@spandrell4 they can be famous without being a clown but a bit of clownishness is needed to gain lot of fame on social media.
And yes Larry should have very hot chicks, but not Fang types.
@OGRolandRat At the end of the day he sees himself in the same team as turkey
Also, turkey has a noticeable influence in Iran now, he doesn't want to piss turks off.
@spandrell4 Not an American, but that's not a bad deal. Many of Musk's achievements looks extraordinary (not implying it is trivial) because America's ordinary has diminished.
1965 America would have probably landed at Mars by now.
@thespandrell Second, Right can't claim status superiority over right, so there is no point to defect from left to right (only if there is some other gains, a lot of money for exmpl), but the opposite always makes sense.
@thespandrell Why isn't Right loyal? Have you written about this?
I think for three reasons. First, Right doesn't punish betrayal as severely as Left and even if it wanted to, it wouldn't have the most efficient tool: cancellation.
Corona virus brings this truth to surface about how western democracies are ideological regimes evolved to destroy political/ideological rivals but nothing more.
It is a moral imperative for a socialist/progressive to follow you where ever you go and force their axioms upon you. Some are honest enough to confess it.