naburroughs.bsky.social
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Just tell me where to pre-order!
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That's a very astute observation, but a frustrating one since it succinctly expresses a 7000-word paper I wrote. :P
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One more piece of evidence of how bad virtual charters are - have we reached an academic consensus on this yet?
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Great something else I need to figure out how to disable.
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So glad to hear about this project. I've been interested in the potential impacts of departmentalization for years!
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Oh man I hate it so very much. It's just so rude!
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Werner's "good intention" was to get rich(er) and feed his ego. Just like the rest of this type of narcissistic buffoon.
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Spot-on, of course.
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Well crap
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dude no
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what
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I keep thinking about the median voter theorem - NYT just needs to be less pro-fascist than the other papers to keep afloat.
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WTF
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Oof. I really hope not - in most years that's my principal funding source.
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That is just gross
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Oh no!
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WTF
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Same reason so many economics theories fall apart when they hit reality. Humans act foolishly & irrationally with depressing frequency.
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Wow
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Wow. Virtually everything I've ever written - including two books - is out of bounds. This is some of the most Orwellian crap I've ever seen.
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Uuuuuuugh
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I don't think it's too late for Democrats to course-correct, but if they keep playing chess while the Republicans are are bashing their brains in with a baseball bat, this is not going to end well./7
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On the second point, there is a pronounced tendency for the opposition to splinter in the face of authoritarian takeovers. It's absolutely critical to loudly oppose the would-be autocrats in order to keep your base from getting demoralized and/or blaming you for not stopping it./6
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On the first point, any crossover votes by the opposition in favor of the regime's policies will provide political cover and blur accountability. You can't claim that you're opposing a fascist takeover and then vote for some of their bills/nominees./5
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When confronting a situation like this, the opposition has to keep two key principles in mind: total opposition to every action by the regime, and keeping your popular base motivated and unified/4
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However, this is not normal. This is an attempted authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government. It's Nixon on steroids/3
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In a normal political cycle, you wait for the majority to overreach, become unpopular, and focus on the mid-terms. This is clearly what D.C. Democrats are doing/2
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Thanks man, you made me spit up my coffee. :D