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.https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/navy-warships-conduct-back-to-back-freedom-of-navigation-operations-in-south-china-sea-1.627890 …
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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.https://youtu.be/Ms_WY0s_1XM
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@selentelechia 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.4 replies 0 retweets 37 likesShow this thread -
Cribbing from Ken Kesey, this is accepting the role another has chosen for you in their story rather than acting as the protagonist in your own. This makes overcoming a hostile narrative nearly impossible. You write your own defeat into every line.
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is there a particular place where Kesey says that? (I haven’t read Cuckoo’s Nest, but am reading around him, probably missing something obvious)
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I have no idea so I might be making it up (but I don't think so) May have been from an essay about him, possibly on SSC
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bingo https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/07/23/book-review-the-electric-kool-aid-acid-test/ …pic.twitter.com/ZAIxlfG9Zo
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Smashing, that has to be where I recognised it from / first assimilated that idea. Scott is awesome. Thank you
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