acb

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[–] acb@mastodon.social 37 points 1 year ago (11 children)

OTOH, she also has said things like that she’s a socialist but believes in free markets rather than government intervention, so it’s probably fair to say that she’s not the sharpest egg in the attic

[–] acb@mastodon.social 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Isn’t he the one that the US Religious Right used as a rationalisation for a philandering president being an instrument of God?

[–] acb@mastodon.social 51 points 2 years ago

As the old adage goes, a libertarian is someone who knows the price of everything, the value of nothing, and the age of consent in every jurisdiction

[–] acb@mastodon.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Just World Fallacy is doing a lot of load-bearing duty there

[–] acb@mastodon.social 12 points 2 years ago

Also, the premier thirstfluencer of the Rationalist Right.

If you could harness the unrequitable longing of her numerous incel followers and convert it to energy, you could bootstrap the Basilisk off it, even allowing for losses due to no-fap covenant violations.

[–] acb@mastodon.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The other possible exemplar could be Vatican City. Which, granted, is more ambitious, though what history shows is that having sympathetic fascists in power in the host country can go a long way.

[–] acb@mastodon.social 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Maybe they’re counting on it being like San Marino only more Galty

[–] acb@mastodon.social 1 points 2 years ago

In his book on psychedelics, David Nutt suggests that it is likely that the observed benefits of microdosing are just the placebo effect.