Come Hang with Malice #9: Mencius Moldbug

[@thattimestampguy]

0:54 Moldbug, messy look 4:04 Question #1 7:00 Wndell Wilkie, One Worldism 10:55 Favorite Historical Period? 14:10 Sumptuary Laws 16:00 Chesterton's Fence 17:50 Raising A Child 19:10 Favorite Books? 20:44 Wars to Save Lives? 21:30 Preventing WWI Hypothetical? Look to Nicholas II 26:30 WWI Propoganda 27:47 Mencius the philosopher 28:45 Right-Leaning, means favoring Order over Chaos Democracy --> Informal Power Structures (Intrinsic Disorder) Armies, Academies, Companies --> Ordered As a Pyramid 32:07 How do you teach someone to think for themselves? 33:24 Let the child solve the problem (Most) Children are rebellious 37:57 Education Upbringing 39:02 Thoughts on writing 40:55 PBS!! ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS 43:14 Culture shift 46:38 Climate Change 50:02 1890's-1970's (The Earth Is Colder Than It Should Be) "We're in the middle of an Ice Age in a warm period" 53:20 Nuclear Power? 54:26 Power 56:08 India-Pakistan 58:20 The Spartans 1:00:00 Henry Wallace and The Ruling Class Mindset 1:02:10 2020? The Power Generator System 1:04:18 Traditional American Dream, America is Vast with Culture Social Class affects Culture 1:07:50 Changes in Power precede Changes in Culture 1:08:45 Underappreciated Culture? - Egyptians? 1:10:10 Con Man Donald Trump 1:10:45 Neutral on China 1:15:45 The Law of Nations 1:17:19 Citizenship 1:19:25 Mars Colony? 1:20:15 Lady Gaga. Johnny Neuman 1:22:30 Being a Middle Aged person. 1:23:00 Germany? 1:25:40 US Stock Market, Crypto Currency? 1:27:00 Writers who know Curtis 1:29:30 The Distributist question 1:30:00 AI and Humans 1:31:20

[@HarryPainter]

Awesome thanks, any of it worth watching?

[@skillzilla111]

What we really need is a list of all the books he mentions.

[@dpiddy022]

thank you for your service

[@jakeholland1825]

Thank you so much for this

[@hueydao8637]

Gang gang

[@Ubiquitousness]

My daughter asked if these were the two guys that go back in time and start a band, and now I can’t unsee it.

[@Sam-xg3mr]

Seriously underrated comment

[@ChrisBakerauthor]

It's Bill and Ted preparing for an excellent adventure.

[@JM-co6rf]

holy shit

[@esterhudson5104]

😂😂👍

[@kyleburke6591]

L see l no

[@furyofbongos]

Moldbug on climate change: From the perspective of someone studying it, if you say it's a problem, you are important, if you say it's not a problem you are not important and you become the enemy of all who say it's important. So in the marketplace of ideas, those on the side of "important" are going to win. So the fact that the people that worry about this have won all the battles in academia doesn't tell you anything. Genuine scientific inquiry would consider the benefits instead of solely the costs.

[@tolpacourt]

You just watched a Scott Adams video. I'm not saying there is no upside to climate change. Sure, some cold places will be warmer which makes them more comfortable for _some_ people. The downsides to climate change far outstrip the upsides, if any.

[@furyofbongos]

@@tolpacourt If you read my post, all I was doing was quoting Moldbug.

[@kreek22]

Moldbug's got the sociology of science down. Of course, sometimes the sociology and the science point the same way.

[@jcs27]

Climate Change is not even real, and the proposed ideas for tackling it are essentially either useless (carbon tax) or destructive (spraying the upper layer with a shadowing layer to reduce the sun light) or hyper expensive. It's the green's idea of heaven on Earth, like the commies equality shit, its a perpetual motion machine, so generation after generation can poor in effort and resources so the masses can be docile. Just look at the data, look what Tony Heller has to say about it.

