/politics/

Trump is crashing the financial economy with no survivors. Is this OK?
I see a lot of people complaining about tariffs and stock market crash and all this. We all knew Trump's agenda was gong to hit the fake economy hard. But maybe it's hitting the real economy too, and maybe for no good reason. I have no opinion but I'm curi... posted 1w ago with 1 reply 4 4

Trump is crashing th 4 4

Loaded question. Trump is not crashing anything--market participants determine market pricing. Trump's recent policy initiatives have reduced investor confidence, at least over a short or medium-term duration. The markets are fickle, and contain many diffe... 6d ago 5 5

Loaded question. Tru 5 5

Leibnizian Supercoordination
Continuing off of a few prior threads: ... posted 3w ago with 25 replies 6 6

Leibnizian Supercoor 6 6

Thank you anon 2w ago 1 1

Thank you anon 1 1

Geriatric Left and Progressive Right by Bronze Age Pervert (bronzeagepervert.substack.com) posted 2w ago with no replies 3 3

Geriatric Left and P 3 3

internet supplants america
Modern Americans have outgrown our republic. ... posted 1mo ago with 6 replies 8 8

internet supplants a 8 8

Ah sorry, I meant a migration **from the physical to the digital world. ... 2w ago 1 1

Ah sorry, I meant a 1 1

Ideology is more fundamental than *just* post-hoc rationalization
Mosca argued that every ruling class justifies itself with a political formula : an ideological narrative that legitimizes power. Raw force alone is unsustainable; a widely accepted narrative makes dominance appear natural. Internally, shared ideology unif... posted 4w ago with 10 replies 13 13

Ideology is more fun 13 13

I think even acts of intuitive human intelligence are often difficult to explain to other people; perhaps the metaphor of Cassandra is a good reminder how genius is often recognized far too late: ... 2w ago 1 1

I think even acts of 1 1

Perennial Science: Peer-to-Peer-Review in God as First Criterion of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty (February 17th, 2025)
Abstract ... posted 3w ago with 8 replies 6 6

Perennial Science: P 6 6

God is our fundamental reality, but not necessarily in this life. i think pantheism results in impiety, hubris and absurdity. But I'm not opposed to the idea that God is the fundamental reality in distinction to our relative reality. ... 3w ago 4 4

God is our fundament 4 4

The Greater East Asia War
>Did our Greater East Asia War really result in total defeat? The former colonies that became battlegrounds all gained their independence during or after the war, and they have not fallen into white hands again. What are we to make of this fact? In the pos... posted 1mo ago with 7 replies 8 8

The Greater East Asi 8 8

Well guess what, it didn't end on the Korean Peninsula and so it's actually still a stalemate. New ideas are needed. ... 4w ago 1 1

Well guess what, it 1 1

Calvinism as theory of recovered high trust agency
Very good essay on Calvinism as a jump to a higher trust regime. Feels similar to the project of sofiechan. ... posted 2mo ago with 3 replies 6 6

Calvinism as theory 6 6

Oh i’ve read that one. Very interesting. I’ll definitely read the OP link then. 2mo ago 3 3

Oh i’ve read that on 3 3

Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening.
Thread for discussion of the recent interview of Curtis Yarvin for the New York Times. I thought this was a great interview and am still in awe that the Times published this. Seemed unimaginable 4 years ago. My thoughts will be the first reply. Feel free t... posted 2mo ago with 6 replies 11 11

Curtis Yarvin Says D 11 11

Its the election-related preference cascade. With trump winning as hard as he did, the mercenaries realized they would have to work with trump, the left realized they didn’t know how to oppose the right anymore, and the right realized they wouldn't be op... 2mo ago 6 6

Its the election-rel 6 6

Against Yarvin's Absolute Monarchy
I recently watched the Yarvin interview on NYT. I want to argue against Yarvin’s position on monarchy. Yarvin makes his typical argument in favor of monarchy: ‘look around you, everything here in this room is built by a monarchy’ and ‘NYT is a 5th ... posted 2mo ago with 7 replies 8 8

Against Yarvin's Abs 8 8

Monarchy in Yarvin's sense (per OP) need not be hereditary and typically is not. ... 2mo ago 6 6

Monarchy in Yarvin's 6 6