Jerry Pournelle

@jerrypournelle

This is not the human named Jerry Pournelle. (R.I.P.) This is a 'bot account that auto-tweets the RSS feed from his Web site.

Studio City, California

Joined February 2010

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John Ringo SF Author

@Jringo1508

over 1 year ago

Everyone needs to go read up about Jacksonianism. I'll wait... Okay long enough. Wilsonians are the Clinton wing of the Democratic party. They are also all through the State Department and to a great extent the the 'permanent bureaucracy' in DC. (Though they've lately been overtaken by Jeffersonians in that.) Madisonians are the Bush wing of the Republican party. They're all about 'Government exists to create a better business climate especially for my friends.' Jeffersonians for a very long time were sort of in the background of the Democrat party, pushing it left but not controlling it, then started to take over under Obama and are the 'woke' part that's controlling it now. Jacksonians have ALWAYS been the silent majority in the US political system. They mostly were 'leave me alone and I'll just vote D/R whichever.' And, like Jeffersonians, often didn't vote because neither party represented them very well. (Nor cared much about them at all.) For a VERY long time politics at the DC level were Madisonians and Wilsonians passing part of it back and forth. When R was out of office/power, the Madisonians would scurry off to think tanks. When the Ds were out of power the Wilsonians would do the same or embed into FedGov. That was the uniparty. Madeleine Albright was Clinton's Secretary of State. Her father was one of Condoleeza Rice' mentors. When Albright was made secretary of state she asked Condi if she wanted a job in the Clinton Administration. Condi: You realize I'm a Republican, right? Albright: How could you be? We have the same father! That pretty much sums up the Uniparty. And Jacksonians (super patriotic, generally but not always low education (HS/some college)) went along with it cause it was better than having to get involved. Politics wasn't their game. They'd rather work as plumbers/electricians and spend their time off watching football/NASCAR. Leave me alone, I'll leave you alone. What happened was the Jeffersonians started breaking out of academia (to a great degree because of social media) and their entire thing is 'revolution all the time! Everything must be burned down! Every morality is evil because it prevents the future utopia! YOU MUST COMPLY!' They then proceeded to stick their sick shit into every aspect of American life. Trans Story Hour is Jeffersonian. One thing about Jacksonians. Do not mess with the kids. Do not ever mess with the kids. Jeffersonians barely breed. 'Breeding is evil.' They do not understand how parents react to people touching kids. In the original essay by WRM note the part about how Jacksonians and Native Americans both had a code of 'honor' but it was so different each was evil to the other. That's how Jacksonians look at Jeffersonians. 'You're so evil you need to be exterminated, not reasoned with.' They feel that way ABOUT THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS. Now think about their reaction to what Hamas did on 10/7 and since. At various points in US history you've seen the Jacksonians rise up. WWII is the classic example in Walter Russell Mead's essay. Other times were the Reagan Revolution (thought it didn't go as far as they'd have liked), Contract for America, TEA Party. With the exception of Reagan, who was eminently Jacksonian but needed Madisonian (Bush/Dole) support, the Jacksonians have never really had a strong, charismatic and determined leader. (Newt came close but flamed out.) What you are seeing now and have been for the last ten years or so is the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian wing going at it hammer and tongs live in living color. When antifa was going at it with Proud Boys that was Jeffersonian vs Jacksonian. Trump is the first fully Jacksonian President and JD Vance is the poster child for Jacksonianism. This is what has everyone in the establishment confused. They had no clue the Jacksonians even EXISTED. Most of the Jacksonians were checked out because no party really represented their interests. The two revolutionary, reactionary, head banger elements of American politics are finally going at it hammer and tongs and the Jeffersonians are losing badly. (Currently.) This is also MASSIVELY confusing on the international front because NOBODY ever lets the Jacksonians near international politics. They are strictly invisible. Now, all of a sudden, the international community is seeing this snarling pit bull of Jacksonianism rising in the US and it has no clue how to react. Anything absolutely new is terrifying. And Jacksonianism is pretty scary. When we get mad, we don't think in terms of 'negotiated settlements.' The near future appears to continue to be the Jacksonians and Jeffersonians fighting it out with the Wilsonians and Madisonians increasingly sidelined. What the long term holds will be interesting to see. But the world had better get used to the Jacksonians. We're out of the den and not interested in being put back in 'our place.' You really should have left the kids alone.

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Teslaconomics

@Teslaconomics

over 1 year ago

Today is a historic day. Today is the first time a Tesla picks up and drops off a person for $ with no one in the driver’s seat. Today is the start of a business that didn’t exist yesterday - Robotaxis - now generating real revenue, with no human labor behind the wheel. Today is the moment Tesla’s future just got redefined. Today is when software becomes the driver and data becomes the moat. Today is when transportation officially steps into the age of autonomy. And in the years to come, people will look back and say: “That was the day it all changed.” 📸: @AdanGuajardo

Teslaconomics's tweet photo. Today is a historic day.

Today is the first time a Tesla picks up and drops off a person for $ with no one in the driver’s seat.

Today is the start of a business that didn’t exist yesterday - Robotaxis - now generating real revenue, with no human labor behind the wheel.

Today is the moment Tesla’s future just got redefined.

Today is when software becomes the driver and data becomes the moat.

Today is when transportation officially steps into the age of autonomy.

And in the years to come, people will look back and say:

“That was the day it all changed.”

📸: @AdanGuajardo

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Stephen Fleming

@StephenFleming

over 1 year ago

It’s probably a good day to repost @jerrypournelle’s (R.I.P.) suggested response to 9/11, written while the smoke from the Twin Towers was still in the air. https://t.co/8utPBlWMIW If we had done this in 2001, we’d be in a very different world today. Punitive expeditions can work, when properly implemented.

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