Edmund Tobias

Reactionary Liberal | Neoneoconservative | Globalist Nationalist | Anglo-American

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@BjorkBrodern @4nt1p4tt3rn Wrongful death. Not entirely sure of the relevant state law on this, but absolutely plausible.

[Anthony LaMesa @ajlamesa]

Many right-leaning Americans are opposed to public provision of services and many left-leaning Americans are uninterested in the quality of said services. Unsurprisingly, this often leads to substandard public goods compared to other high-income countries. This is especially true of many public education and transit systems.

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

At an aquarium in Japan, after closing time, some clever little otter pups help their grandpa tidy up their toys. As a reward, he gives them ice cubes

[John⛵️🥥 @Jbn3ex]

I know this not a popular take with many of you but life is actually really materially comfortable in america and its never been easier to achieve financial success and lead whatever sort of life you want and if youre struggling its probably because youre a total loser

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

Yes, I’m something of a radical centrist myself.

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

Amazing. Not a single commenter got it.

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

Imagine working hard in college for four years. All that stress. You think you’re finally free. And then they’re like alright now time for commencement. What a rug pull.

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@RichardHanania Counterpoint: what age is the average Hasan Piker fan?

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@MattZeitlin In American politics, you get called a technocrat merely if your diction doesn’t sound like remedial English.

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@aaron_renn In other words, what’s the difference between Atlanta and DFW area

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@aaron_renn What sort of infrastructure does Atlanta need to break out of its slump?

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@RichardHanania I like the term “Veblen babies”

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

A thumotic Anglo-openness gets you a glittering empire.

An Anglo-openness devoid of thumos gets you open-borders liberalism.

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@MinooFramroze I didn’t board, as it’s much less of a common practice in the states, but my father boarded from age 9 on and, as far as I can tell, was absolutely brought up by my grandparents, to whom he remained quite attached until their deaths.

[Dead Wrong History @deadwronghist]

In 1975, Buckley asked Kissinger why he gave Nixon Spengler's Decline of the West to read. Kissinger's answer was about why statesmen who focus on day-to-day events are always looking at the wrong thing.

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@PhilWMagness I'm somewhat puzzled what the point of this is.

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@lionel_trolling The screenshot of results indicates that the answer to OP’s question is “no.”

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@MinooFramroze In which Britain leaves the EU shortly before adopting fully European politics

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@RuxandraTeslo This is also true for complaints about inequality. The right/libertarians can scream until their blue in the face that inequality doesn't matter as an economic measure, and all that matters is if everyone is better off. But inequality is socially destabilizing, and that matters.

[Edmund Tobias @TobyCalvertLee]

@RuxandraTeslo Completely. The sneers at downwardly mobile elites are, at the very least, short sighted. Downwardly mobile and frustrated elites can be a source of tremendous social upheaval, so one ought to take their complaints seriously, even if socialism isn't the answer.