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Lab Leak Theory: The Sequel!
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Jonatan Pallesen @jonatanpallesen
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This thread is absolutely wild.
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Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell
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This is the most basic argument against crypto that I tell all the people who call me. The tech doesn't work, and the fundamental idea is ahistorical and flawed. Writing it down so I don't have to repeat myself all the time.
The Case Against Crypto
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One difference is that Bush had good reason to think a perpetual war on terror mentality would benefit him politically in 2002/2004, whereas I doubt that Biden believes that a "perpetual war on COVID" mentality will help him in 2022/2024.
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When Twitter bans extremists, it thus strengthens the message of moderates on the *same side*. Freed from the burden of having to deal with their own crazies, they are free to focus on crafting messages with broader appeal.
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The extremists of the Right are more dangerous than the extremists of the Left, meaning Twitter will ban them more vigorously (and of course Twitter's employees lean strongly to the left as well). But this will end up helping the conservative movement on Twitter in the long run.
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People now correctly realize that a U.S. civil war will only happen if the U.S. Military splits and fights itself over a disputed presidential election.
And I think the military is taking appropriate steps to reduce the (already small) chance of this.
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Came across this six-month-old tweet from @doctorow. "Conservatism is the desire to be a child" explains so much.
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Cory Doctorow MOSTLY AFK @doctorow