Are you surprised? Am I supposed to be? Of course not. https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/1299797852449910789 …
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God forbid we just say "no, this isn't how a functional society can possibly work."
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"The plight of the lesser-estated criminal idiot does sustain me, though I long for his vigor."pic.twitter.com/RVktxC59h1
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To this very moment I can't tell whether the issue taken is with work and trade broadly, or only with work and trade that causes the sort of asset accumulation that lifts peasants out of subsistence farminghttps://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1299733381383483393 …
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Imagine explaining to aliens that your multigenerational positive-sum wealth-generation scheme worked so well that you had to start guillotining the people who ship you same-day hand sanitizer during a pandemic just to feel alive
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The primary middle class virtue is delayed gratification (and unlike the ephemeral nature of fashion, AFAICT it has been since the Protestant Reformation). The underclass lacks it. The upper class has it, but deemphasizes it in favor of other traits.https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/22/right-is-the-new-left/ …
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