[@Gigabomber]

@@tolpacourt increased average crop yield in a world in which millions starve each year.

[@eleganz]

the way these two get along intellectually and comedically is actually pretty charming.

[@intredastingvideos9365]

I can imagine the pain The Distributist is feeling after moldbug saying "i think i've heard that name somewhere". lol

[@zerokev6691]

I think he heard about the Distributist from Bogbeef on the Good Ol’ Boys podcast.

[@M_reapr]

Haha distributist os modest enough

[@mememagician97]

senpai didnt noticed

[@zerokev6691]

I wonder how Nick Land feels about Curtis not reading him lol

[@ThePoliticrat]

I might have Dave on my livestream

[@gabrielsyme4180]

Guy who made millions in Silicon Valley can’t manage to get his hands on a decent mic and webcam.

[@theguy9067]

He's just pretending not to care. Let him be :P

[@tolpacourt]

$100 microphone would make a world of difference

[@andyc8215]

can never complain about that personally after watching so many sam hyde videos

[@GourmetGarbage]

Based

[@bepatientIhaveautism]

@@andyc8215 leave samantha alone

[@davidsopher6871]

Moldbug swigging congac straight from the bottle sums up everything

[@CountArtha]

2020 was a long couple of years for me too

[@9ramthebuffs9]

his wife was dying of cancer

[@that1guy375]

I like Moldbug on other podcasts of course, but he's always the best when he's talking with Malice.

[@bradders9743]

Hes a 100x better writer than a speaker. Read his books. His talks with Malice are alright. His public talks are terrible. His books and blogs are literary mana.

[@sunset-inn]

What's your profile picture from?

[@that1guy375]

@@sunset-inn It's an album, World is Yours from the Mass of The Fermenting Dregs. It's a Japanese band.

[@that1guy375]

@@bradders9743 You are 100% correct.

[@gundabalf]

yeah he seems more relaxed

[@cobrastriesand7693]

“All children are rebellious, at least if they’re any good.” There’s a picture book in there.

[@esterhudson5104]

Especially if they are naughty little monkeys…C. George.

[@dylanblack3279]

So let's hope that Gen Alpha becomes very right wing and rebels against their hypocritical post-liberal parents and other leaders in a couple decades.

[@clivemathieu9386]

So this is the scary “far-right” person they speak of.... lol

[@stevemcrichards8768]

He is very scary. You might find out what Progressivism actually is and really despise it for how it has undermined the USA for over 100 years.

[@alexcipriani6003]

yeah that’s what I thought is this the big scare? was expecting something something worst than Molyneux...with that said equally uninteresting. He doesn’t suck as much as Michael but still boring

[@Blackoutwhiteout23]

@@alexcipriani6003 Ohhh mann your life must be sooo fun then. take my wife you reckless hero

[@jiveturkey9993]

@@Blackoutwhiteout23 Alex Cipriani must have like a 400 IQ if malice and moldbug are mere boring provincial plebs.

[@hectorg1752]

This is the “dangerous” guy Eric Weinstein warned us about.

[@Deshift00]

mo'bugs mo'problems

[@rainerbogle1958]

Unfortunately they skip over (get distracted) the question "Do you see a path to defeating the Silicon Valley Cartel?" at 0:31:00. Next time they should discuss this for sure.

[@kreek22]

Considering the cartel's relations with Big Brother (the IC)...it may shapeshift into something less obviously monstrous, but its essence will persist.

[@brendancoulter5761]

I think the answer is they dont, other wise it would be a priority for discussion.

[@KarenTookTheKids364]

Molbug looks twenty years younger from the last time I saw him wtf

[@demun6065]

@bleh taart does he love as Fabio loves?

[@CountArtha]

My copy of _The Machiavellians_ is in the mail. Thanks, you two! Beats the hell out of graduate school.

[@pattyb6003]

We used to look for understanding at the sacred place, Church. Now we look for sanctity at the knowledge place, University.

