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Exactly. And I think Michael Lind also put it well recently, that liberals think they're right *and* think they're moral, so those who disagree with them aren't just wrong, or dumb, they're also morally deficient
The full interview between Michael Lind and @aaronsibarium is very much worth reading. I know some people don't like Lind's ideas, but that's all the more reason to read it. Plus, Aaron is a great interviewer

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@aaronsibarium This is a great line from Michael Lind, and it's why all the "people are actually better off than they were, if only they realized it" arguments are as wrong as they are. They miss something rather fundamental (and, I would like to think, obvious) about human nature
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Exactly. Authoritarian regimes, no matter how successful they look, are inherently illegitimate, inherently brittle, and inherently unstable
The last three years have been the strongest test of American democracy at least in my lifetime, and we've shown just how stable, strong, and resilient we are, despite the seeming perpetual political chaos a lot of people feel on a daily basis. Yes, we're a democracy
I don't think I've ever had more faith—and I do think that's the right word—in the American idea and the American "project" than I do today, not in spite of everything that's happened but precisely because of it
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Tonight, I'll be in dialogue with Christian theologian @matthewkaemingk in Minnesota talking about Islam, immigration, and religious difference

LIVESTREAM it here at 8pm EST: facebook.com/AnselmHouseUMN/
I discuss @matthewkaemingk's influence on my thinking in this @TheAtlantic essay on "Christian pluralism" and the dangers of theological politics: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
We are broken by and fallen from sin, which, in turn, means that politics must be acknowledged as a site of uncertainty, rather than certainty. This also entails a "suspension of judgement"
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This whole article reads like a very clever satirical set piece. Enjoy.

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Lol, this is all so good
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Right. It's going to be the longest day of parliamentary drama you have ever experienced. And it kicks off now.
The Speaker, John Bercow, is currently deciding what to do about the election for the new Speaker, given it is now ramming right up against the election debate.
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RIGHT AND WRONG

We are all no doubt to some degree wrong most of the time. It is simply an impossibility to be totally & comprehensively right.

All except the simplest things are too complex.

Where geopolitics is concerned being100% right is impossible, the detail defeats us.
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You can do no more.

All else lacks integrity.
RIGHT AND WRONG

In these times almost everyone has an angle & inclined to express his/her rightness, politicians especially.

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Expressing doubts, never being satisfied w/ your level of knowledge & preferring to seek greater insight is rare.
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Exactly that

Always glad to provide the entertainment! 👊

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 73.054(b)

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1/ Ppl. ask, why #liberals are infighting so much over 2020. B/c the stakes are the highest possible & most of us are desperate. But 2 types of desperation:

a) normals who want an electable progressive & fear 1972 redux
b) extremists who think this is finally their moment to win
2/ Normals are afraid of:
a) the decent candidates who lost close elections (e.g. 2004) but also
b) 1976 type opportunities that result in poor leaders (sorry Carter fans, but, ugh)
c) quixotic 'perfect' candidates who crash & burn, e.g. 1972, 1952, 1956
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Payrolls rose 250k in October, and unemployment was unchanged at a very low 3.7%.

Revisions to the past months were offsetting.

All told, the labor market keeps expanding at a robust pace. Indeed, jobs growth this rapid with unemployment this low might be hard to sustain.
Average hourly earnings rose 3.1% over the past year. But don't be misled by that number, because it's comparing this month's earnings with an unusually low month a year ago. Still, earnings growth is creeping up.
The household survey shows a huge +600k jobs created last month.

So weighting the payroll survey (+250k) and the household survey (+600k) using my 80/20 weights, suggests underlying growth of +320k jobs.
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