Election 2020

[constant escape]

Stan, have you read the Philip Bobbitt book Vimothy recommended to you months ago?

But I did just add a bunch of Bobbitt talks to my youtube watch later list. Prompted by your post, that is.

 

[Leo]

Putin got pretty awesome ROI, will continue paying dividends for years.

 

[version]

The Silenced Majority, by Rana Dasgupta

Can America still afford democracy?

harpers.org

 

[RWY]

No, I can't say I even remember that, I;m embarrassed to admit.

There's a writer called Philip Bobbit who associates particular constitutional forms with particular historical epochs. Each epoch has a dominant constitutional form which is particularly adapted to whatever the social, technological, economic, etc, forces are that define it. In the modern period, the dominant form of the state was the nation-state. That period appears to be coming to an end, and with it the dominance of the nation-state. It's being replaced, in Bobbit's view, with what he calls the market-state. Or, to map that taxonomy onto the the OP, you have one form of the state which arose a world where the most important social institution was the nation being replaced by one in which the most important social institution is the market.

The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History

 

[linebaugh]

Yeah and thats what I've been curious about: what would an economy based on data look like? Would it even be based on data, or would data just factor in in some novel way?

this gets into it a bit

The Silenced Majority, by Rana Dasgupta

Can America still afford democracy?

harpers.org

 

[linebaugh]

Yeah and thats what I've been curious about: what would an economy based on data look like? Would it even be based on data, or would data just factor in in some novel way?

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2594754 this is good too

 

[linebaugh]

you should read both of those and quote the juicy bits in here to jog my memory

 

[Mr. Tea]

this gets into it a bit

I read it, @version.

I read it.

 

[luka]

Steer well clear of any books that psycho vimothy is recommending!

 

[version]

I read it, @version.

I read it.

What did you think?

 

[Mr. Tea]

What did you think?

Depressing, obviously, but well-argued and convincing. I might have to read it again to remind myself of the details of the argument.

 

[IdleRich]

@IdleRich will love this one...

Dominion sues Sidney Powell for defamation, seeking $1.3 billion in damages

I do love that very much, thank you... it's been coming for a while but glad it's here. Wonder how much she made from the kraken thing, quite a large sum of money I'm guessing but probably not 1.3 bil.

 

[Leo]

The man who stormed Pelosi’s office and a West Virginia lawmaker are among those arrested.

 

[Leo]

 

[constant escape]

Pure adolescent libidinal expression. Arrested development.

 

[IdleRich]

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So what is happening, he's on the run with Arnie trying to avoid killer robots and the like?

 

[constant escape]

We aren;t properly taught how to express these things.

 

[DannyL]

Apparently the calls for violence on Parler are getting lots worse. The 21st should be interesting.

 

[DannyL]

I need a Padraig (U.S.) take on all this madness. "My Lord, why hast thou foresaken us?"

 

[IdleRich]

I like "shitlibs"

I would have thought you hated them.