[@micksburg]

The atheistic church, a religion with no god

[@troyfitch6440]

@@dtt3104 God loves the atheist just as much, he just doesn't hear his prayers until the hurricane 🤣

[@kreek22]

And just as the first game ended the Church, the second, if persisted in, will end the University.

[@CurseMyCircuits]

Can't second the Robert Lowell rec hard enough, especially his early work. "After The Surprising Conversions" is a personal favorite

[@RiksFunStuff]

Moldbug with long hair reminds me of Douglas Reynholm from the IT crowd.

[@bobbyaxelrod5959]

That’s what I was trying to put together! He totally does. Thanks for that.

[@christhomasism]

The best duo

[@kurt.wilkinsongardendesign]

Hilarious and informative👍

[@shenlonggohan]

I don't believe deliberately not speaking about politics at home leads children to question what is being taught at schools. My completely anecdotal experience monitoring families and their political/ethical/social discussions between generations, I have found next to nothing is discussed. Yet the beigists continue to be churned out at an indomitable rate. Isn't this a point Malice makes often, the right is to blame for allowing the complete takeover of academia and education by the left. Parents have outsourced the education and nurturing of their children, really delegated parenting entirely, to the state, public schools, and strangers. From what I can tell, it hasn't led to a generation of sagacious, independent thinkers at the fore of an intelligent revolution. Just more of the same trite and fallacious arguments/ideas from earlier centuries.

[@slambrew3849]

The left hasn’t taken over education lol

[@slambrew3849]

@Brandon May No they haven't. If they did, we'd have more powerful unions and universal healthcare.

[@slambrew3849]

@Brandon May You're too concerned with culture war nonsense. Class politics is king right now, get with it.

[@gloriouscontent3538]

Lets go Brandon.

[@TheChuck181]

As a new Dad that was a great answer and thanks to the donor for asking. That really makes a lot of sense and will stick with me as they get older.

[@miketrombly6652]

Here for the ‘umm umm umumumum’

[@robartlum]

It’s his calling card.

[@Ubiquitousness]

Better than the Zizek sniff.

[@intredastingvideos9365]

hell yeah. more moldbug.

[@perrinlance3885]

Moldbug looks like Mr. C (Cooper's evil doppelganger) from Twin Peaks Season 3. Love it.

[@PrincipledUncertainty]

Moldbug was on point. The ums and ahs are gone.

[@JeezVince]

almost gone, i still got triggered

[@cobrastriesand7693]

I never minded them, but I think he’s been tucking them into his laughs.

[@wetdroidedition2549]

Wine helps

[@PrincipledUncertainty]

@@JeezVince Yeah, gone was stretching it.

[@akshaysubramaniam8963]

1.5x-1.75x gets rid of most of it. As in shortens them.

[@angrynotwhiteman]

Moldbug looks exactly the way every weird looking bald man pictures himself, if only he could have long hair.

[@DrProgNerd]

As a weird bald man, I find the accuracy of that statement offensive.

[@trestres875]

18:00 ish - temperature might be a linear progression based on an algorithmic or exponential increase of Co2 but that isnt the only factor, and temperature itself isnt the endgame; a single digit temperatur increase itself has non-linear effects on climate - weather, glaciers/sea level etc. its complicated and what is negative in one area could be positive in another.. but you can't question that we ARE having an impact

[@stevem815]

The last sentence reads like a bit of a retreat to the motte.

[@kreek22]

He skipped the problem of uncertainty and the Talebian fat tails it includes.

[@meowmeow_beans]

Thank you!!.. malice and moldbug!

[@kurt.wilkinsongardendesign]

Amen to that!

[@CountArtha]

"Those who wish to command must first learn to obey" is from _The Art of War_ by Frederick the Great

[@hairytentacle3924]

Regarding Climate change: what does Cathedral supposed to do, historically? It would trade Indulgence papers. Donations to far left NGOs and carbon offsets are typical Indulgence papers.

[@stevem815]

Wouldn't carbon offsets be the obvious analogy?

