How Democrats drove it into Trump’s arms. A long, but fascinating interview with Marc Andreesen.
[Update a few minutes later]
NEW PIECE from Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on Pirate Wires: Trump will get America out of “manager mode”
— Pirate Wires (@PirateWires) January 22, 2025
• While SpaceX put more than 300 rockets into orbit for less than $10 billion, California has built 1,600 feet of elevated rail for $11 billion, and now projects its high… pic.twitter.com/4JdIuWBIsl
For now, I think, salvation.
[Mid-morning update]
Contra Matt Yglesias' newsletter, I really don't think it's all that hard to understand why the kids are shifting rightward, or what cultural + policy preferences this amounts to. When you've been fed an original sin gospel by nature of your status as a white male, you at a… pic.twitter.com/3rk6s5dvLG
— Liz Wolfe (@LizWolfeReason) January 23, 2025
Somebody, Neo I think, wondered at some time past why more young men aren’t attracted to Islam. Too Medieval was my opinion. As men, we (most of us, anyway) want to fuck women, but not fuck them to death (waste of good pussy, of course). Are young women drifting rightwards. Maybe the ones who want to be fucked, just not to death?
Hmm, my ipad doesn’t want to me to what’s at the link. 🙂
It is amusing how our technocratic class burst into the room shouting, “Hey! Do you know this stuff is going on?” Yes, yes. We knew twenty years ago and when we told you, you mocked us. Thanks for catching up I guess?
Trump needed a big tent to win but a lot of the people who crossed over are not conservatives, far from it. They were opportunistic enough to recognize their way of life was at risk but they don’t really care about other’s way of life being at risk.
A lot of these people are trash human beings little different than white supremacists except they have better paying jobs. And they think as newcomers, everyone should adopt their ideology. How about you slow your roll and take a moment to contemplate the positions of the people who were right while you were wrong?
Instapundit recommended welcome boxes for people fleeing blue states but the problem is now much larger than getting some new neighbors. It is a good idea, just needs to scale up.