Root Beer Man
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assistant professor of political science (main: political theory) at [somewhere]
Will Stancil is showing us the Truth and the True Way
assistant professor of political science (main: political theory) at [somewhere]
Will Stancil is showing us the Truth and the True Way
sth geometrically unreal in this one, for a sec, when he flips
February 11, 2026 at 4:11 AM
sth geometrically unreal in this one, for a sec, when he flips
personally, i like and affirm the part in the rian johnson one where that scary guy gets cut in half
February 11, 2026 at 2:56 AM
personally, i like and affirm the part in the rian johnson one where that scary guy gets cut in half
yeah i'm not trying to take a hard line 'in favor of walz' or something. honestly i was just asking followup questions because can't really figure out from the regular news what he is or isn't, could or couldn't be doing
February 11, 2026 at 2:50 AM
yeah i'm not trying to take a hard line 'in favor of walz' or something. honestly i was just asking followup questions because can't really figure out from the regular news what he is or isn't, could or couldn't be doing
but it seems to me (and/or, it seems to me that it seems to walz), like a state administration openly defying the feds 'too much' (what's the line? i don't know; one would 'know it when they see it') is the thing that would let the federal govt 'do' the insurrection act and not by stopped by a court
February 11, 2026 at 2:47 AM
but it seems to me (and/or, it seems to me that it seems to walz), like a state administration openly defying the feds 'too much' (what's the line? i don't know; one would 'know it when they see it') is the thing that would let the federal govt 'do' the insurrection act and not by stopped by a court
i suppose my theory of the case is that he, on the advice of lawyers or whatnot, is convinced that the insurrection act is a magic button, as powerful as advertised and then some, and that his sole duty is to ensure it not get pressed. but the psychological things you guys are saying may be true too
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 AM
i suppose my theory of the case is that he, on the advice of lawyers or whatnot, is convinced that the insurrection act is a magic button, as powerful as advertised and then some, and that his sole duty is to ensure it not get pressed. but the psychological things you guys are saying may be true too
what would you like him to do that he is not doing; or what would you like him not to do that he is doing? given the constraints of the possible, etc.
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM
what would you like him to do that he is not doing; or what would you like him not to do that he is doing? given the constraints of the possible, etc.
she‘s gotten through a lot of cases……… of wine!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 AM
she‘s gotten through a lot of cases……… of wine!!!!
just a general ‘rights are far far far far far better respected when they can be defended with power,’ thing
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 AM
just a general ‘rights are far far far far far better respected when they can be defended with power,’ thing
the qualified version is unobjectionable to me
February 11, 2026 at 1:28 AM
the qualified version is unobjectionable to me
respectfully, i think you guys are overlooking some extremely obvious and gigantic counterexamples here
February 11, 2026 at 12:58 AM
respectfully, i think you guys are overlooking some extremely obvious and gigantic counterexamples here
i guess that basically makes sense
February 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
i guess that basically makes sense
sure, but they haven’t got majorities right now, so who’s the burden on right now?
February 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
sure, but they haven’t got majorities right now, so who’s the burden on right now?
who do they think the burden is on? real question
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
who do they think the burden is on? real question
(in my experience / according to my taste, etc)
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM
(in my experience / according to my taste, etc)
i mean most is enraging nonsense, but usually at the fount, i.e. the first thinkers in a given ‘line’ of insanity (tho’ not always) there is a book by a powerful and serious and deep thinker that one can object to in its entirety and still somehow be compelled to ’respect’, in some uncomfortable way
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 AM
i mean most is enraging nonsense, but usually at the fount, i.e. the first thinkers in a given ‘line’ of insanity (tho’ not always) there is a book by a powerful and serious and deep thinker that one can object to in its entirety and still somehow be compelled to ’respect’, in some uncomfortable way
in some ways my reading actually makes me stupider… reading totally insane online discourses & knowing exactly ‘where they come’ from generates an urge to go “well, there’s an interesting intellectual history basis” instead of just saying “DUMB!”—which latter would be more informative & more correct
February 10, 2026 at 4:25 AM
in some ways my reading actually makes me stupider… reading totally insane online discourses & knowing exactly ‘where they come’ from generates an urge to go “well, there’s an interesting intellectual history basis” instead of just saying “DUMB!”—which latter would be more informative & more correct
i think it’s either magical or, surprisingly often, a very austere moralism that thinks getting rid of “technology” in our relationship to “nature” is literally worth billions of deaths. “degrowth” has a very hard edge
February 10, 2026 at 4:15 AM
i think it’s either magical or, surprisingly often, a very austere moralism that thinks getting rid of “technology” in our relationship to “nature” is literally worth billions of deaths. “degrowth” has a very hard edge
assuming woo means california paltrowism-buddhism stuff this one actually
-from feminism & critical theory thru ‘death/domination of nature’
-republican theory thru ’yeoman farmer’
-environmentalism/ecology thru ‘overpopulation,’ ecosystems, ‘permaculture farming’
-existentialist ‘anti-technics’
-from feminism & critical theory thru ‘death/domination of nature’
-republican theory thru ’yeoman farmer’
-environmentalism/ecology thru ‘overpopulation,’ ecosystems, ‘permaculture farming’
-existentialist ‘anti-technics’
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 AM
assuming woo means california paltrowism-buddhism stuff this one actually
-from feminism & critical theory thru ‘death/domination of nature’
-republican theory thru ’yeoman farmer’
-environmentalism/ecology thru ‘overpopulation,’ ecosystems, ‘permaculture farming’
-existentialist ‘anti-technics’
-from feminism & critical theory thru ‘death/domination of nature’
-republican theory thru ’yeoman farmer’
-environmentalism/ecology thru ‘overpopulation,’ ecosystems, ‘permaculture farming’
-existentialist ‘anti-technics’
this one isn’t woo, exactly. it’s … it’s involved at the intersection of like 10 different theoretical things from high academia for like 50 years …
hoo boy
hoo boy
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 AM
this one isn’t woo, exactly. it’s … it’s involved at the intersection of like 10 different theoretical things from high academia for like 50 years …
hoo boy
hoo boy
Reposted by Root Beer Man
Doesn't matter who holds the knife as long as Caesar bleeds, tbh
February 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Doesn't matter who holds the knife as long as Caesar bleeds, tbh
i find it actually nonhumiliating in a way. it’s empowering to be able to say to oneself 20 times a day in response to every kind of regime communication ‘oh wow we really are better than these guys’ — saves us from some of the usual symptoms of self doubt under more ‘magnificent’ tyrants
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 AM
i find it actually nonhumiliating in a way. it’s empowering to be able to say to oneself 20 times a day in response to every kind of regime communication ‘oh wow we really are better than these guys’ — saves us from some of the usual symptoms of self doubt under more ‘magnificent’ tyrants
one reason they are so bad at this is that part of their compulsive rulebreaking is they equally disrespect rules of morality and of prudence. literal advice books to tyrants — that we know they have read, because their peripheral members mention them all the time — say not to do this kind of thing
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM
one reason they are so bad at this is that part of their compulsive rulebreaking is they equally disrespect rules of morality and of prudence. literal advice books to tyrants — that we know they have read, because their peripheral members mention them all the time — say not to do this kind of thing