[@hairytentacle3924]

@@stevem815 I didn't know how to formulate it in English. Yeah, it's carbon offsets.

[@MrCarkyle]

@michaelmalice it would help those of us that listen without watching if you read the superchats that are being commented on.

[@CloverPickingHarp]

AMEN

[@pn5721]

1:27:23 Moldbug names a number of individuals he likes to learn from even though some of them don't like him - Scott Lachlan (can't find him Googling), Greg Cochrane, Steve Zeller (" raising boys the Zeller way"?)

[@kreek22]

correctly spelled: scott locklin at locklin on science, greg cochran at west hunter, steve sailer at unz.com

[@thebestboss4563]

MM, I❤U! I'm not a creeper, I swear. You hv opened my mind to so many diff ideas and people. That means the world to me. Thank you

[@jupyyy8815]

Really excited to hear what Moldbug has to say about everything right now.

[@S41NT93]

This is easily the best Come Hang yet

[@oldbear6813]

I waited all this time to watch this so that I could dedicate my complete attention... Not one minute in and I had to stop to check how much the hairstyles have changed in the past five months 😂😂😂😂

[@christopherlee5380]

That tripod prequel terrified the shit outta me as a child.

[@zerokev6691]

Moldbug is the Comic Book Guy of the dissident right.

[@Alex-rr7qc]

>dissident Literally everyone hates this word

[@easternwind4435]

@@Alex-rr7qc but why?

[@Alex-rr7qc]

@@easternwind4435 Curtis addressed that numerous times in his works

[@easternwind4435]

@@Alex-rr7qc really? I read his gentle introduction, can't think of such discussion. Is there a particular piece you remember?

[@Alex-rr7qc]

@@easternwind4435 i think it was in "clear pill"

[@shenlonggohan]

If it's truly uncontroversial science, co2 increases lead to increased temperatures, why were so many temperature records set in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s? At a time of less human carbon. Even with the "adjusted" data, the 1960s and 1970s were still cooler than those preceeding decades. How can this be possible with ever increasing amounts of co2 emissions?

[@mac94312]

and why has the warming stopped?

[@ciceroaurelius3757]

Don't ask questions fear and obey....SCIENCE VAULT!!

[@swatisquantum]

You don’t really know what’s going on. 1) plants need co2 2) climate is always changing. Nothing is fixed.

[@shenlonggohan]

@@swatisquantum You don’t really know what’s going on. 1) humans need oxygen 2) the planet spins. It doesn't stop.

[@sgeorge3167]

Eumeswil from Ernst Junger lays out his philosophy of the anarch not the anarchist. Something that Malice might want to explore...So many nuggets of wisdom in this book that apply to today....It's not too easy a read though. HIs book Storm of Steel is one of the best WW 1 books ever written...

[@OblateSpheroid]

Thank you for your work.

[@Vodka2389]

Moldbug's pronunciation of Yeshiva is actually closer to the Hebrew pronunciation

[@CloverPickingHarp]

This would be GREAT as a weekly hangout

[@nayaleezy]

new fan, i ❤️ how downy the thumbnail is

[@renaissancestatesman]

After watching you talk to Lex about this guy. So coming to check it out.

[@MrHappy702]

Where is index time stamp guy at? I'm use to having all the links lol

[@zerokev6691]

Time. Time is all he needs.

[@m3rbs]

@@zerokev6691 it’s only a matter of, time

[@zwatwashdc]

Too bad the audio quality sucks and goldbug is self sabotaging.

[@MrCarkyle]

Malice couldn't help his eye twitching when Moldbug said "Clear Pill"

[@MrCarkyle]

I couldn't either BTW. The term is cringe

[@AJ-HawksToxicFinger]

@eternal boundlessness I agree people already take enough pills as it is...

[@MrCarkyle]

@Mikael Johnsen Most internet slang is cringe AF

[@MrCarkyle]

@Mikael Johnsen I used the term specifically because he was actively work to hold back the muscles in his neck and face from cringing.

