there were a lot of problems with Atlas Shrugged as literature but as others have observed it was masterful in its depiction of the operation of state establishments in the face of economic collapse this reads like a government pronouncement from the second half of the bookhttps://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1450410755698958337 …
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im thinking in particular of the speech by the agriculture secretary or whatever explaining to americans that of course they dont need to be eating as much as they have been, simply look at the thin gruel of the chinese, are they not men, why can we not adopt their ways
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one thing i do not recall in that book is any depiction of people getting Sick Of This Shit or of political entrepreneurs rand portrays only business people and apparatchiks as actors but in a real crisis there are plenty of opportunities for political innovators
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anyway something to look forward to
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sailers law of male activists or something vonnegutian orientialism edition ht
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c'est pire qu'un crime, c'est une fautehttps://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1450535577930108930?t=vdvvfNuwVKRCS9S5pVMoEA&s=19 …
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i basically agree with the gist of this thread major caveat is i populations may be willing to put up with privation if they believe there is a reason for doing so (eg war for a nation they want to defend) but otherwise ehhhhhh watch the mandate of heavenhttps://twitter.com/Tinkzorg/status/1450476015566852099?t=4exQN6H5VddnshAl-gMnMA&s=19 …
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Nixon Respecter 40k @TinkzorgTucker Carlson recently made the point on his show that the only real claim to legitimacy left for liberalism now is consumerism. Take away that, and you have a regime without any claim to legitimate rule. The supply chains aren't going to be restored for *years*. pic.twitter.com/2sO2yKLjtDShow this thread3 replies 4 retweets 38 likesShow this thread -
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i dont think its a matter of elan so much as it is a matter of a cause in this case elan feels downstream of asabiyyah
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