ok I read the scott piece holy shithttps://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/a-modest-proposal-for-republicans …
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Thanks! I'm actually going to write a follow-up to this. I think wokeness has been mostly a big effort to redistribute respect, but it ran into Okun's Leaky Bucket...
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Do you think maybe there was some overcorrection at some point? I'm sure an NPR reporter gets more status and respect from our current elites than a small business owner.
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Would you describe it as something beyond the ordinary?
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Can't wait till he praises something as supererogatory
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Am I evil if I don't want equal respect
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Nah, I think it just means you have low self-esteem

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I seem to recall that Mickey Kaus was on this beat in the '90s
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Notice the number of people addressing certain classes (e.g. Legislators or the very rich) as “Sir” in Tweets (there is no equivalent for women of that ilk btw). How jarring it is to see people use limited characters to do that.
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Sir, I too have noticed that, but it's often ironic
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