(1) Trump was plain dumb to debate on ABC. He can't make any more mistakes like that between now and November 5th.
(2) There is no way on earth that a bill or an executive order on reparations would get past the United States Supreme Court. It's actually hard to count how many different provisions it would violate.
“There is no way on earth that a bill or an executive order on reparations would get past the United States Supreme Court.”
I would have also believed that about an EO to replace meritocracy with Equity not too many years ago but look where we’re at now. On his very first day in office in Jan 2021 Biden issued an Executive Order for all government agencies to be committed to “Equity” and we’ve now reached the point where even our medical schools are being dumbed down to achieve this. Why do they hate meritocracy? Because it has a “disparate impact” on blacks which to democrats is irrefutable proof of racism. These people are insane.
“Editor’s Note: America is at war. This is not a traditional war, fought on a battlefield against an external enemy. It is a civilizational conflict against an internal enemy: the group quota regime, a revolutionary threat that seeks to reorganize American society around the principle of outcome equality — what the regime’s partisans call “equity.”
“This cold civil war may go unnoticed by many day-to-day, but its stakes are often as high as life and death. Here, Roger B. Cohen, a celebrated oncologist and professor in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, explains how the group quota regime has taken hold of the American medical education system and asks urgent questions about the consequences for medicine, for the sick, and for the country.”
The screwiest thing about the dem's "equity" approach is the degree to which it ignores the merit of millions of black professionals who don't want or need it. I worked with dozens of black prosecutors who could easily run circles around Kamala in a courtroom. They think she's the biggest joke ever perpetrated on this country.
Not all blacks need it or want it but many do. Leftists refuse to judge people as individuals because they know this would result in a very big difference in terms of group outcomes and that is absolutely unacceptable to them. Their “Equity” agenda though will simply ruin our ability to economically compete with countries like China which emphasizes meritocracy plus people are aware of this fraud which shreds our social fabric which is already pretty much gone. An impossible situation.
The United States Constitution, as authoritatively construed by the United States Supreme Court, doesn't lend support to the principle of "Equity." In fact, the Equal Protection Clause stands for the proposition that benefits or burdens granted or imposed by the state must be distributed on a numerically even basis unless there's a compelling reason for doing otherwise.
The Constitution means nothing at all to the democrats. The major flaw in your reasoning is the belief that they’re sane people who will be constrained by the rule of law. Those days are long gone. Some excerpts below from a Quillette review of a book about the irrational side of human nature. The last one says: “One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.” That sure is the truth. Are we in a “Dark Age” where reason is in retreat? Certainly does seem so.
“Mackay makes the case, often in gory detail, that episodes of collective mania seem to be an inevitable consequence of human nature. Humans in every time and place have cast aside their better judgment and allowed themselves to be caught up in all manner of irrational hoopla.“
“His chapters on the Swabian Peasants’ War and Anabaptist uprisings are terrifying depictions of the end-times frenzy that wreaked havoc on northern Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The distance between these events in the German-speaking world and, say, the Reign of Terror in France or the Chinese Cultural Revolution is not that great. And the speed with which apparently reasonable people moved from the embrace of a new theological idea to a willingness to torture those whose own theological ideas diverged even slightly is startling.“
“There is plenty to recommend about The Delusions of Crowds. It is laden with great anecdotes and the writing is always engaging. One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.”
I've read enough history to get your point, Seva. [It is disappointing to me, as a lawyer, to see my profession sit back and watch this mess unfold... as though we're powerless to stop it....which we're not]....
A truly superb conversation between a couple of our best public intellectuals, John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs. Both are well known and respected not only here but globally. Just watch the beginning intro by Lex Fridman and you’ll be hooked on watching it all. Same with Glenn Greenwald who has an excellent video below about Victoria Nuland, one of the many dreadful creatures in our ruling class. These three are examples of the fact that we have the best quality people by far on our side which is our greatest advantage against the democrats and their media. Save these and share with others.
“John Mearsheimer and Jeffry Sachs. All-In Summit 2024.” (54 min)
This article on Persuasion says “the United States needs a minimally functional democracy on its southern border.” In what sense is America still a functional democracy? And if democrats cared about border security we wouldn’t have had an open southern border for the past 3.5 years. In what sense does America even still exist as a country?
“Americans should care about this, because the United States needs a minimally functional democracy on its southern border. The institutional degradation Mexico is experiencing, along with its government’s apparent willingness to cede large chunks of territory to drug cartels, is incompatible with Mexico’s long-term prosperity and stability. And a poor and unstable Mexico is not just an economic drag on the United States, it’s also the ultimate push factor for migration. Nobody wants this. But it’s no longer clear that it can still be stopped.”
“The Mexican State is Being Vandalized.”
“Hollowing out courts while playing footsie with the cartels, Mexico’s President AMLO is leaving office, but not power.”
Nice piece, Steve.
A couple of observations:
(1) Trump was plain dumb to debate on ABC. He can't make any more mistakes like that between now and November 5th.
(2) There is no way on earth that a bill or an executive order on reparations would get past the United States Supreme Court. It's actually hard to count how many different provisions it would violate.
“There is no way on earth that a bill or an executive order on reparations would get past the United States Supreme Court.”
I would have also believed that about an EO to replace meritocracy with Equity not too many years ago but look where we’re at now. On his very first day in office in Jan 2021 Biden issued an Executive Order for all government agencies to be committed to “Equity” and we’ve now reached the point where even our medical schools are being dumbed down to achieve this. Why do they hate meritocracy? Because it has a “disparate impact” on blacks which to democrats is irrefutable proof of racism. These people are insane.
