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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Sep 2017
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Paul Ryan

      I think he genuinely believes this, which makes him more an idiot than malicious. Hanlon's law.https://twitter.com/speakerryan/status/904008582290710528 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      0:25
      Paul RyanVerified account @SpeakerRyan
      In our country, the condition of your birth does not determine the outcome of your life. This is what makes America so great. pic.twitter.com/RG3xNaGkXn
      3 replies 1 retweet 20 likes
    2. Will Strinz‏ @wstrinz 3 Sep 2017
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      *pushes up nitpicker glasses* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor … . But yeah, this is the right take. Hope is that one day these folks will come around

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    3. visa is working on his ebook‏ @visakanv 3 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @wstrinz @vgr

      visa is working on his ebook Retweeted JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️

      JJ's razor thohttps://twitter.com/Ctzn5/status/739895135870148608 …

      visa is working on his ebook added,

      JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️ @CTZN5
      Replying to @cr1901
      "The intentionality of an agent with behavior sufficiently indistinguishable from malice, is irrelevant." (JJ's razor > Hanlon's 😉.) @cr1901
      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
    4. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 3 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @visakanv @wstrinz @vgr

      sidebar, i've been casually mocking Ryan's tweet the same way (saw a screenshot) but his actual words in the vid are much better

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 3 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @CTZN5 @visakanv and

      "an american idea that we're always working on perfecting". seems he understands reality even if his tweet lost the nuance

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    6. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 3 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @CTZN5 @visakanv and

      i didn't know this until just now. now i feel bad for making fun of him without watching the actual video for 2 days

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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @CTZN5 @visakanv @wstrinz

      Those words make it worse for me tbh

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    8. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 3 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @vgr @visakanv @wstrinz

      that's weird to me, lol

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @CTZN5 @visakanv @wstrinz

      I don't like these weasely fortune cookie sentiments pretending to be political philosophy

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @vgr @CTZN5 and

      This is an issue where acknowledgement of empirical realities is needed to show what a principle means to you

      11:24 PM - 3 Sep 2017
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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @vgr @CTZN5 and

          So "perfecting" could mean anything from "I'm prioritizing an intervention bill right now" to "markets will solve this by 4017 AD"

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 3 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @vgr @visakanv @wstrinz

          seems pretty clear to me all he was doing is acknowledging that we have an ideal which we don't live up to, but are slowly getting better at

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