[@zerokev6691]

@Mikael Johnsen “low-brow” is an older alternative I guess

[@jonathanvian2607]

"Curtis! Get it together"!😆😅🤣😂😏🦒☻

[@FarazJr]

Who is the writer Moldbug mentions at 1:27:48? I can’t figure out the last name

[@bctoy2779]

Steve Sailer

[@Varlwyll]

How long does it take Moldbug to start talking about WW2?

[@strickdaddy3912]

"um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um" - Curtis Yarvin, on climate change, 2020.

[@libertinax]

The Last Psychiatrist YES!

[@Orville9999]

I am so butthurt he never came to substack. At least we got that book he was promising.

[@doctorbritain9632]

An American reading E Nesbit, Mr Malice never ceases to surprise me.

[@TheSLMTube]

The most frequent ads I've ever seen on a KZbin video (why do they even make this setting possible? It's unbearable.) PLUS in video advertisements. NICE

[@tteot1wph]

I think it’s a new YT strategy to disincentivize views

[@easternwind4435]

why don't you guys use adblock ? There's even a mobile app called tubemate which is basically yt whithout adds...

[@city_of_coompton6832]

use brave browser dumbass

[@easternwind4435]

@@ChideNorms I think they changed that recently

[@withnail-and-i]

@@city_of_coompton6832 Yeah joke's on people not using Brave

[@jofohollywood]

Everything is always 3 years ago

[@ultraderek]

Yes! I’ve been wanting to automate folding clothes but that kind of automation won’t happen at least not while I’m alive.

[@RandomUserName92840]

Didnt even know these were a thing. Should add to the podcast feed

[@dartharpy9404]

love you both

[@MoonshineNL]

Baboons with rocket launchers getting the Distributist talking with Yarvin.

[@christophercotter166]

Thanks Malice , I can't stop listening to Curtis and you ,and I am 5 degrees below the intelligence of both.ty

[@michaelhunter1911]

This guy is bright

[@Cocoa1million]

Moldbug Fridman when?

[@easternwind4435]

Fridman has to reach out to him and he thinks he's crazy, he talked with George Hotz about having him on.

[@lancegrandis6230]

Lex would just ask him whether love can "win" or something similar anyways...

[@easternwind4435]

@@lancegrandis6230 lex is an idealist but at least he asks more difficult questions than Dave Rubin

[@clivemathieu9386]

Lex isn’t ready

[@Joshua-gu5nj]

New mic sounds great! Wahoo!

[@alisonbevege7171]

Wow can’t believe Moldbug and Malice both know the John Christopher books!

[@tolpacourt]

I hope next time Moldbug gets a proper microphone.

[@drewmc268]

whats the name of the first poet Mulbug mentioned at 39:20

[@jdmustard2557]

Robert Lowell, WH Auden, Charles Bukowski

[@drewmc268]

@@jdmustard2557 thanks

[@samk6170]

Thanks my dude. I was about to ask the same question.

[@Simon_Alexnder]

Never knew Kianu Reevs was so politically savvy...

[@hardyje1915]

It's unism yt channel, not unist 17:03

[@zachblackledge1800]

He’s exactly right on the kids at school and politics situation.

[@thealienauthor3437]

Malice, please think about having Styxhexenhammer666 on one of your shows!

[@thealienauthor3437]

Please!!!

[@itsv1p3r]

bro roasted the absolute shit out of sheath underwear wearers lmfao

[@DaniloCarretta]

Moldbug remind me Gaius Baltar (James Callis) from Battlestar Galactica

[@mrenovatio3739]

59:12 ... Every mere coincidence is now proof of a simulation... So the idea that we "live in simulation" has gone from an interesting lens on modernity, to a coping mechanism for those to afraid to reckon with reality, to just a word to replace "conindence"... Pretty interesting... giggles, covers mouth and says "Jinx"!

[@nicholasfevelo3041]

Did you ever read Jean Baudrillard? Simulations is a good short read.

