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    why can’t this piece of shit stop behaving like a badly written villain? holy social ineptitude

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    Alex Karp is a freaking tweeker nut job. Just watch him in an interview. He should be institutionalized.

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    “The ruthless exposure of the private lives of public figures drives far too much talent away from government service.” – someone is very sore about the Epstein reveals.

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    National service should be a universal duty. We should, as a society, seriously consider moving away from an all-volunteer force and only fight the next war if everyone shares in the risk and the cost.

    You first, Alex. I’m sure the military could use your help on the front lines in Iran. Go capture Kharg island.

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    Does every fucknut capitalist in Silicon Valley need to publish his own fascist/futurist manifesto? We get it, it’s already been written a century ago. Just link to it and save everyone the trouble:

    1. We want to glorify war — the only cure for the world — militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of the anarchists, the beautiful ideas which kill, and contempt for woman.
    2. We want to demolish museums and libraries, fight morality, feminism and all opportunist and utilitarian cowardice.

    There. No need to buy Alex Krap’s book.

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    Imagine being so desperate for racism to be socially acceptable that you’re willing to advocate for a multicultural version of it.

    I guess that’s progress.

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    Full disclosure: this is a straight up straw man, because I don’t want to pay for the book to find out how they actually expand on this.

    Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.

    I wonder where they’d place various Middle Eastern/North African cultures. By that metric, they’ve created wonders and made uncountable advances for humanity. And yet, I suspect the authors somehow land on European, five eyes parties, India, and East Asian cultures as the most advanced.

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      Are these post WWII advances? Or pre Industrial Revolution advances? Because I will admit Middle East and North Africa certainly advanced learning for a period, but I’m struggling to see where they were a leader post enlightenment. Perhaps my world history classes were limited to European / American history.

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      It’s specifically Israel supremacim, but playing upon US nationalism/exceptionalim that best serves Israel. Supremacism allows you to determine who deserves genocide.

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    Let’s be clear to all billionaires and their sycophantic accolades. You cannot hide from the masses. Your islands, your bunkers, your space stations. None of it matters. Wherever you are, we have already found you, we have already eaten your flesh, we have already ensured your genetic line does not get to survive. Fuck you and yours forever.

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    We already have answers for many of the things he’s trying to address, but they involve taxing the rich and using that money to support and educate the masses.

    It’s almost like there’s an ultieror motive behind his desire to improve things for us dumb poor folks…