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20 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The guy would’ve crushed anti-vaxx sentiment before breakfast had he stayed in office. Hundreds of thousands would’ve been saved if he’d won. Will some brave philosopher weigh in on the ethics of overturning an election under those circumstances?
It’s like George W Bush rehabilitation, we’re starting early, except Bush was actually as bad as his worst critics said while Trump did actually save countless lives.
I actually don’t believe this, I think conservatives being the less educated and more anti-establishment party made them more naturally the anti-vaxx party. Dems would’ve never gone against medical establishment, maybe Jill Stein types but there are few of those now.
To get the high levels of anti-vaxx sentiment, conservative politicians and personalities have made opposition to mandates basically their main issue (which normal people take as anti-vaxx). Democrats would’ve had to go with similar messaging to have a similar influence.

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21 Dec
Kids have been organizing a TikTok challenge where they make threats on social media and close down their schools. Every level of US gov has super fragile institutions, can't function. Meanwhile DC elites debate whether to fight Russia, China or both. washingtonpost.com/education/2021… ImageImage
“'I think we have to take every single threat very seriously right now — it doesn’t matter how it might seem innocuous,' said Laurel Thompson, who is on the board of the School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA)" Image
Schools have a response though! One "asked parents to urge their children not to participate" in the TikTok challenge. Kids building fake accounts, teachers and principles staying up to look through them all. Institutions are inspiring well deserved contempt in the youth. Image
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19 Dec
“after observing a man dragging an ‘unknown heavy object’ into an ISIS ‘defensive fighting position,’ American forces struck a building in Ramadi, Iraq. A military review found that the object was actually ‘a person of small stature’ — a child” nytimes.com/interactive/20…
“In only a handful of cases were the assessments made public. Not a single record provided includes a finding of wrongdoing or disciplinary action. Fewer than a dozen condolence payments were made… Documented efforts to identify root causes or lessons learned are rare.”
“In chat logs accompanying some assessments, soldiers can sound as if they are playing video games, in one case expressing glee over getting to fire in an area ostensibly ‘poppin’ with ISIS fighters — without spotting the children in their midst.”
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17 Dec
Reflections on 2021, what I’ve been doing and what I’ve learned. richardhanania.substack.com/p/reflections-…
No more "both sides are bad" for me. "A political movement that leaves people alone to make awful medical decisions and panders to anti-vaxx sentiment can have devastating consequences, but it’s compatible with some form of human life as we remember it... COVID hysteria isn’t."
What I've learned from my public writings and the reaction to it: "while the marketplace of ideas mostly rewards partisans who are comfortably part of a political tribe, there is unmet demand for higher quality analysis."
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17 Dec
No SAT or ACT required at Harvard through 2026! Seems like a watershed, transition from a system that combines meritocracy and politics to one completely political. Hopeful this pushes the competent away from education and toward the market. Exciting. washingtonpost.com/education/2021…
“Their applications will be considered on the basis of what they have presented, and they are encouraged to send whatever materials they believe would convey their accomplishments in secondary school and their promise for the future.” Send whatever you feel like, what a system!
“More than 90 percent of schools on U.S. News & World Report lists of top 100 liberal arts colleges and top 100 universities nationwide are not requiring scores for admission this year.”
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16 Dec
A good piece of evidence that neither China nor Russia is aggressive is that they live right next to each other but get along. Why? Because they mind their own business and aren't seeking permanent revolution abroad, hence tension with the US. reuters.com/world/china/ru…
Great powers not interfering in one another's affairs is historically how you get peace. Russian and Chinese concerns abroad are limited and based on specific historical grievances. The US sees itself as the moral arbiter of everything in the world, so unusually aggressive.
People can only say this stuff with a straight face if they know little about American foreign policy and the death and destruction it causes. Even put aside the wars, go Google "humanitarian effects of US sanctions."
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5 Dec
“Hopefully sometime before China takes Taiwan, Putin takes Ukraine, and Iran develops the Bomb, the United States will reject Acceptance of her eclipse and embrace her own supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour.” Lol, what is this drivel? quillette.com/2021/12/04/the…
“Discover your martial vigor and make sure Taiwan remains the beachhead of feminism and LGBT in Asia. What kind of a man are you?”
Stop “naval-gazing” about things like the history of your country and what your children are taught in school. Taiwan has a woman president! Protect the Middle East monarchies! Fighting for these things is your path to greatness
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