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Jun 16 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
If my neighbour increases the productivity of their vegetable garden and doubles their tomato crop, this does not subtract from the number of tomatoes I was able to produce in *my* vegetable garden. You are now more economically literate than all of leftist Twitter.
"But Tristin, I'm jealous that he has more tomatoes than I do, and I want the tomatoes to be mine."

Ah, true. But the original point continues to hold.
"But Tristin, what if the neighbour produces 90 billion tomatoes and also they're poison and I have to eat them? Checkmate, loser."

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Jun 2
If a guy screams "Heil Hitler!" in your face, you're not going to accomplish anything by debating the finer points of the Rhineland occupation. Similarly, if someone is shrieking for intifada, they don't care in the slightest that their genocide libel is fake. They've announced what they value, and it isn't the truth.
You win not by convincing these people, but by convincing everyone else that they are froth-mouthed psychos. And that doesn't get accomplished if you keep pretending that they're all some faceless, ethereal "antisemite" who has some good points about Israel.
It's not about the "genocide," it's not about "human rights," it's not about "colonialism." They picked all of these because they know these are magic words that cause Western countries to drop their defences against barbarians.
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Jun 25, 2025
People often ask me how to improve Canada's many, many broken institutions. One thing I'd advise is to stop immediately assuming people have good intentions, or are constrained by normal boundaries. There are some absolutely amoral psychos in positions of power right now.
Canada's big mistake on drug policy was to assume that the people running safe consumption sites were like us, and saw drug addiction as a net negative to be avoided. That was a lie: They *love* it and pressed for policies to create more of it.
Similarly, I still have trouble convincing normal Canadians that universities are largely in the hands of people who think racial segregation is a good thing, and that we should have different rules for people of different colours.
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Feb 25, 2025
On the issue of the Kamloops 215, all anyone has to do is say "okay, we overreacted to a radar survey, sparking a gross mischaracterization of what remains one of Canada's darkest hours." Slamming every critic as a "denier" is only making this worse.
Everyone knows the survey didn't uncover graves. You can deal with this on its own terms, or allow the truth to be monopolized by the fringe.
What's happening now is intensely damaging. To see so many institutions and voices lining up behind an obvious lie, and to do it literally in the service of "Truth and Reconciliation."
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Jan 12, 2023
A few radio hosts have asked me in recent days how Justin Trudeau could *possibly* alleviate a recession rooted in global economic forces beyond our control. Here's one crazy idea: We could start selling people our ocean of natural gas that they keep begging us for.
"Nope, that's Qatar's job. We'll just be poor, thanks."
"We'll use the gas to replace coal, so it's good for the environment!"

"Haha, nice try. In the ground it stays!"
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Jan 11, 2023
Right now, there is a progressive politician somewhere losing sleep over the fact that his constituents are allowed to use things that function well and make them happy. nationalpost.com/news/canada/ga…
"Functioning straws ... reliable automobiles ... durable clothing ... AHHHHHH!"

*wakes up in cold sweat*
I could be convinced that the whole Canadian gun ban fiasco has been driven in part by the fact that Canada's various hunters and target shooters were exuding unacceptable levels of joy.
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Nov 28, 2022
If I can characterize the primary difference between Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau, it's that one appreciated that the majority of the country hated him. The other does not.
I'm thinking we should henceforth employ a Parliament Hill staffer whose only job is to follow around the current PM whispering "remember, most people hate you."
"But, that crowd ..."
"- Canada has 38 million people, and most of them hate you. Most Canadians hate you."
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