Message from @pratel

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2018-07-25 12:33:10 UTC  

yeah, kind of like that

2018-07-25 12:33:14 UTC  

I dont think ive met an expert at econ thats a commie

2018-07-25 12:34:09 UTC  

So you're saying that when I hear a commie say "We need communism because inflation is good for the economy", I'll know that inflation is actually bad for the economy?

2018-07-25 12:35:27 UTC  

Tankies are a weird bunch

2018-07-25 12:36:30 UTC  

I see the reasoning, and I do know that the reasons they have do come from good intentions, but 1, it wont work, 2, I will not give up what I already own

2018-07-25 12:38:21 UTC  

The Fed has been an enemy to savings for the past decade. At least when it comes to the fed rate. It's all predicted that spending = good , saving = bad. That's why the rate is low, in part, it's to discourage savings

2018-07-25 17:47:38 UTC  

no i think that counts as a misdemeanor

2018-07-25 18:12:35 UTC  

Yea, I thought Plant Fitness's slogans superseded actual laws as well. Good to know.

2018-07-25 20:12:25 UTC  

This is why Social Justice never dies.

Essentially, the issue at Missouri was being "insufficiently responsive" and "If coverage of protests convinces parents of prospective students that your campus is some kind of racist nightmare, even the best administrators will have trouble recruiting a diverse student body"

In other words, the problem at Missouri from a year or so ago was that they didn't social justice fast enough.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/There-s-a-New-Scholarly-Take/243998?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest

2018-07-25 20:17:49 UTC  

it will die because rational people will slowly but surely stop falling or it - because they keep pushing and are getting more into the spotlight which means more people will see their lies and misrepresentations as just that.

2018-07-25 20:19:00 UTC  

Yes but if these rational people cannot take a stand against it, or if the narrative only goes for it, then the effect will only be one way.

Rationality does not always lead to power. The minority has ruled in the majority of human societies.

2018-07-25 20:23:33 UTC  

giving in to these hate mobs will lead to negative financial consequences, companies and institutions will see that and stop giving in.

2018-07-25 20:25:15 UTC  

you can see the first signs of it with star wars going from a guaranteed money maker to losing money in the span of one movie trying to appease those people.

2018-07-25 20:32:54 UTC  

That's not the plan on the left. To them it's a war of attrition. If there aren't alternatives people will eventually just give up and let them win.

2018-07-25 20:33:12 UTC  

They're right. And they're attacking anyone and anything that could provide such an alternative.

2018-07-25 20:33:27 UTC  

yeah... thats their problem

2018-07-25 20:33:34 UTC  

Esp since they control so much of the culture and productive industries.

2018-07-25 20:33:50 UTC  

if you attack everyone, everyone is against you

2018-07-25 20:34:09 UTC  

They technically don't even have to attack everyone. Just wait long enough to become a large enough minority.

2018-07-25 20:34:43 UTC  

Most people aren't confrontational. And most experience cognative dissonance with this stuff. Just look at what happens to some people on Reddit with respect to these things.

2018-07-25 20:36:15 UTC  

it will not die because people confront them, it will die because people will stop listening to what they are saying

2018-07-25 20:37:25 UTC  

and avoid people, companies and institutions that are still listening to them

2018-07-25 20:38:30 UTC  

Yes, but what if that is *all of them*

2018-07-25 20:38:53 UTC  

If you control enough of the culture and are sufficiently active you can deny effectively air to everyone.

2018-07-25 20:39:00 UTC  

then the market will sort it out

2018-07-25 20:39:23 UTC  

Not if they get all major players to act as a sufficiently powerful cartel.

2018-07-25 20:39:36 UTC  

Suppose you can't get a loan. People are already being banned from all the paymet processors.

2018-07-25 20:39:38 UTC  

then regulation will sort it out

2018-07-25 20:39:50 UTC  

Not if they control the regulators.

2018-07-25 20:40:03 UTC  

Actually, if they control the regulators there are no alternatives.

2018-07-25 20:40:05 UTC  

and if the american market will not sort it out: the european or asian market will.

2018-07-25 20:40:08 UTC  

You can regulate them out of existence.

2018-07-25 20:40:17 UTC  

They're even stronger in Europe.

2018-07-25 20:40:32 UTC  

the uk is not europe

2018-07-25 20:41:27 UTC  

OK, who exactly are you thinking of. Everythign I've seen suggests Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and France are atleast as SJW-converged as the US and UK if not more.

2018-07-25 20:41:55 UTC  

Asia is special. The fact hentai porn exists does nothing at the end of the day with this stuff.

2018-07-25 20:44:11 UTC  

Germany is not even in the same conversation (anymore) as the us and uk.

2018-07-25 20:44:52 UTC  

The whole social justice stuff had a completely different trajectory.

2018-07-25 20:47:26 UTC  

(1) I'm curious to hear how so. I heard Germany cities were waging war on traffic signals for being discriminatory.
(2) Contagion. If every business plays social justice and makes it a mandate to do business, it WILL spread.

2018-07-25 20:47:46 UTC  

#2 is why we shouldn't just say "someone else will take care of it"