Straussian Retreat: When you retreat with dignity from public spaces because your noble lie is being crowded out by the other guy’s noble lie
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A Straussian is an intellectual Gray Man who believes the shit has always-already hit the fan.
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A flâneur is a Straussian tourist. A regular tourist merely needs enough time to unironically sightsee, sample strange foods, chuckle at the weird customs, and move on. A Straussian tourist needs more time, to become conscious of the local noble lies and feel superior about them.
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*maintains Straussian silence*
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Kolmogorov Complicity
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Like when
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No, original thought

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This is similar to the dog that didn't bark.
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