Tim BrayFeb 26, 2025

Gosh, look what @cstross posted exactly ten years ago: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2015/02/a-different-cluetrain.html

[Since the preview isn't showing up, I’ll just say that my Twitter reaction at the time was “does democracy have any future?”]

Show threadandeuxFeb 26, 2025

@timbray @cstross
"Capitalism as a system may well work best in the absence of democracy."

Peter Thiel came to the same conclusion.

Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 26, 2025
@andeux @timbray Yes, but he drew the exact OPPOSITE moral from the conclusion.
Show threadalanpaxton
@cstross @andeux @timbray Which side are you on, boys ?
Feb 26, 2025 at 10:53amWeb
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 26, 2025
@alanpaxton @andeux @timbray I'm on the side of the humanitarians. Thiel thinks he is, but he didn't check the dictionary and he thinks a humanitarian is like a vegetarian only for humans.
Show threadComplexity of systems 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 26, 2025
@cstross @alanpaxton @andeux @timbray TV will ruin your vocabulary
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImAHumanitarian
I'm a Humanitarian - TV Tropes

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? No, this trope is not about humanitarianism. Quite the opposite, in fact. Cannibalism is considered one of the greatest taboos, so, naturally, it's become a trope. One idea which …

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Show threadComplexity of systems 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 26, 2025
@cstross @alanpaxton @andeux @timbray https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary
TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Vocabulary - TV Tropes

Or enrich it, depending on your point of view. It seems to be not at all unusual for a troper to begin speaking Tropinese in Real Life situations that do not involve discussion of entertainment. This is apparently another way that TV Tropes Will …

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