On some days I am waaay too receptive to that doomer worldview where the only rational position is to try to moderate the effectiveness of people making the world worse.
And all the Very Serious political commentariat are still covering it in couched terms like "Trump promises tough on crime policies."
Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics.
The current generation isn't even that bad by the standards of Apple mice. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_...
YOUR HISTORY TEACHER NEVER TOLD YOU- *me, checks lecture notes* I definitely told you. YOUR TEXTBOOK LEFT OUT- Me: It is on page 37 and again on 54. HISTORIANS NEVER ADMIT- Me: Look will you just admit already that you slept through class?
I enjoyed subverting this in a thing I've been working on. The doctors eventually figured out really effective zombie treatments. Forgive my really janky work in progress rough cut, but I think you'll get the idea. youtu.be/-U-_MuzGbv0
YouTube video by Will Rosecrans
It also blows my mind that people conflate "Journalists should be free to publish this" with "Somebody else should be obligated to invest time and money building me a platform that makes it convenient for me to publish this very conveniently." Demand tax funded substack if you want 1A neutrality.
I AM NOT A LAWYER BUT SUPREME COURT STRUCTURAL REFORM SHOULD GIVE THE PRESIDENT A NEW SEAT TO NOMINATE AT THE START OF EVERY ADMINSTRATION THAT TAKES OFFICE BY WINNING THE POPULAR VOTE, WITH AN UNBOUNDED UPPER COURT SIZE., ONLY A MINIMUM OF FIVE. ALSO, PERMANENT SPECIAL COUNCIL FOR COURT CORRUPTION.
His jaw slack, a look of shock on his face after hearing all of that and taking it in, he asks "What do you call an act like that!?" The other man responds, "The Aristocrats!"
"Are we inventing a Torment Nexus that will destroy humanity? Hey, nobody's perfect. Anyhow, as one of the people working on it, I love thinking about all the dead kids in the Middle ages. Good times."