10. like, maybe "by *selectively* being more immigrant-friendly in STEM fields, the actual effect is to weaken the bargaining power of the American STEM bloc relative to other political blocs." LMK if this is a mischaracterization?
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11. my gut reaction to that is "if you're being singled out to be held to a high standard, you should advocate raising the standards for everyone else, not lowering them for yourself." Sure, end *selective* STEM immigration -- by allowing more immigration everywhere else!
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12. Now squishy shit. "Globalist"/"internationalist" culture shit.
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13. I hope you understand why I go "aaaaaaaaaaa" when people go "ew, these people who lend money, go from place to place, are into spreadsheets and abstractions, and don't follow our martial/socially-conservative national traditions." You see, I *like* living.
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14. When I hear the word "bugman" I start fantasizing about finally having enough time in my schedule to go to the gun range on the regular. *I like living.* This is kinda important.
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15. So, ok. The international liberal order was set up in 1945 and it was meant to promote US interests. Nobody talks about that now except foreign countries that oppose the US, and Yarvin, but it was. "Internationalism" is a method of maintaining US global hegemony.
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16. Internationalism has bad points and good points. The bad part: lots of war. The good part: sorry but a lot of American values are good actually. I *want* girls to get to leave home and go to school or work and keep their money in their pocket and have a room of their own.
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17. All that Disney-princess stuff. "I wanna be where the people are". "How far I'll go." "I can show you the world." "There must be more than this provincial life." It's ... poignant. It's a real thing. And it's a very American-universalist thing.
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18. I *know* the other perspective that this is wrecking traditional cultures. I see that other perspective *constantly.* I'm conflicted about it; it still causes me pain. I'm just laying out that there's something lovely about Western-universalist liberalism.
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19. But, ok, the international order is crumbling. Do I like what's filling the vacuum? I do not. Is Putin's Russia a nice place to live? Xi's China? Orban's Hungary? Modi's India? aaaaaa. I'm not sure what to think exactly but I think "aaaaaa" is justified.
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20. The "other team" -- team "listen to the experts", team CDC, team WHO -- yes, they have totally flunked the COVID-19 test. They are sclerotic and authoritarian-submissive and they are totally clueless. Two sides of a global conflict can both be bad.
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21. If someone asks you "who do you like better, Hitler or Stalin?" the right answer is "neither, asshole."
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22. Just because nationalists are agentic doesn't mean you want to be on their team. Pay attention, sometimes they have a point, but *real life is not a multiple choice test.* You don't have to say "ok these are the coalitional options, I'll pick one of the above."
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