Commentators have noted that the Q-movement, as well as MAGA, in general, has tones of authoritarismism too it. It would seem like there are all of these young and middle-aged people who want a bigger, more powerful government, and to be ruled by an autocrat. The question is, why would anyone choose authoritarismism over democracy.… Continue reading Why people choose authoritarianism over democracy

Joe Biden will soon be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. There was no kraken or ‘storm’, but there were however ‘mass arrests’–of the Trump supporters who stormed the capitol…about a hundred individuals in total. So at least that Q prediction came true. Having your guys arrested in an act of… Continue reading The Daily View 1/19/20

From Unz, by Jarred Taylor The Taboo That Could Break America, Part III Last week I explained why different groups don’t achieve at the same level. It’s because the races are not identical. There are all sorts of interesting differences – this paper from just last year says you can tell American blacks from American whites… Continue reading The Question of Blacks, Whites, and Crime

There is a book by Wall Street Journal reporter Zuckerman, The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution, about James Harris Simons–a former mathematician, physicist, and code breaker–who launched arguably the most successful hedge fund ever, Renaissance Technologies, which for decades has posted annual returns in excess of 40%, making… Continue reading How /r/WallStreetBets ‘Solved’ Wall Street

The delamination of the stock market and the tech sector from the rest of the America continues, as Tesla and the stock market continues to relentlessly push  higher in spite of Covid, protests, and the outward appearance of total unrest and dissolution and breakdown of civic trust. As I said last week, the Covid deaths… Continue reading Two correct predictions for 2021

To say the past few days have been overwhelming is an understatement. I am still trying to wrap my mind around the events that have transpired. It feels like after 911 , but even more intense, in part due to the role of social media. In some ways it is worse because at least after… Continue reading Trump Twitter Suspension

The past 12 hours have been surreal. It feels like an action movie or something, yet in real life. I cannot believe or still fully fathom what has happened, but it is not too surprising that it happened. This was 12 years in the making, starting with the tea party and the Obama presidency, the… Continue reading Capitol Hill Protests

Moldbug/Yarvin has been on a publishing and media frenzy over the past year, itinerantly appearing on at least a couple dozen podcasts and serializing his forthcoming book on the blogging platform Substack (graymirror.substack.com). He has been everywhere: I saw a episode featuring Moldbug on a podcast that I had chosen seemingly at random that had… Continue reading Moldbug and Covid

In short, I predict 2021 will be a continuation of 2020, with preexisting trends accelerating or remaining intact. Some people get annoyed if your predictions are not extreme enough, but this is prediction list, not a wish list. Many people may wish or hope to see unrest that upsets the status quo, but that does… Continue reading 2021 forecasts and predictions

Cheating and dishonesty are often framed as ethnically and morally indefensible. Either someone is honest or dishonest, without any ‘grey area’ in-between, or without taking into account the context of the situation. But rather than having to choose between what I believe to be a false dichotomy, I think, instead, many of the prevailing notions… Continue reading In defense of (some) dishonesty