I remember When you were down You would always come running to me I never denied you And I would guide you through all of your difficulties Now I’m calling on citizens from all over the world This is Captain America calling I built you up when you were down on your knees So will …
According to our woke overlords, fascism is unmitigated evil and communism is basically good but very difficult to institute without some unfortunate side effects. And because our woke overlords have cultural hegemony, especially in education, news, and entertainment, fascism and fascists are loathed, and communism and communists are tolerated as well-meaning but foolish. But is …
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People are naturally endowed with a moral sense. They want to do good, and they want to be seen as good by the esteemed members of the community. But people are naturally lemmings too. The average person is far more likely to outsource his or her morality to authorities than to develop his or her …
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A few posts back, I coined the phrase “glorious ineptitude” to describe a dramatic shift in the way we measure institutional success. Back in pre-woke America, institutions used to be judged by their results. If a school, for instance, produced a lot of kids who were competent at math and English, it was a “good” …
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The best police are no police. And I’m not saying that from the perspective of a blue-haired SJW. I’m saying that from the perspective of someone who understands that police are a response to moral decay. If our society were infinitely more virtuous—and the foulness of murder, rape, assault, and robbery were exceedingly rare—we wouldn’t …
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