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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 17
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      2020 is way bleaker than 2016. I’m now just watching with morbid fascination and wondering if there’s a bottom to this thing.

      14 replies 7 retweets 68 likes
    2. Made in Cosmos  💫‏ @made_in_cosmos Jan 17
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      We’re only 2 weeks in. It will get weirder.

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    3. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv Jan 17
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      I still lol that someone was like "it seems like the culture war is dying out? are we at the end?" during christmas/holidays season. we are not turning back. the forever culture war beckons

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    4. Stephen Walters‏ @sjwalter Jan 18
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      The distribution of culture war is heavily weighted toward the plugged-in, IMO to their detriment. It's funny how little this "war" actually reaches into reality when you mostly focus your attention on real life and local problems.

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    5. Stephen Walters‏ @sjwalter Jan 18
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      My normie/homeschooling circle is only vaguely aware of impeachment, thinks that TERF wars are about street gangs, and care about diversity to the extent their 401k provider tells them to. At the end of the day, the bullshit in Washington and here online has so little impact.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jan 18
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      I do think culture war is stabilizing, by getting institutionalized, but I disagree that it has no effect on reality. Normies != reality. The culture war is a specialized but high leverage impact mechanism that works to shape mainstream in hidden ways. Like say interest rates.

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        2. Stephen Walters‏ @sjwalter Jan 19
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          While I agree with your general view here, the interest rate thing seems disconnected in general to me. IMO interest rates are mostly being set by central banks that globally have few options.

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        3. Stephen Walters‏ @sjwalter Jan 19
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          In terms of monetary policy, the US has the most fuel in the tank out of the developed nations, and it has historically little for this stage in the cycle. Paired with pensions being incredibly underfunded, it doesn't matter who thinks what or who's elected, we're easing.

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