Michael Malice
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You know, like Catcher in the Rye is this, the Fountainhead for certain people. It really kind of codifies you later in life.
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I was someone who's very big encouraging political division. And, you know, Thomas Sowell says there's no solutions, only trade-offs. I was naive because I didn't realize the trade-off is how dumb political discourse has gotten. Where people, no one's holding them in check, so people are free to say just completely stupid things.
I was someone who's very big encouraging political division. And, you know, Thomas Sowell says there's no solutions, only trade-offs. I was naive because I didn't realize the trade-off is how dumb political discourse has gotten. Where people, no one's holding them in check, so people are free to say just completely stupid things.
I was someone who's very big encouraging political division. And, you know, Thomas Sowell says there's no solutions, only trade-offs. I was naive because I didn't realize the trade-off is how dumb political discourse has gotten. Where people, no one's holding them in check, so people are free to say just completely stupid things.
And since you're surrounded by this echo chamber, and anyone who says, hey, this is stupid, now you sound like the outgroup, it becomes self-validating, and it's really horrifying.
And since you're surrounded by this echo chamber, and anyone who says, hey, this is stupid, now you sound like the outgroup, it becomes self-validating, and it's really horrifying.
And since you're surrounded by this echo chamber, and anyone who says, hey, this is stupid, now you sound like the outgroup, it becomes self-validating, and it's really horrifying.
The other point I made in my book, The New Right, is that when you're in the center, insanity and brilliance are equidistant. You have no capacity really for distinguishing between the two of them because they both sound completely crazy to you and something you'd never heard before. And I thought, okay, then we got to kind of knock the center out.
The other point I made in my book, The New Right, is that when you're in the center, insanity and brilliance are equidistant. You have no capacity really for distinguishing between the two of them because they both sound completely crazy to you and something you'd never heard before. And I thought, okay, then we got to kind of knock the center out.
The other point I made in my book, The New Right, is that when you're in the center, insanity and brilliance are equidistant. You have no capacity really for distinguishing between the two of them because they both sound completely crazy to you and something you'd never heard before. And I thought, okay, then we got to kind of knock the center out.
But then what's happening is you kind of get these new centers, which kind of crystallize. And a lot of them are just like- Insanity. Insanity. And also, as you know, from a lot of your work, the more insane, the more sticky it gets. Yeah. Because people take pride in having insane views because it's like agnostic thing. I've been initiated into these mysteries. These people just don't get it.
But then what's happening is you kind of get these new centers, which kind of crystallize. And a lot of them are just like- Insanity. Insanity. And also, as you know, from a lot of your work, the more insane, the more sticky it gets. Yeah. Because people take pride in having insane views because it's like agnostic thing. I've been initiated into these mysteries. These people just don't get it.
But then what's happening is you kind of get these new centers, which kind of crystallize. And a lot of them are just like- Insanity. Insanity. And also, as you know, from a lot of your work, the more insane, the more sticky it gets. Yeah. Because people take pride in having insane views because it's like agnostic thing. I've been initiated into these mysteries. These people just don't get it.
Right, and the odds that they're all going to be positive is very low.
Right, and the odds that they're all going to be positive is very low.
Right, and the odds that they're all going to be positive is very low.
Is it? No, but it speaks because all-out anarchism would still have leadership. Have you ever seen The Devil Wears Prada? I think so, yeah. So do you remember the speech that Meryl Streep gives to Anne Hathaway? Elaborate. So Anne Hathaway's... Meryl Streep is Anna Wintour. She's head of Vogue magazine. You know, Romana Clef. Romana Clef, however it's pronounced.