[@mrenovatio3739]

@@nicholasfevelo3041 I haven't read his books, but I have read stuff that references it. I really ought to read it. Thanks

[@nicholasfevelo3041]

@@mrenovatio3739you are welcome. its not as dense as other Post-Modernists that intentionally troll their readers

[@H0mertax]

Anyone find the "unist" channel in the comment at 17:00? I couldn't locate it in a search but it sounded good. From Malin Keisner

[@jonfungg]

kzbin.info

[@H0mertax]

@@jonfungg much obliged!!

[@zerokev6691]

He’s a great guy

[@labrynianrebel]

I like his weird visuals he gives audiobooks

[@Btn1136]

It was the Windows ‘95 aesthetic that won me over.

[@ClockwerkIndustries]

New mic is 10000x better!

[@thegreathadoken6808]

"Michael and Mencius sittin' in a tree..."

[@m3rbs]

Do more grifting, Curtis.

[@kinvert]

I'm dumb and bad at Google. They keep talking about Cathedral. What is that?

[@mtsiggy]

It’s Moldbug’s own coinage for the intelligentsia/ the commentariat. The narrative forming forces who determine the official story. Similar to Weinstein’s G.I.N. The elite political economic class that manufactures consent. I’m sure Curtis has lots of writing about it somewhere :)

[@kinvert]

OK that makes sense. Thank you.

[@555Trout]

I'd add to help you understand that the Cathedral consists of the media, "education", government bueacracy. And the Cathedral is actually where power lies. Not the government. And unfortunately it's a very uniform ideology. Conservative ideology really only offers a minor deterance and Yarven sees the Cathedral as unbeatable. The Cathedral is "progressive". Which has Christian dissident origins . Basically we live under a theocracy, where progressive ideology rules. The end game is collapse per Yarvin. And then hopefully a reset. "Democracy" is incompatible with liberty for a variety of unavoidable reasons. So Curtis sees "monarchy" , a special case of monarchy, as being able to give "ordered liberty", which is the only type of true liberty. So there is an illusion of governmental power, but in reality the Cathedral runs things . It's particularly vivid right now because Trump resists the Cathedral. And so you see the media blatantly biased and creating narrative. And certainly the "election" looks very suspicious . It's a compelling argument. A lot if it fits what we see. He's definitely worth reading . Imagine 50(states) different Monarchies with free travel between competing for citizens. Citizens as customers. Anyway, hope that helps

[@kinvert]

@@555Trout Is there a particular book of his that goes over this in detail? This concept certainly resonates with me. A lot of people can't seem to make sense of the world, because they don't look at the world through a lens that really aligns with what you just said. Though I feel sick, I knew the best shot at freedom in my lifetime is a Biden win based directly on mail in ballots which the right won't trust. Chaotic Neutral etc. The status quo won't let us be free. The status quo hated Trump but he couldn't or wouldn't beat them.

[@555Trout]

@@kinvert Here you go: www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/04/open-letter-to-open-minded-progressives/ Seems Grey Mirror , Yarvin's new site is down for some reason, but: graymirror.substack.com/ Your intuitions indicate you'll find Yarvin fascinating. Cheers

[@matthewsnyder674]

really wish this was a regular series like the your welcomes with very failed comedian dave smith

[@goldfishy]

Agreed. I’d pay to listen to these two talk every week.

[@Jivansings]

I was at the club that night and hung out with alig, but a guy named Andrew crispo picked me up and took me to a leather party in Chelsea. I was about to go home with him when the host pulled me aside and said “don’t do this, do you know who that Is ?! That guy murdered a German model / s/m gone wrong. Do not go home with him. I dodged many bullets In the NYC years

[@ryanmason9824]

1:07:50 “Power precedes culture” does it? Aren’t there tons of examples throughout history of an idea being born on the fringes, making it mainstream, gathering momentum, and then becoming codified in law? Am I missing something here? Sounds like Moldbug & Thaddeus Russell need to sort this one out if they actually are saying opposite things

[@zachariedube1796]

I think this makes sense if you see it has: it doesnt become culture until people with power embrace the said idea, if they dont, it will be forgotten

[@swatisquantum]

Need an example. Hard to tell without at least 3-5 examples.

