BallotOverBullet

More houses, more energy, less social media.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@MidMajority2024 @matthewstoller Trump is so obviously a liar that I have very little sympathy for you.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

No snark - if you like free markets you should consider being a a Dem. The govt has taken a stake in multiple companies, imposed hundreds of billions in tariffs, illegally halted multi gigawatt energy projects that were almost done, 1/2

[Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈 @JosephPolitano]

the current position of the US government is that NVIDIA should be allowed to sell chips directly to China but banned from using Claude, because the latter is a larger national security risk. that is the level of absolute insanity coming out of the White House & Pentagon nowadays

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@TwitteBurn123 @BrixtonHatter @tedfrank @brendengallager Because the previous person said that private equity is not running any Vegas casinos, and the screenshot makes a strong case that this is false.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@mattadvance @mattyglesias I’m not sure if this is supposed to be a joke or a serious statement. If the former, it isn’t funny. If the latter, it isn’t very convincing.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@mattadvance @mattyglesias Yglesias has talked at length about why he supported the war at first, why he changed his mind, and how he updated the lessons from that experience into his thinking.

The fact that he admitted he was wrong and then changed his thinking is something to admire, not deride.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@Helot_ @mattyglesias Biden didn’t raise rates, the Fed did.

Also, rates went up to combat inflation caused by the Trump pandemic. Housing affordability was a problem long before the pandemic.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex This is an interesting argument to make here since generally being liberal correlates with high IQ. And you are making your position on liberals clear these days. Do you think you’re being selective about the salience of IQ?

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@cryptonomiccs @mattyglesias Roughly as radical and untenable as any other way to understand the universe.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex https://t.co/04V6FrUZEt

[wanye @xwanyex]

This is an ad hominem that attempts to discredit the argument by insulting its author, but it’s also a non sequitur, because the fact that the universe is cold and uncaring of course doesn’t undo the fact that we evolved the moral intuitions that drive almost all human behavior, anyway.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex You already tweeted that human morality mostly evolved organically, which is at odds with what you are saying here.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex @mattyglesias With all due respect your original tweet was a much stronger and more incorrect claim.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@ArtemisConsort Good thing we already created a pretty good one

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex https://t.co/04V6FrUZEt

[wanye @xwanyex]

This is an ad hominem that attempts to discredit the argument by insulting its author, but it’s also a non sequitur, because the fact that the universe is cold and uncaring of course doesn’t undo the fact that we evolved the moral intuitions that drive almost all human behavior, anyway.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex Have you heard of existentialism? It is a direct discussion of all this.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex I disagree. The whole idea of existentialist philosophy is essentially about that one topic.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex It follows in a similarly immediate and banal and obvious way that the separation of church and state is vital towards maintaining a society that doesn’t consume itself with religious fundamentalism.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex Only the panels from 1960 and onward are right, per Robert Putnam.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex I agree that it’s ridiculous the rape of the Swedish girl didn’t count as a deportation-worthy offense. But I hope you’d also agree it’s not constructive to talk about hanging judges.

[BallotOverBullet @BallotOvrBullet]

@xwanyex I originally followed you for your level headed and interesting takes on controversial topics. A tweet like this makes me think you are at risk of audience capture to the right wing cesspool part of Twitter. Worth watching out for that.