in thread "States are tools and territory for peoples, not magical repositories of real interest": I'm not so sure. It's not that I don't recognize talent, there are very talented outsiders. I'm not sure we need formal channels for them, or should react with anything except hostility in order to put up the highest level of filter. In wartime they become... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.1 2.1 I'm not so sure. It' (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.1 2.1 I'm going to provide the steelman, and then argue against it orthogonally, because it is a good steelman.... 1mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.1 3.1 I'm going to provide (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.1 3.1