David Rischel
@davidrischel.bsky.social
PhD in political philosophy, https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/rischel/
Imagine if they'd come in and their focus had been on making things as good as possible in five years - fixing tax, planning etc. Does anyone seriously believe that they would have been worse off now electorally?
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Imagine if they'd come in and their focus had been on making things as good as possible in five years - fixing tax, planning etc. Does anyone seriously believe that they would have been worse off now electorally?
It's so maddening that they had a once in a generation opportunity to fix the foundational problems for the British state, and they're throwing that opportunity away for basically no electoral gain.
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It's so maddening that they had a once in a generation opportunity to fix the foundational problems for the British state, and they're throwing that opportunity away for basically no electoral gain.
Fair enough, apologies if I misunderstood!
June 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Fair enough, apologies if I misunderstood!
Should say I'm not convinced it can reason, just not sure I got how we could conclude that from the fact that it couldn't perform the task you asked it to.
June 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Should say I'm not convinced it can reason, just not sure I got how we could conclude that from the fact that it couldn't perform the task you asked it to.
Not sure I see why that follows (that it can't reason)? I also can't do the things you asked it to do, but that doesn't mean I can't reason at all. Why couldn't it be the case that it's not a very good reasoner in some domains but quite a decent reasoner in other domains?
June 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Not sure I see why that follows (that it can't reason)? I also can't do the things you asked it to do, but that doesn't mean I can't reason at all. Why couldn't it be the case that it's not a very good reasoner in some domains but quite a decent reasoner in other domains?
Jeg mente netop, at det fremmedgørende består i, at et spørgsmål de går meget op i ikke må diskuteres.
May 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Jeg mente netop, at det fremmedgørende består i, at et spørgsmål de går meget op i ikke må diskuteres.
Sorry, jeg må have været utydelig - jeg er enig med dig!
May 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Sorry, jeg må have været utydelig - jeg er enig med dig!
Man kan også forestille sig, at det kan virke ret fremmedgørende for de skoleelever, som går meget op i Palæstina-spørgsmålet. Ikke den bedste første introduktion til demokratiet!
May 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Man kan også forestille sig, at det kan virke ret fremmedgørende for de skoleelever, som går meget op i Palæstina-spørgsmålet. Ikke den bedste første introduktion til demokratiet!
Yeah, that is probably my read of it too. They seem to be risk averse in the extreme. Irrationally so, as they fail to see the potential upside of 'risking' higher taxes now so that public services are better by the next GE. Also, there are risks no matter what you do. So I think they're mistaken.
March 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yeah, that is probably my read of it too. They seem to be risk averse in the extreme. Irrationally so, as they fail to see the potential upside of 'risking' higher taxes now so that public services are better by the next GE. Also, there are risks no matter what you do. So I think they're mistaken.
What I still don't understand is *why* they are making this strategic error. I struggle believing that they are ideologically motivated to cut welfare spending rather than raise taxes, but maybe I'm being naive? Are they risk averse? If so, don't they see the risk of their current strategy
March 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What I still don't understand is *why* they are making this strategic error. I struggle believing that they are ideologically motivated to cut welfare spending rather than raise taxes, but maybe I'm being naive? Are they risk averse? If so, don't they see the risk of their current strategy
Inevitably, they're gonna go through parliament insisting they won't have to raise taxes, won't make anything better as a result, and then finally be forced to raise personal taxes late in the parliament dooming them for the next election.
March 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Inevitably, they're gonna go through parliament insisting they won't have to raise taxes, won't make anything better as a result, and then finally be forced to raise personal taxes late in the parliament dooming them for the next election.
That is absurd. What is going on? Why haven't they realised that they'll have to raise taxes?
March 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
That is absurd. What is going on? Why haven't they realised that they'll have to raise taxes?