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Does The West Rule?
“this does not help your cause” - guy who hates you and your cause
open.substack.com
New Substack post: about the mysterious case of The West and Western Values as a concept being invoked by an alliance of MAGA, the craziest people in Europe, East Asia (?), and the most embarassing political parties in Latin America
open.substack.com/pub/someunpl...
open.substack.com/pub/someunpl...
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holy shit
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
holy shit
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Most reliable red flag for a certain kind of ostensibly sensible centrist-ish elite is when they dig in their heels insisting Charles Murray is some kind of serious thinker who shouldn't be shunned, rather than a plain old gutter racist substantially on par with David Duke.
Forgive me, Jesus, because I genuinely deeply enjoy how perpetually unhappy and desolate these losers are.
February 3, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Most reliable red flag for a certain kind of ostensibly sensible centrist-ish elite is when they dig in their heels insisting Charles Murray is some kind of serious thinker who shouldn't be shunned, rather than a plain old gutter racist substantially on par with David Duke.
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What a strange coincidence that Harlan Crow, the billionaire with the collection of Nazi memorabilia, is also the patron of Charles Murray, the guy who thinks Black people are not a part of "western civilization."
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
What a strange coincidence that Harlan Crow, the billionaire with the collection of Nazi memorabilia, is also the patron of Charles Murray, the guy who thinks Black people are not a part of "western civilization."
herbert marcuse wrote that, as nazism increased the range of normal behaviors and beliefs that were considered aberrant and punishable by death, it also permitted behaviors long considered taboo, particularly around sex - incest and pedophilia most notably
to be fair the pedo shit is what stopped his rise to prominence, he was taken most seriously when he couched virulent neonazi racism in the language of iq, culture, and economics ("elite human capital"). his book is about how to repeal the civil rights act, which got him a proj2025 job
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
herbert marcuse wrote that, as nazism increased the range of normal behaviors and beliefs that were considered aberrant and punishable by death, it also permitted behaviors long considered taboo, particularly around sex - incest and pedophilia most notably
ohhhhh william galston replied
We have a Boston Review Forum out today on the Democratic Party in a time of authoritarianism
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
ohhhhh william galston replied
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We have a Boston Review Forum out today on the Democratic Party in a time of authoritarianism
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
February 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
We have a Boston Review Forum out today on the Democratic Party in a time of authoritarianism
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
surprised that the french *now* think pedo shit is bad. they didn't have an age of consent until 2015. good for them tho
*FRENCH POLICE RAID X OFFICES IN PARIS
*GROK "NOT APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF RACIST AGAINST ALGERIANS" PER SOURCE
*MULTIPLE FRENCH ACADEMICS SIGN PETITION IN SUPPORT OF IMAGE GENERATION CAPABILITIES
*GROK "NOT APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF RACIST AGAINST ALGERIANS" PER SOURCE
*MULTIPLE FRENCH ACADEMICS SIGN PETITION IN SUPPORT OF IMAGE GENERATION CAPABILITIES
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
surprised that the french *now* think pedo shit is bad. they didn't have an age of consent until 2015. good for them tho
he's not an idiot. he's a deeply evil person
I think Hanania must just be an idiot? The climax of American Beauty is Lester realizing how bad it would be to act out his fantasies about his daughter's best friend. The movie is not about how cool it is for dads to bag high school girls. Also Kevin Spacey is a personally notorious kid toucher
![Richard Hanania
@RichardHanania • Feb 1
By obsessing over Epstein, they're attacking healthy heterosexuality. [screengrab of Mena Suvari in the tub with Kevin Spacey leaning over her from American Beauty. The caption is "The Real Target of Pedophile Hysteria Is Age Gap Relationships," the title of a blog post by Hanania]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qjzrpzlcmir3bkss4b5nh6ox/bafkreiduwzv3jqpsa7vwjwukvvonszcumubiuzkd6ujv2dq62zcwgg2ec4@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
he's not an idiot. he's a deeply evil person
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the promotion of this Nazi dumb-dumb as some sort of dissident intellectual by a swathe of centre to right figures in the last two years has been deeply fucking embarassing
I think Hanania must just be an idiot? The climax of American Beauty is Lester realizing how bad it would be to act out his fantasies about his daughter's best friend. The movie is not about how cool it is for dads to bag high school girls. Also Kevin Spacey is a personally notorious kid toucher
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
the promotion of this Nazi dumb-dumb as some sort of dissident intellectual by a swathe of centre to right figures in the last two years has been deeply fucking embarassing
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random Yale law professor: jeffrey you naughty dog.... will i be seeing you at this year's Skull Size Forum or will you be busy with your hobbies ;)
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
random Yale law professor: jeffrey you naughty dog.... will i be seeing you at this year's Skull Size Forum or will you be busy with your hobbies ;)
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
JE: we must invent trans phobia,,
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Ngl the deaths recorded incident gotta be like one of my worst fears
February 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Ngl the deaths recorded incident gotta be like one of my worst fears
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If you want a sense of how bad the attacks on pro-choice speech are right now, read the latest issue of my newsletter.
Prepare for a thread—because there are too many attacks to list here
jessica.substack.com/p/texas-coll...
Prepare for a thread—because there are too many attacks to list here
jessica.substack.com/p/texas-coll...
