The best thing about Trump's next term is all the people who will NOT be in power. Trump's people will be terrible in plenty of ways, but we will gain from the law of averages. After rolling snake eyes, your next roll will be better.
Or it could be another snake eyes. And what makes you think that the alternative to Trump is the equivalent of snake eyes? It can't get worse than Kamala Harris? 😉
Also, your observation about regular people's spirits corrupted by this vicarious sense of power is a theme Curtis Yarvin has explored extensively. People are addicted to the feeling of righteousness they get from the "franchising" of power that democracy appears to extend to them. They are "stakeholders" in every weighty concern and policy, no matter how unskilled and ignorant. Check him out if you haven't.
Great reflection!
Thanks, Holler!
The best thing about Trump's next term is all the people who will NOT be in power. Trump's people will be terrible in plenty of ways, but we will gain from the law of averages. After rolling snake eyes, your next roll will be better.
Things can always be worse, right? 😅
Yeah... I guess your right. These loaded dice may have zeroes on them.
Or it could be another snake eyes. And what makes you think that the alternative to Trump is the equivalent of snake eyes? It can't get worse than Kamala Harris? 😉
All true. These dice are Gaussian, not Poisson. There is no lower bound.
Also, your observation about regular people's spirits corrupted by this vicarious sense of power is a theme Curtis Yarvin has explored extensively. People are addicted to the feeling of righteousness they get from the "franchising" of power that democracy appears to extend to them. They are "stakeholders" in every weighty concern and policy, no matter how unskilled and ignorant. Check him out if you haven't.
I've heard Curtis Yarvin on a couple of Michael Malice podcasts, and a friend from my software days recently sent me an article Yarvin wrote.
What do you think of Yarvin's analysis?
His inputs and perspective are brilliant every time. His conclusions are hit-or-miss for me. But I'm rarely in it for people's conclusions.