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Feynman, Rothbard, Solzhenitsyn /when trust in the institutions necessary for civilization are degraded they collapse quickly

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Labour markets, just like ALL markets, are not in equilibrium, but rationed. I'm rationed markets the short-side principle applies: whichever quantity of demand or supply is smaller dominates as it can pick and choose with who to deal. And usually the short side extracts

Labour markets, just like ALL markets, are not in equilibrium, but rationed.

I'm rationed markets the short-side principle applies: whichever quantity of demand or supply is smaller dominates as it can pick and choose with who to deal. And usually the short side extracts
Chuck Petras (@chuck_petras) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What we're seeing in the blue cities has a name, its the Curley Effect. "The Curley Effect is a political strategy where leaders use inefficient, wealth-reducing, or divisive policies to encourage the emigration of political opponents and attract supporters, thereby securing

What we're seeing in the blue cities has a name, its the Curley Effect. 

"The Curley Effect is a political strategy where leaders use inefficient, wealth-reducing, or divisive policies to encourage the emigration of political opponents and attract supporters, thereby securing
John Carter (@martianwyrdlord) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be
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James Lindsay, anti-Communist What "made it work" was the the fact that every single major settler group in the early years of the country were R1B haplogroup Western Europeans culturally and genetically proximate enough to seamlessly integrate into and conform to the self-governing civilizational axioms of

<a href="/ConceptualJames/">James Lindsay, anti-Communist</a> What "made it work" was the the fact that every single major settler group in the early years of the country were R1B haplogroup Western Europeans culturally and genetically proximate enough to seamlessly integrate into and conform to the self-governing civilizational axioms of
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Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 So, as someone who has lived and studied in India, I wanted to share some information about Nithya Raman I have uncovered. First, it's important for people to understand that "homelessness" in India is fundamentally different than it is here in the US, and her claim to have

samizdata (@jamespowerz2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ghosts- Cute show, but I would just travel around and asks ghosts that died hundreds or thousands of years ago about archaeological mysteries.

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Anthropic is buying millions of rare books, scanning and destroying them because legally destruction is the safest option. This was a plot element in the Vernor Vinge novel, "The Rainbow's End", which I read 20 years ago.

Anthropic is buying millions of rare books, scanning and destroying them because legally destruction is the safest option. This was a plot element in the Vernor Vinge novel, "The Rainbow's End", which I read 20 years ago.
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1) Read the comments on Matt’s post. 2) I am frankly happy to see Matt’s post and glad that Matt is digging into this. Because …. 3) To Matt’s low-key implied point, and something that continues to stick with me- since 2025-is: “Martin Luther King Jr.'s family,

1) Read the comments on Matt’s post. 

2) I am frankly happy to see Matt’s post and glad that Matt is digging into this. Because …. 

3) To Matt’s low-key implied point, and something that continues to stick with me- since 2025-is: 

“Martin Luther King Jr.'s family,