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I think we are arguing using a different definition of "big" government. If a government has a large army but is not authorized to use it to do whatever it wants, and there are suf…

I can respect your viewpoint here. I know my response isn't adding much but I think it's important to recognize respect for a differing belief or opinion.

It's definitely too simplistic, and we could argue all day over which side is worse, but I think it's hard to argue against the fact that, right now the, left control the levers of…

> Well, except for abortion The right frame anti-abortion as pro-life. Do you consider murder laws authoritarian? Pro- and anti-abortion arguments are both grounded in morality, bu…

Maybe get your tongue out of your cheek? Not supporting communism doesn't mean or even provide evidence Hitler wasn't leftwing. Often the greatest infighting occurs between groups …

I can't say I agree with you that Biden is putting on a show just to keep his party together, but I'll leave it at that for now. I do actually think public health is a legitimate g…

I am happy to look at things from both sides. When I asked who are the rightwing authoritarians, I wanted answers that I could use to look things up. As for Hitler, I believe he wa…

I have to say, I find your "survivorship bias" argument novel, but also a bit ridiculous, considering that Karl Marx openly called for violent, bloody revolution: “there is only on…

> Conservatives want to increase the power of those government institutions that are the least accountable, and are most connected to the use of violence: the police and the milita…

That's not what authoritarian means. It doesn't mean "pro authority". It means "of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority". What does the support of police or judg…

Left's perspective: women have a right to abort their unborn children. Right's perspective: unborn children have a right to life and protection of the law. Both sides are arguing a…

I'm glad you find me amusing, but I actually agree with you that the concept of power decentralization needs to be applied to corporations as well. I definitely don't claim to have…

The reality is that government and law are based on values, culture, and moral and religious beliefs. It has always been this way and always will be. I think the biggest mistake in…

So you sound like you are probably a lot more educated about politics than I am, so hopefully I can learn something from you, but I think one problem in practice is that collectivi…

The two are connected in that authoritarianism can occur in any institution of authority, not just government. The left want more centralized government power, but they are also ha…

I actually agree with a lot of what you are saying. Often it feels like it doesn't matter who we vote for: no president ever actually does anything about the ever-expanding big gov…

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Except what you are saying is not really true. Most conservatives want to reduce government power, not extend it. The left, on the other hand, universally wants to extend governmen…

This whistleblower may be saying some true and pertinent things, but overall it seems very apparent she is a leftist activist with a clear political agenda: https://www.dailywire.c…

So I think an underlying assumption you have that I want to scrutinize is that misbehaving students are costlier from a monetary perspective, or that they require more money spent …

He addresses all of self-selection, demographics, and discipline directly in the book, if I remember accurately. First, to address self-selection as a primary cause, Sowell specifi…

I think there have been enough studies now to show that the problem with most public schools in the U.S. have little or nothing to do with underfunding. Thomas Sowell's recent book…

Yes, and I think one important aspect to this is the necessary CI/CD changes needed to support these kinds of optimizations. If your performance targets are tight enough that you a…