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1. chinat+Ma[view] [source] 2026-01-15 15:38:09
>>fajmcc+(OP)
If you work for Palantir and if you work on these systems: You have blood on your hands. You know that it's not right what is happening on the ground right now. Do something.
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2. librar+8g[view] [source] 2026-01-15 15:55:10
>>chinat+Ma
I assume if someone works for Palantir they're an unabashed Yarvinist and fine with it.
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3. no-dr-+8l[view] [source] 2026-01-15 16:11:05
>>librar+8g
That's a pretty broad generalization, but OK I'll bite.

- I think Yarvin has a lot of good points. No one should be ashamed to admit the truth of a matter. I can't stand his voice, I think he has annoying mannerisms, but nonetheless the man has a point and I'm not ashamed (especially by unknown and strange online personas) to say so.

- Palantir is objectively a profitable job. I've learned a lot here and the people I work with are brilliant.

- I don't think I have "blood on my hands" and rather instead think that people who use that tactic are resorting to strange emotional manipulation in place of a salient argument.

Let's be honest, simply conjecturing that someone ascribes to a political view isn't discourse. It's a potshot. You're assuming that anyone who reads your comment and leans in your direction is going to agree and vote with you. This is literally the lowest and cheapest form of engagement. It's also the most self serving. It does nothing to advance the conversation or prove your point.

Most importantly, this is the exact type of behavior that is furthering political polarization and discouraging actual discourse.

Really shows the state of things right now tbh.

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4. wat100+st[view] [source] 2026-01-15 16:40:17
>>no-dr-+8l
Can you elaborate on some of Yarvin's points you think are good?
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5. mindsl+Nz[view] [source] 2026-01-15 17:03:24
>>wat100+st
Honest-to-God truthfully, reading Moldbug is what made me realize the speciousness of pure rightism and ushered my journey from a rightist-axiomatic "Libertarian" / ancap to a centrist-qualitative libertarian-without-labels that sees left and right thinking as both necessary parts of a complete whole. But YMMV, apparently!

In general I think whenever you find a "red pill", you also end up confronted with a whole slew of new easy answers. Whether you end up buying into them or not really comes down to who you are as a person.

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6. jasond+Bq1[view] [source] 2026-01-15 20:34:38
>>mindsl+Nz
I will never ever understand the construct of right / left / red / blue / lib / conservative without having to take a really dumb view of the world and its human inhabitants.
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7. mindsl+qE1[view] [source] 2026-01-15 21:40:47
>>jasond+Bq1
The problem is that left/right are highly appealing because they claim to have the world figured out. The strongest manifestation being the authoritarians (of either ilk) that think they just need to implement their chosen top-down policies and every problem will end up being solved by construction.
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