@aziz0nomics That's because progressives won, and brought about a progressive liberal society. Conservatives now want to conserve it, and permanent activists seek to destroy it.
@mrkarlmusk The morality play problem is much broader. In the US, their “anti racism” is both racist and betrays blacks. Instead of freeing blacks from violence, they want to abolish the police. Instead of improving the schools that fail them, they label the evidence of failure as racist
@mrkarlmusk Don’t attack the antizionism. Attack the worship of Islamism, with its extremely conservative values, suppression of women etc. That, and the morality play view of the world that is inconsistent with trying to make it better. “Pro-Palestinians” hurt Palestinians
@cremieuxrecueil That’s true for many. But others have a morality play view of the world, where their role is to “stand for justice” even if their “activism” can only make things worse for the people they care for. Not everyone is a consequentialist
@bohumilo@tylercowen@favelaoverlord This includes exchange rate movements. In 2008 the euro peaked at $1.47 and in 2008 it was 1.08. Again, you are not supporting your argument. You are undermining it by using poor data.
@bohumilo@tylercowen@favelaoverlord The data is very old and very bad. It has Australia behind Greece, though Australia is twice as rich. Using data like this only weakens your claim, as it suggests you couldn’t find good data to support it
@Molly85224872@CMPaso@LizHurra The Islamic republic’s obsession with destroying Israel has nothing to do with the Palestinians. A Palestinian state would help relations with countries like Saudi. It would not change the desire of Islamists to eliminate the Jewish state.
@paulnovosad@clairlemon Be careful what you wish for. Some of the worst politics now comes from the highly educated Left, while the Weimar’s republic had an amazing reading culture, but elected Hitler.
@mrkarlmusk What I am not sure about is the extent to which this was because the refugees were Jewish, as opposed to a broader anti immigrant sentiment in those years. But either way, it proved the need for a Jewish state.