Post #1396455
2026-04-19 16:15 UTC
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@CinnasVerses@awful.systems 2026-04-19 18:03
The notorious socialists at the (checks notes) World Economic Forum rank social mobility in the USA as 27th in the world behind Sweden, Germany, Canada, and Japan (!) en.wikipedia.org/…/Socioeconomic_mobility_in_the_… So this seems like another demonstration that being very rich is like being kicked in the head by a horse or drinking a bottle of wine a day.
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@CinnasVerses@awful.systems 2026-04-19 18:47
There is quite a contrast between the call for conscription (6.), the whining that civil servants have too much pay and respect (8.) and the praise for public life (9. We should show far more grace towards those who have subjected themselves to public life. 18. The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service.) I think he means that earning a living wage for getting up every morning rain or shine and delivering an old man’s bank statements is BAD, but if you accept a modest position as Chief Technology Officer or Cabinet Secretary nobody should be allowed to criticize you.
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@YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 2026-04-20 04:31
Okay much as I'm angry and want to I'm resisting the urge to go point-by-point until I have more time. But I also want to point out that in form it seems like [The Beigeness](https://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/the-beigeness-or-how-to-kill-people-with-bad-writing-the-scott-alexander-method) has really caught on as a writing style. Like, we have 22(!) individual points, each of which gestures vaguely at the kind of militant interventionist white nationalist technocracy that could conceivably power the unholy chimera of a silicon valley tech giant and a murderous beltway defense contractor. But unless the book does so more openly, they avoid clearly stating the actual thesis. It's not really surprising, just interesting to note the pattern spreading from Rat spaces into the broader right wing.