Nassim Tooleb Loses His Temper Again

Nassim Tooleb lost his temper again. He began by asking the difference between democracy and populism, but only asking for ‘rigorous’ explanations, which is kinda difficult given the 140-character restriction of Twitter. But people tried anyway. I am still looking for someone to give a rigorous explanation/explanation of difference between populism & democracy. Nothing yet.… Continue reading Nassim Tooleb Loses His Temper Again

HBD-Nationalism Conundrum

Let’s assume you hold a ‘populist’ view on immigration and nationalism (border control, ethno-states, etc.) but an ‘elite’ view on IQ and HBD (IQ is important, a measure of individual ‘worth’, is reliably testable, and varies between races/groups/nations, etc.). Although both of these individually may be correct, to hold both simultaneously may be logically inconsistent.… Continue reading HBD-Nationalism Conundrum

Advice to Ignore

The worst types of people are those who pretend to have your best interests and then spread bad advice either unintentionally or mistakenly, but usually for their own profit and or self-aggrandizement. 1. “Sell your stocks! The US economy is doomed!” Every single doom and gloom prediction since 2008 has been wrong: -predictions of double… Continue reading Advice to Ignore

NRx Concepts: A Review

Here is an summary of NRx, from the comments of arnoldkling.com: neo-reaction is in opposition to the Cathedral. possibly it is against the decay of what Walter Russell Mead calls “The Blue Model.” One workable stab at defining the commonalities of neo-reaction is that it is opposed to “The Cathedral,” whatever that is. I think… Continue reading NRx Concepts: A Review

The Trump ‘Coming Together’ Moment

"there are still two to three articles about a Trump-KKK connection for every single Klansman in the world." https://t.co/7mTskyp0G9 — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 19, 2016 Ann Coulter tweeted a link to Scott’s hugely viral article YOU ARE STILL CRYING WOLF about how the left’s fears and suppositions of Trump being an extremist with KKK-ties,… Continue reading The Trump ‘Coming Together’ Moment

Carrier Deal and Govt. Boeing Contracts are Not the Same Thing

Mike recently put out a Periscope defending Trump’s Carrier deal and equating the Carrier deal with govt. Boeing contracts, both as being ‘cronyism’, and that it’s hypocritical of National Review to attack Carrier and Trump but defend Boeing. Mike’s argument initially seemed convincing, but then I thought about it deeper. As I explained a few… Continue reading Carrier Deal and Govt. Boeing Contracts are Not the Same Thing

Corporatism with Nationalism

The Carrier deal shows a big problem with Trump’s approach to the presidency As noted by Vox, there are several problems: It doesn’t save many jobs relative to the total that may be lost due to outsourcing. Because the president is directly intervening, it has elements of crony capitalism. It requires large taxpayer-funded incentives to… Continue reading Corporatism with Nationalism