“Editor’s Note: America is at war. This is not a traditional war, fought on a battlefield against an external enemy. It is a civilizational conflict against an internal enemy: the group quota regime, a revolutionary threat that seeks to reorganize American society around the principle of outcome equality — what the regime’s partisans call “equity.”
“This cold civil war may go unnoticed by many day-to-day, but its stakes are often as high as life and death. Here, Roger B. Cohen, a celebrated oncologist and professor in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, explains how the group quota regime has taken hold of the American medical education system and asks urgent questions about the consequences for medicine, for the sick, and for the country.”
“The End of Merit in Med Schools Will Be Deadly.”
Real Clear Politics. Roger Cohen. Apr 2, 2024
https://tomklingenstein.com/the-end-of-merit-in-med-schools-will-be-deadly/
The screwiest thing about the dem's "equity" approach is the degree to which it ignores the merit of millions of black professionals who don't want or need it. I worked with dozens of black prosecutors who could easily run circles around Kamala in a courtroom. They think she's the biggest joke ever perpetrated on this country.
Not all blacks need it or want it but many do. Leftists refuse to judge people as individuals because they know this would result in a very big difference in terms of group outcomes and that is absolutely unacceptable to them. Their “Equity” agenda though will simply ruin our ability to economically compete with countries like China which emphasizes meritocracy plus people are aware of this fraud which shreds our social fabric which is already pretty much gone. An impossible situation.
The United States Constitution, as authoritatively construed by the United States Supreme Court, doesn't lend support to the principle of "Equity." In fact, the Equal Protection Clause stands for the proposition that benefits or burdens granted or imposed by the state must be distributed on a numerically even basis unless there's a compelling reason for doing otherwise.
The Constitution means nothing at all to the democrats. The major flaw in your reasoning is the belief that they’re sane people who will be constrained by the rule of law. Those days are long gone. Some excerpts below from a Quillette review of a book about the irrational side of human nature. The last one says: “One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.” That sure is the truth. Are we in a “Dark Age” where reason is in retreat? Certainly does seem so.
“Mackay makes the case, often in gory detail, that episodes of collective mania seem to be an inevitable consequence of human nature. Humans in every time and place have cast aside their better judgment and allowed themselves to be caught up in all manner of irrational hoopla.“
“His chapters on the Swabian Peasants’ War and Anabaptist uprisings are terrifying depictions of the end-times frenzy that wreaked havoc on northern Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The distance between these events in the German-speaking world and, say, the Reign of Terror in France or the Chinese Cultural Revolution is not that great. And the speed with which apparently reasonable people moved from the embrace of a new theological idea to a willingness to torture those whose own theological ideas diverged even slightly is startling.“
“There is plenty to recommend about The Delusions of Crowds. It is laden with great anecdotes and the writing is always engaging. One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.”
“The Delusions of Crowds-A Review.”
Quillette. Feb 8, 2021
https://quillette.com/2021/02/08/the-delusions-of-crowds-a-review/
I've read enough history to get your point, Seva. [It is disappointing to me, as a lawyer, to see my profession sit back and watch this mess unfold... as though we're powerless to stop it....which we're not]....
A truly superb conversation between a couple of our best public intellectuals, John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs. Both are well known and respected not only here but globally. Just watch the beginning intro by Lex Fridman and you’ll be hooked on watching it all. Same with Glenn Greenwald who has an excellent video below about Victoria Nuland, one of the many dreadful creatures in our ruling class. These three are examples of the fact that we have the best quality people by far on our side which is our greatest advantage against the democrats and their media. Save these and share with others.
“John Mearsheimer and Jeffry Sachs. All-In Summit 2024.” (54 min)
All-In Podcast. Sept 16, 2024
https://youtu.be/uvFtyDy_Bt0?si=_bKW10iad88GdjCw
“Neocon Queen Victoria Nuland Admits Not Wanting To End Ukraine War Diplomatically.” (9 min)
Glenn Greenwald. Sept 14, 2024
https://youtu.be/Rg2Rzturj4Q?si=Iom-PDZMljrVQZxt
“Hysterical Kamala Harris parody ad goes viral after being banned by Gavin Newsom.” (6 min)
Sky News Australia. Sept 19, 2024
https://youtu.be/NIz-aoZFzM4?si=Wq1dmUOlmqww3j2d
This article on Persuasion says “the United States needs a minimally functional democracy on its southern border.” In what sense is America still a functional democracy? And if democrats cared about border security we wouldn’t have had an open southern border for the past 3.5 years. In what sense does America even still exist as a country?
“Americans should care about this, because the United States needs a minimally functional democracy on its southern border. The institutional degradation Mexico is experiencing, along with its government’s apparent willingness to cede large chunks of territory to drug cartels, is incompatible with Mexico’s long-term prosperity and stability. And a poor and unstable Mexico is not just an economic drag on the United States, it’s also the ultimate push factor for migration. Nobody wants this. But it’s no longer clear that it can still be stopped.”
“The Mexican State is Being Vandalized.”
“Hollowing out courts while playing footsie with the cartels, Mexico’s President AMLO is leaving office, but not power.”
Persuasion. Sept 16, 2024
https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-mexican-state-is-being-vandalized?r=cldfa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=webB