Yeah, this whole thing seems too retarded to be real sometimes.

Its way to common these days for people to argue or complain in public vs privately work stuff out. I have seen it with friends and it usually means something else is going on. It's for the audience or direct communication has broken down. I find it distasteful personally and I've lost respect for people that do this sort of stuff.

Yep. I felt it after game two. Didn't wanna say it though

Its unmatched.

You can't rid society of greed... but under free market capitalism greed leads to more goods at lower prices. Under socialism greed leads to starvation.

Another factor that might be in play is the shallowness of materialism. I think there is a longing for something more. Mystism is more common young people I encounter and part of the problem of modern Christianity is the embrace of materialism over the mystery of God.

Oh course I agree with you and I would add that the cultural shifts and norms are contributing to what is happening. A civilization unmoored will eventually crumble and I hope people begin to rediscover how amazing western civilization actually is. Its not perfect but throwing it out as the academic class seems to advocate is entirely foolish.

When I talk to young people about this stuff they have no clue as to where all this came from. How central Christianity is to western civilization. If they do, it's a cartoon all negative version. And they only know the cartoon version of other civilizations. The most astonishing thing to me is the impact of Christ on the entire frame of mind that harshly judges western civilization. Without Christ it would not even exist.

I think this is true but cross generational. Being alone and not working are great ways to become depressed. And things like social media, messaging, and even video calls are no substitute for being in the presence of other humans.

I do think we have to be careful about generalizing based on age but it is important to be aware of at the same time.

At least the response from the maintainer was sane.

I do think most people aren't insane. But the insane ones tend to have bigger mouths.

I guess I missed where DHH expressed fascist views. Did he admit he voted for Obama or something :/ Or is it because he created Rails?

Would not be surprised if this was a total troll. Could also be someone using a nym because they knew it would have blow back on them. But the way people throw around these terms is actually having the opposite effect that people tend to desire.

Have we reached peak retarded yet?

This is why we can't have so many amazing things. Lack of demand from the people. Also lack of effort to persuade others. Instead politicians have convinced us they can use violence to force others to do what we want. Even though we know this has serious negative consequences.

It does say something important about people that the first thought about many things is how the state will respond. Not how we individually should respond. We really just cede our agency all over the place. Yeah, the state is a violent monopoly but the people just lay down on most things.

The irony is that no one can make us use these things.

I mean, I guess so. I didn't see the Twitter exchange nor did I got read it. Don't think you have to care about Walsh. Not really about him as much as the argument. It's one I hear from others as well.

Nah. I kinda feel like it will be a guru type. But who knows. Not concerned about. Christ is the King.

Love that idea!

I just hope it doesn't hire Whitney Webb. Her takes on Thiel always annoy me because it seems like she hasn't read anything about anarcho-capitalist theories on private defence agencies. And this is something Thiel clearly is doing.

Yep, it is. When I think my expectations can't be lower, I learn they can.

Why is it so hard to do research. Why on earth would someone that actually knows even a little bit about Thiel be surprised by this. I expect more of Reason.

I think the movies get it all wrong.

Yep, you beat me to it. Though not of the Rothbard stripe.