Six policy wonks with very strong views, six opinionated journalists rallying from their respective platforms against the #US “arming #Ukraine and fuelling a neocon proxy #war”.

The host, #ThaddeusRussell, asks the most relevant question: “It’s absolutely essential that we clarify our position here, otherwise we are sitting ducks for what they say about us. Otherwise, it becomes true that we are #Putin stooges. […] This is essential, I need to know from you guys, as fan of yours: where do you actually stand on this?”

Genius 1: “I favour the cessation or mitigation of warfare rather than the perpetuation of it”.

Host: “OK. So does that mean a negotiated settlement, giving #Russia Donbas and Crimea, and nothing else?”

Genius 1: “I only really have a principle which is to cease the warfare rather than perpetuate it”.

Genius 2: “I think there should be negotiations. I’m not a diplomat, so I don’t see a point in me putting a solution on the table.”

Genius 3: “As much as I weep for the the predicament of the people in Ukraine, ultimately my greater concern is for all of humanity and for World War III”.

…And that’s why I can’t take seriously most of the naive anti-war rhetoric :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez2HU7XEJX0

#Unregistered #UnregisteredPodcast #podcast #politics

Weird how the people who think most people are NPCs make an exception for themselves. And when they talk about it with others, those people aren't NPCs either. More like dogs than capable of complex thought necessary for democracy etc, they say. How convenient if you want to boost your own ego and dismiss their concerns. #MichaelMalice #ThaddeusRussell

Enough with the idiotic pseudo-arguments pointing to #ElectionFraud in the #US!
Latest: #ThaddeusRussell on his #Unregistered #podcast (again).

Imagine insisting on the likelihood that somebody raped someone by repeating that “the motive! By God he had a strong motive. The guy really, really likes sex. We know that for sure. And we know that there have been rapes before. And the system is not perfect! A rape is so easy to commit! C'mon, I'm just saying there was motive, there were ample opportunities, and the means were there!”

🤢

https://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/148

I love listening to lunatics and contrarians. There's a lot of value in learning about unsuspected points of view. That's why I like #Unregistered #podcast so much.
Too often however, #ThaddeusRussell is just letting idiotic ideas stand unchallenged.
Case in point, the latest episode with #MenciusMoldbug:
https://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/146
MM: [Blatant overgeneralisation]
TR: “Wow!”
MM: [Reckless call to subvert everything]
TR: “Oooh…”
MM: [Caricature of opposite PoV]
TR: “Nice!”
MM: [Faulty logic]
TR: “You make my mind stretch!”
:blobfrowningbig:

I'm hearing so many attacks on #democracy and so many calls from people I would respect otherwise to have “less democracy”… All those (#ThaddeusRussell, #GarettJones, #MenciusMoldbug…) seem to be confusing “smaller State” with “less democracy”.
When we #ClassicLiberals criticise the tyranny of the majority, what we are saying is that no State or institutional power should intrude so deeply into personal matters — not that we would prefer those intrusions to be orchestrated by dictators, oligarchs or technocrats instead of democratic institutions (imperfect and fallible as they may be)! We want less #coercion overall (ie, less #State) — not to move the extant coercive power from democracy to #autarchy.
Please reflect about that distinction if you find yourself dissatisfied with the status quo and flirting with the ideas of #NRx, #DarkEnlightenment, autarchy, #monarchy, etc.