in thread "Talent pool for the next regime": I don't believe current elites are basically competent. I think we have strong reason to believe that the median Harvard graduate of 2024 is much less competent than that of 1940. ... 12mo ago (collapse hidden) 55 I don't believe curr (view hidden) 55 Why would one think DC is less powerful a vortex of conformity to local pressures than Silicon Valley? From the fact that "X is bad," it does not follow that "Y is better." 11mo ago (collapse hidden) 66 Why would one think (view hidden) 66 Texas seems like it would be a great target for focused elite replacement. Its electorate is such as to make this plausible, and it's large enough that success would actually matter. 11mo ago (collapse hidden) 55 Texas seems like it (view hidden) 55 The correct version of parallel institutions entails building those institutions now, not waiting for anything. The discernment centers on where and how that can most effectively be done. ... 11mo ago (collapse hidden) 55 The correct version (view hidden) 55 Doing excellent work, but preparing for remote rather than proximate regime change. (They would argue this is deliberate and necessarily so.) ... 11mo ago (collapse hidden) 88 Doing excellent work (view hidden) 88 This is an important role and voice. It's not regime-acceptable at present, but neither is it trolling and shitposting. It's a third thing, with more gravity than either. 11mo ago (collapse hidden) 33 This is an important (view hidden) 33 In that same cycle, he also supported J.D. Vance, who did win. VC's are very comfortable placing multiple bets with the expectation that many will fail. I don't think his support for Masters was a blunder, just a bet that didn't work out. 11mo ago (collapse hidden) 22 In that same cycle, (view hidden) 22