[@gt0sold1er]

What's this about Upton Sinclair being a hack? Where to read up on this?

[@mysteryman6918]

I mean, he was a high-society socialist who wrote the Jungle to prepare the country for a socialist transfer of power. He was infuriated when people only remembered the first two thirds of his book and used it for reform rather than revolution. Not sure if there’s more to it than that

[@nietzscheanmiddleman9832]

I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals BUT THEY STARTED IT .

[@rodentproblem8723]

Where can I get the audio books?

[@ThePoliticrat]

1:38 It was Tom Woods

[@joshwells4280]

Has anyone ever noticed that Moldbug with a shaved head looks very similar to a young Klaus Schwab?

[@davejoe75]

Any help out here with understanding how "power precedes culture"? I've heard of culture dictating future political campaigns, but I don't think this guy is saying the same thing.

[@withnail-and-i]

I mean chimps use power without having cultures, add a few million years of evolution to that primitive state and you get culture.

[@lightdampsweetenough2065]

The question is wrong from the get go. Power has to swim in a culture and without a culture you are barely talking about humans. You can ofc butcher people but your power is predicated on there being someone alive to dominate. It's not true to say that politics is downstream from culture in a straight line either

[@kreek22]

An example would be the power of the Union determining the culture of the ex-Confederacy. This does beg the question of the source of the Union's culture and why that culture evolved over time without the intervention of military defeat. Some of that evolution is forced by developments in science (eg Darwin) and technology. But, those are subject to interpretation. The Cathedral plays interpreter, its interpretations following the preferences of those in power.

[@andyc8215]

Theyre trying to figure out dress code laws of the Tudor's; i'm trying to figure out why Hasbro's clue is in your window

[@viktorsebastien604]

Audio better, michael!

[@Braylon18]

Is this available on a podcast app???

[@Gunth0r]

Michael Malice and Mencius Moldbug! MMMM!

[@jonaskoelker]

> Canadian Greg asks: which states moved to the right, economically and/or culturally, after switching from a non-democratic system to a democratic one (in either rhetoric or substance), over a few generations? > MM and MM: nope I don't know that we're "a few generations" in yet, but I my first suggestion would be to look at the fall of communism at the end of the cold war. I don't think one can deny that East Germany moved to the right, economically, throughout 1990. Cthulhu may have been swimming left, but only after a massive jerk to the right. Has it caught up with the status quo ante? Also, is this a proof, refutation or thesis-antithesis-synthesis-zigzag of Moldbug's point?

[@lanvywynn]

37:27 I love how the blue-blood white dude tried to correct the Russian Jew the correct pronunciation of yeshiva

[@bootstompify]

Aren't they both Jewish?

[@daveqr]

@@bootstompify Yes

[@jofohollywood]

Did Curtis literally just take a bracing swig of whiskey at the start??

[@buzzcagney8957]

Anyone suggest where I can read yarwins works or where should I start?

[@williamsmithington3157]

Unqualified reservations. The entire collection of blogs is easily found online.

[@jimc.goodfellas]

Moldbug talking about Sheath underwear-

[@MissSunny1966]

Lol you look like Ted Cruz and Johnny Cash had a baby ☺

[@ryanoreilly7015]

Anthony Kiedis and Keanu Reeves

[@mopedman1]

China couldn't dump its bonds because the US holds more Chinese debt than China does US debt. It's a common fallacy but the rest of this was great. Good talk.

[@kreek22]

Wrong. Can't dump b/c before they unloaded much the price of the bonds would crash.

[@mopedman1]

@@kreek22 why? If threat of mutually assured destruction is there why would they do it? China's economy and society is far more fragile than the US. Explain yourself.

[@AngelWest58]

1:13:17 - CY channeling George C. Scott

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