Texas College Cancels “Illegal” Speech by Abortion Provider
2.2.26
jessica.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
If you want a sense of how bad the attacks on pro-choice speech are right now, read the latest issue of my newsletter.
Prepare for a thread—because there are too many attacks to list here
jessica.substack.com/p/texas-coll...
Prepare for a thread—because there are too many attacks to list here
jessica.substack.com/p/texas-coll...
"no human is illegal on stolen land" is a stupid slogan because of the stolen land part. indigenous peoples, whatever that means, also don't have a right to deny the legal protections of citizenship to foreigners
February 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
"no human is illegal on stolen land" is a stupid slogan because of the stolen land part. indigenous peoples, whatever that means, also don't have a right to deny the legal protections of citizenship to foreigners
that's the real weakness of eddington the movie: it thinks conspiracy theorists are something for stupid uneducated rubes while criticizing the liberal establishment *only* for being smug, self congratulatory, and dumb
I'm convinced one of the reasons epstein was able to coast for so long is that for many sensible people including and especially educated liberals, viewing the world through a conspiratorial lens was always seen as vaguely distasteful and rube-coded
as someone who pushes hard against conspiratorial thinking in my professional and political life, it is deeply irritating when, on top of the untold human harms Epstein caused, it turns out he was at the center of at least half a dozen actual conspiracies
February 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
that's the real weakness of eddington the movie: it thinks conspiracy theorists are something for stupid uneducated rubes while criticizing the liberal establishment *only* for being smug, self congratulatory, and dumb
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I'm convinced one of the reasons epstein was able to coast for so long is that for many sensible people including and especially educated liberals, viewing the world through a conspiratorial lens was always seen as vaguely distasteful and rube-coded
as someone who pushes hard against conspiratorial thinking in my professional and political life, it is deeply irritating when, on top of the untold human harms Epstein caused, it turns out he was at the center of at least half a dozen actual conspiracies
February 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I'm convinced one of the reasons epstein was able to coast for so long is that for many sensible people including and especially educated liberals, viewing the world through a conspiratorial lens was always seen as vaguely distasteful and rube-coded
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no matter how hard this dude tries to rebrand as mainstream/acceptable (he was at anti-ICE protests like last week) he just can't help himself
he has not changed substantially, or been genuinely contrite, since my article exposing how he wrote for nazi sites under the name Richard Hoste
he has not changed substantially, or been genuinely contrite, since my article exposing how he wrote for nazi sites under the name Richard Hoste
Presented without comment. I just want everyone here to know.
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
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I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
1/8
February 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
no matter how hard this dude tries to rebrand as mainstream/acceptable (he was at anti-ICE protests like last week) he just can't help himself
he has not changed substantially, or been genuinely contrite, since my article exposing how he wrote for nazi sites under the name Richard Hoste
he has not changed substantially, or been genuinely contrite, since my article exposing how he wrote for nazi sites under the name Richard Hoste
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memes from /r/NDP moments before total dipper wipeout:
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
memes from /r/NDP moments before total dipper wipeout:
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queen
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
queen
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This review of Kenneth Rogoff’s new book by Perry Mehrling is great. It gives a strong overview of a Kindleberger-esque view of the IMFS while critiquing Rogoff. I think @rajakorman.bsky.social would enjoy it. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
Education of a Grandmaster
Kenneth Rogoff, Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider’s View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead. Yale 2025.
www.ineteconomics.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
This review of Kenneth Rogoff’s new book by Perry Mehrling is great. It gives a strong overview of a Kindleberger-esque view of the IMFS while critiquing Rogoff. I think @rajakorman.bsky.social would enjoy it. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
I saw a TikTok with an interpretation that Eyes Wide Shut ends with Bill and Alice handing their daughter over to Ziegler to be his sex slave and honestly I think some people just think every piece of media is made by Sam Levinson
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I saw a TikTok with an interpretation that Eyes Wide Shut ends with Bill and Alice handing their daughter over to Ziegler to be his sex slave and honestly I think some people just think every piece of media is made by Sam Levinson
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It's kind of funny to present this as the first problematic thing Richard Hanania has ever done
Presented without comment. I just want everyone here to know.
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
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I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
1/8
February 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
It's kind of funny to present this as the first problematic thing Richard Hanania has ever done
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"Since prison for Epstein’s fellow abusers gets unlikelier over time, America’s deeper question is whether it can restore a culture of shame." - marvellous, marvellous column by @edwardluce.bsky.social:
The Epstein rot goes deep
America must now ask itself if it can restore a culture of shame
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"Since prison for Epstein’s fellow abusers gets unlikelier over time, America’s deeper question is whether it can restore a culture of shame." - marvellous, marvellous column by @edwardluce.bsky.social:
it's kinda funny that there's a very small bonus on some civic variables and enormous economic costs to the people who actually serve, so like... it probably doesn't
www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/m...
www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/m...
February 3, 2026 at 2:19 PM
it's kinda funny that there's a very small bonus on some civic variables and enormous economic costs to the people who actually serve, so like... it probably doesn't
www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/m...
www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/m...
nimbyism
Why, for the past 50 years, have US labourers been getting worse at building stuff?
www.ft.com/content/2ae2...
www.ft.com/content/2ae2...
You can see the computer age everywhere but in the construction industry
Making less with more
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
nimbyism