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I think you should at least come visit. Texas is 50% Hispanic.
You see quickly how culture/genetics really matters.
It is analogous to the situation in Israel: if you want to protect a culture, you must protect its genetics by excluding all outsiders.
Palestinians would be happier in Syria; Mexicans would be happier in Mexico. So it goes.
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The wisdom of Israel is that it upholds the formula of ethne=culture=religion.
This is how you make societies that not only have cohesion, but can have direction.
Any society that fails to undertake this path will eliminate itself (become Brazil, Mexico, Russia, etc).
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The problem with virtue ethics however is the problem of voluntarism.
Those with the capacity and will to be self-directed and not self-focused are few, and they are quickly absorbed and bred out by the rest.
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Thus, it helps to have leaders, and to have a framework of values/aesthetics, which we commonly call culture.
Also mono-ethnicism because culture is genetic and can only be firmly tied to a national identity.
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> social engineering, micromanagement, and scientific administration are dead ends
These are tools, applied carefully and correctly they can be useful, but used poorly they are lifeless and depressing, e.g. Brazil (1985).
Social engineering can make people better people, and in some Asian countries we've seen it used with some amount of success. Micromanagement has it's place too, in prisons and insane asylums, where people who can't self-manage are placed. Scientific administration can also be beneficial BUT, there is a HUGE HUGE HUGE risk of unwarranted overconfidence.
Everything is a dead end in the hands of a bad leader. But I don't think we can afford to cast them into the fire entirely.
These are tools, applied carefully and correctly they can be useful, but used poorly they are lifeless and depressing, e.g. Brazil (1985).
Social engineering can make people better people, and in some Asian countries we've seen it used with some amount of success. Micromanagement has it's place too, in prisons and insane asylums, where people who can't self-manage are placed. Scientific administration can also be beneficial BUT, there is a HUGE HUGE HUGE risk of unwarranted overconfidence.
Everything is a dead end in the hands of a bad leader. But I don't think we can afford to cast them into the fire entirely.
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Really awesome analysis here:
https://agora.echelon.pl/objects/7b70d54f-f866-4599-9f0d-8ecfb8611f56
From @kravietz
And a bit on how more capitalism works out better
https://noc.social/@todayilearned/114934898118058035
via @klaatu
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@monarchist @h4890 @korsier @freepatriot
Elon Musk is good at pretty much nothing but marketing, yet is a billionaire.
Meanwhile someone eho is good at a practical task, like welding or cooking, can only expect much MUCH lower wages in ultra-capitalist systems. This is why the tipping culture in the US is so generous. People have to LIVE off their tips despite their food quality.
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@Example @h4890 @korsier @freepatriot
Generally what I hear from my corner of the internet (that's a disclaimer) is that equality means equality of opportunity, where equity means equality of condition.
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@cjd @h4890 @korsier @freepatriot
I have to disagree here: these things become runaway quests in themselves.
Social engineering has no end point. You are constantly trying to force people to behave as if they were intelligent, good, and introspective.
All this does is offload the bad into the future.
Agreed on the unwarranted overconfidence (Peter Principle + DKE) of scientific management.
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@monarchist @freepatriot I'm currently watching a 4 part documentary about the history of swedish metal. I starts with Bathery, Candlemass, Yngwie Malmsteen and Europe in the swedish suburb of Upplands Väsby and then traces how they inspired other bands and genres. Very interesting how so many bands could spring into existence in Upplands väsby at the same time.
Gothenburg also had a similar moment, where several famous bands were founded around the same suburb.
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This is the one:
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@monarchist @freepatriot
https://www.svtplay.se/hard-rock-pa-export-1
It is geoblocked but you can get around that with tor. What I do not know however is if there are english subtitles.
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@monarchist @Example @korsier @freepatriot
Let me add that in our ultra-capitalist times, although I do not like the term, welders on north sea oil platforms are paid enormous amounts of money. Enough to retire very early.
Let me also add that Elon Musk is a ninja, but if it were one thing that I do not like about Elon is that he is too good at sucking government money into his ventures. That part is not capitalist, it is mercantilist and socialist.
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@monarchist @freepatriot True! I think for this thought you can read Neal Stephensons Snowcrash.
Oilplatforms are too stationary. They will be surrounded and shut down if the community is too successful would be my guess.
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@monarchist @Example @korsier @freepatriot
To me it seems that very often, the ones belittling CEOs are people who have no idea about what a CEO does and who have never worked as CEOs themselves. Usually these people tend to dig up the tired "all of them are psychos" argument as well, which is the time when I start to not listen any longer.
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@monarchist @Example @korsier @freepatriot But apart from that, no one can quarrel with the fact that the man clearly is smart and has enormous skill as an entrepreneur.
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@h4890
At least I'm not that kind of person.
@monarchist @korsier @freepatriot
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@Example @monarchist @korsier @freepatriot
I disagree. The government has distorted and is such a powerful actor on the markets, as well as regulator, that it can hardly be called a capitalist system. It is closer to a mercantilist system, where the ones close to power benefit the most.
Free markets are sadly becoming less common, and we are saying mass protests as a result of eco-fascism and socialism which is slowly dismantling the markets.
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@h4890 @freepatriot @monarchist Singapore is an authoritarian state. You must be willing to put up with a lot of limits on personal freedom to live there. It has more in common with the PRC than typical western countries. I agree though that our western democracies are eroding. We have too many selfish voters who think only of what they can get if they vote left and don't care about the consequences. I think Heinlein had it right, only those willing to serve their country selflessly should get the vote. Id considering living in the US but only in a red state like Texas.
