@gameragodzilla Not sure about the rest of Europe, but here in the Netherlands at least one major party is doing the "repeat what they say but in a less radical way" attack and a bunch of others are basically going "just ignore him". The socjus approach doesn't really seem very popular.
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@gameragodzilla I hope, I really hope, this gets blamed on identity politics. Because that would scare other groups in other countries away from relying on it.
@Gargron @lambadalambda Being a psychopath probably would help a lot. And I wouldn't necessarily call it intelligence. More like cunning, an understanding of perception and possibilities to exploit other people's weaknesses. But in a way things like that could be more important in a nuclear standoff than sheer intelligence.
Of course temper matters too and well...
@Gargron @lambadalambda He's certainly not the greatest businessman. But even if he's totally a con artist that means he has to have enough intelligence to pull that off.
I'm not saying he's highly intelligent, just that he has to have an understanding of risk management in order to get where he is right now.
@gameragodzilla Fair point. And it's interesting that the idea that certain groups would lift Hillary to victory failed to materialize.
And a Trump presidency at least means no further extensions of Article IX and that kind of BS. Some silver lining at least.
@lambadalambda @Gargron And, as much as I dislike Trump, even if he said it it could be a bad attempt at a joke. There's a known lower bound to Trump's intelligence due to him being smart enough to run some successful businesses. While he's not a politician the concept of mutually assured destruction is something that can also pop up in business (it's the ultimate version of a lose-lose situation) and so I expect him to understand it.
@lambadalambda I think the risk is indeed exaggerated. Trump a hot headed fool, but there's a huge gap between a first strike outside of an existing DEFCON 1 situation and sending tweets at 3 AM. The real danger situation is a Cuba crisis as that's a huge test of the character of a president, but it's unlikely that things will deteriorate to that point in four years.
People who are sad right now that they didn't run for president: Warren, Biden.
@maiyannah @bob Yes. The main body of code (the web app) is in Ruby.
@VrouwkevanS @Gargron Even worse is that this is a trend in several countries. E.g. Turkey, Phillipines, the growth of the FN in France.