Antonio García Martínez@antoniogm
In Western Europe at least, the butter/olive oil line is also the capitalism works/doesn’t work line; I feel someone like @Noahpinion or @mattyglesias owes us a 5,000 word explainer as to why.
9:58 PM · Aug 14, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Okay here’s some BS I just made up:
Dairy farming involves day-in, day-out labor that inculcates a culture of hard work whereas olive cultivation is a lot of sit-around-and-wait punctuated by brief bursts of intense activity.
Therefore Butter People are better at Capitalism.
Antonio García Martínez @antoniogm
In Western Europe at least, the butter/olive oil line is also the capitalism works/doesn’t work line; I feel someone like @Noahpinion or @mattyglesias owes us a 5,000 word explainer as to why. https://t.co/yeIwSWWOsM
11:43 PM · Aug 14, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
That’s dumb but I read a book once arguing Asian kids do well in school because of rice cultivation, and it’s not worse than that theory.
11:46 PM · Aug 14, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
This thread really captures the American experience https://t.co/cvhvl8p5FI
Kavya Davuluri @Kavya_Davuluri
A quick story 🧵: When my dad immigrated to America in 1997, one of his first “American” meals was at Olive Garden. He had never had food so rich, creamy, buttery, and cheesy before and fell in love at first bite. As his family grew…
11:57 PM · Aug 14, 2021
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