous people have stopped kidding themselves."https://twitter.com/terrydgraham/status/1051172925909422085 …

    Charles Murray added,

    terry graham @terrydgraham
    Replying to @PSheppardTV @RealJamesWoods and 2 others
    This cogent line from @charlesmurray near the end of "Losing Ground" sums it up best (paraphrase): In the end, it won't be the greedy, selfish among us that win. Rather the do-gooders that realize they're doing more harm, than good. pic.twitter.com/0n247qPyhr
    11:45 AM - 13 Oct 2018
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    • Adam Zenko 🇺🇸(((Deplorable)))🇺🇸 TwelveOaks BP Patricia Smith Carolus Rex Chris Cantrall Randor Kevin Moody
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      2. Aurelian of Rome‏ @AurelianofRome Oct 13
        Replying to @charlesmurray

        The legislatures have been rendered permanently inoperable. Anything that emerges will either be incompetently crafted and/or malevolently ideological.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Aurelian of Rome‏ @AurelianofRome Oct 13
        Replying to @AurelianofRome @charlesmurray

        The men who set the world on fire have a vested interest in not being blamed for turning a shining city into a heap of smoldering ruins.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Aurelian of Rome‏ @AurelianofRome Oct 13
        Replying to @AurelianofRome @charlesmurray

        That’s why it’s a fools errand to look for fragments of moral consciousness among those who are resigned to their own conceit. They’ll find more profit in preventing people from holding them to account than in coming clean. Restitution is costly... Repression is not.

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      1. fred‏ @fredededed Oct 13
        Replying to @charlesmurray

        Cited that book a fair bit in grad school, it’s held up well over the years

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      1. Max sheppard‏ @Eastwestmeets Oct 13
        Replying to @charlesmurray

        I’m afraid that’s too cryptic for me, care to expand on that quote?

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      1. MinamtheDwarf‏ @MinamtheD Oct 13
        Replying to @charlesmurray

        There need to be consequences to spreading idiocy. The MSM needs to start losing viewer when they spout stupidity. That's required for people to stop kidding themselves. Chicken and egg problem.

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