Tag: Machiavelli
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Shouldn’t be impressive
This is impressive! In a sane world it wouldn’t be impressive; it would be the expected default attitude of a state or provincial governor. We aren’t in a sane world. The premier of New Brunswick says clearly and firmly that her purpose, and the purpose of the province, is to build and strengthen Canada. The…
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Only looks like magic
Seen in a meme: People who speak two languages have a special magic. Bilingualism looks magic to those of us who have been raised in a prescriptive system with only one way of doing things. Most people in most countries in most time periods naturally speak two or three languages, function in two or three…
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They’re mostly right
The wokies are correct when they complain that ‘Western Civ’ courses are irrelevant and false. Some of the wokies want to replace the falseness with a different brand of falseness, some don’t. Nevertheless the complaint itself is correct. Western Civ classes, including all the “history” and “civics” we memorized in high school, are blatant propaganda…
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Not that complicated.
Compact Mag, always overthinking, describes Elon’s departure as a failed alliance of two classes against the “clerisy”. Nope. Trump and Elon don’t represent any groups or classes at all. Representing is EMPHATICALLY NOT what a psychopath does. The alliance and its breakup can be fully explained by three qualities of psychopaths. 1. A psychopath doesn’t…
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Why philosophy is fucked
Seen on substack: = = = = = Most people don’t realize how ridiculously hard one needs to think in order to thoroughly grasp certain philosophical problems. It took me well over a decade to really grasp the sorites paradox, for instance. And one often needs more years of investigation to realize the depth of…
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Most don’t know
Headline in Spokane News: Possible ammonia leak at the Ice Ribbon, Haz Mat Full Response to 700 West Spokane Falls Blvd. Industrial ice uses either ammonia or CO2. Ammonia is NASTY stuff. One whiff can ruin your sense of smell permanently, and a larger sniff can kill you. CO2 is nice stuff. It feeds plants.…
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Blaming and framing as always
The former anti-Trump independents, now all fervent Trump cult members, are crowing about the admin’s “revelations” on the role of Fauci. The “revelation” focuses on the fake lab-leak issue, which was obviously staged as a fake arguing point. Deepstate never reveals, never admits fault. Deepstate, like all psychopaths and professional criminals, diverts the blame to…
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Manweller wins every fucking time
Manweller’s Rule: “Elections” only count when they agree with the ruler. No “election” can be allowed to do the right thing. If any candidate or proposition attempts to do good, the parties will first remove all support and funding from the good thing. If that fails, the “election” or “proposition” will be summarily rejected. Spokane’s…
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Teamites will be teamites
Wolf’s readers often contribute stories from their own experience. This is far more valuable than any sort of generalized observation no matter how well informed. In yesterday’s column on the sudden “unexpected” failure of Elon’s unusable undrivable unsafe illegal Cybrtrk, a marketer tells us why modern businesses choose to appeal ONLY to one religion. This…
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Rant on “cybersecurity”
Forcing us to change a password every month is like the old ’50s Loyalty Oaths. The oaths were NOT meant to catch real Russian spies. First, real spies for any country are expert liars. They have no compunction about faking an oath to maintain a cover. Spying is lying. Second, the KGB, like all professional…
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Manweller wins every time
Both idiot parties are still obsessed with “honest” “elections”. No such thing. Manweller’s Rule is absolute. Elections only count when they agree with the ruler. Elections that change the course of a country or city or state are NOT ALLOWED to stand. Usually the parties can derail a real reformer before the election by refusing…
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Missing part of the point
The new print issue of History Today has a set of articles about the tight connection between America and cults. [The articles aren’t online yet.] They do a good job on recent cults like Scientology and Jonestown, but they miss the essential difference between a cult and a religious movement. The difference is simple. A…
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Never too late for the Right Thing
Several public-facing federal agencies have been taking the Canadian path to handle the psychopaths. Like Trudeau and Carney in Canada, they’re resolutely maintaining a good attitude toward the public even while the psychopath chops and whips their agency. In fact this is more than good behavior. It’s damn near saintly behavior, reminiscent of the early…
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Following the Users Manual
Trump has blocked Canadians from entering the little cross-border library in Vermont/Quebec. It’s been making news as a symbol of long-term friendship and tolerance, so the Trump admin had to do something about it. When people are unhappy and preparing to rebel, smart governments** try to SATISFY THE NEED instead of smashing down harder. Trump…
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Same thing but more specialized
What Trump is doing now is the same sort of thing he did in 2020, but much more narrowly specialized. Both times he ruined normal people and rewarded devils. In his first term, especially in 2020, he shut down everything except the tech tyrants and enriched the tech tyrants. The effect was broad, including Bezos…
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