RIP ZMAN (@TheRealZBlog). Friday mornings won't be the same without his voice. But his work - and spirit - will endure. Below is my Top 10 of his ideas, quotes, and moments .🧵
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1. Cloud People v. Dirt People
We’re ruled by people in love with terrible ideas. And they have no skin in the game, as they’re just as happy living in Montgomery County as they would be in Los Angeles, Melbourne, or Singapore - any place where there’s not too much cultural enrichment. Your life depends on how to best avoid the impacts of these ideas, whether it’s lockdowns, neutered policing, high taxes, diversity mandates, energy sacrifices, on and on and on.
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We’re ruled by people in love with terrible ideas. And they have no skin in the game, as they’re just as happy living in Montgomery County as they would be in Los Angeles, Melbourne, or Singapore - any place where there’s not too much cultural enrichment. Your life depends on how to best avoid the impacts of these ideas, whether it’s lockdowns, neutered policing, high taxes, diversity mandates, energy sacrifices, on and on and on.
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2. Our New Fake Economy
The new economy runs not on tangible value creation, but on transactions, information, and credit.
“There’s also the possibility that reality has simply gone on holiday and will return to put all of this back in order. Some unknown crisis will reveal the massive cracks in the foundation of the current economic model.”
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The new economy runs not on tangible value creation, but on transactions, information, and credit.
“There’s also the possibility that reality has simply gone on holiday and will return to put all of this back in order. Some unknown crisis will reveal the massive cracks in the foundation of the current economic model.”
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3. The Indignity of Democracy
With rare exception, our ballot options are nothing but a series of carny acts, in every party and at every election.
“If someone has no respect for himself, then he is unlikely to respect the standards of society.”
“Politics in a democratic system naturally selects for people willing to trade their dignity for applause.”
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With rare exception, our ballot options are nothing but a series of carny acts, in every party and at every election.
“If someone has no respect for himself, then he is unlikely to respect the standards of society.”
“Politics in a democratic system naturally selects for people willing to trade their dignity for applause.”
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4. Financialization & the Ruin of College Football
College football, like southern states, is running on pure legacy. It’s not what it was. Everything great about it – the variety, regionalism, loyalties – has been under assault by the usual suspects. All in the name of advertising, sports betting, and media spend.
“Anything run by men who do not expect to be around very long is never going to last.”
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College football, like southern states, is running on pure legacy. It’s not what it was. Everything great about it – the variety, regionalism, loyalties – has been under assault by the usual suspects. All in the name of advertising, sports betting, and media spend.
“Anything run by men who do not expect to be around very long is never going to last.”
thezman.com/wordpress/?p=3…
5. Wokeism & Legacy of American Protestantism
Wokeism is the latest moral panic from a country that loves moralizing.
“While other major powers think and talk in practical terms about practical problems, the United States continues to think and talk in explicitly moral terms about abstract concepts.”
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Wokeism is the latest moral panic from a country that loves moralizing.
“While other major powers think and talk in practical terms about practical problems, the United States continues to think and talk in explicitly moral terms about abstract concepts.”
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6. Credentialism & Our Shallow Ruling Class
No serious figure from history would be impressed with our ruling class. The word salad job titles, failing upwards, box-checking striverism, soft hands, LinkedIn.
“In managerialism, a resume is about where you were and what networks to which you are connected. It is never about accomplishments in the sense of leaving behind a product of your labor.”
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No serious figure from history would be impressed with our ruling class. The word salad job titles, failing upwards, box-checking striverism, soft hands, LinkedIn.
“In managerialism, a resume is about where you were and what networks to which you are connected. It is never about accomplishments in the sense of leaving behind a product of your labor.”
thezman.com/wordpress/?p=3…
7. Electric Cars - A Solution in Search of a Problem
This is purely a top-down phenomenon. They’re not cleaner, cheaper, or better than the existing alternative. And nobody really asked for them.
“People into motoring do it for how it makes them feel and it makes them feel alive. It reminds them that life is for living, not ticking boxes on a spreadsheet dreamed up by a sadist with a graduate degree.”
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This is purely a top-down phenomenon. They’re not cleaner, cheaper, or better than the existing alternative. And nobody really asked for them.
“People into motoring do it for how it makes them feel and it makes them feel alive. It reminds them that life is for living, not ticking boxes on a spreadsheet dreamed up by a sadist with a graduate degree.”
thezman.com/wordpress/?p=2…
8. No Need to Panic
Covid will get us all! The unvaccinated are the real pandemic! Russia is at our doorstep! The supply chain is in shambles! Tariffs will cause bread lines!
“The reason the system often feels like it is shaking itself apart is that we are plagued with people looking for a crisis to manage. That has resulted in people finding a crisis where none exists.”
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Covid will get us all! The unvaccinated are the real pandemic! Russia is at our doorstep! The supply chain is in shambles! Tariffs will cause bread lines!
“The reason the system often feels like it is shaking itself apart is that we are plagued with people looking for a crisis to manage. That has resulted in people finding a crisis where none exists.”
thezman.com/wordpress/?p=3…
9. The H1B Question
This was a banger of a column that came after the great H1B Christmas massacre, which was the aftermath of Vivek and Elon calling for endless Indian immigration.
“All the arguments in favor of importing Indians do not hold up to scrutiny, so people assume those are deliberate lies.”
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This was a banger of a column that came after the great H1B Christmas massacre, which was the aftermath of Vivek and Elon calling for endless Indian immigration.
“All the arguments in favor of importing Indians do not hold up to scrutiny, so people assume those are deliberate lies.”
thezman.com/wordpress/?p=3…
10. Life is for the Living
It’s not all a horror show. Watch the game. Don't be a killjoy. Have a beer. Say yes.
“Once your eyes are opened to certain things, you turn into Roddy Randy Piper from They Live…This may not sound too bad, but it does bring the risk of turning the dissident into someone incapable of feeling joy…If you are not careful, you cut yourself off from your fellow citizens with regards to the popular culture.”
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It’s not all a horror show. Watch the game. Don't be a killjoy. Have a beer. Say yes.
“Once your eyes are opened to certain things, you turn into Roddy Randy Piper from They Live…This may not sound too bad, but it does bring the risk of turning the dissident into someone incapable of feeling joy…If you are not careful, you cut yourself off from your fellow citizens with regards to the popular culture.”
thezman.com/wordpress/?p=3…
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