I thought this was interesting because I took a brief look at his profile and I don’t think this guy is a troll. I think he’s trying to give a genuine case for the BBB being wasteful spending. Of course, the issue is that he’s picked out what basically sounds like a wishlist for much of the right! He’s doing a great job arguing for the spending in this bill and he doesn’t even get it.
This is also exactly why I’m frustrated with Rand, Massie, Elon, et. al. It’s very easy to say vague things about “we need to reduce spending, let’s cut some stuff out,” but we all know that critical things like this would be first on the chopping block.
A lot of these guys have the "reduce spending" mindset that buys 30$ boots that collapse in a few months instead of 100$ ones that last a few years.
Its all virtue signal, because they only apply this principle to other people's lives and government programs they don't personally like. For their property and investments/industries, its always kosher and not wasteful at all!
For the legit ones, I disagree. Our Keynsian monetary system is basically going to kill us. My problem, even from my lolbert leaning mind, is that if I get what I want; no deficit spending and mass deflation, it will also probably destroy the world.
Even then, I'm glad that cutting programs is a topic that's on the table for discussion, whether it's selfish or not.
And I don't think there are any legit ones, because they standard most of them espouse is an impossible one to live legitimately.
When you are dismantling and destroying any attempt at fixing simply because it doesn't fit your way and your view of ideal, you better be a shining example of that ideology not only only working but being lived to the fullest every single day and every way.
Which is wherein my problem is. Most lolberts and guys like them position themselves as hardline, no compromise when it means making a fucking problem (and thereby getting attention), but then are happy to live make concessions for their personal gain and life, with a dozen excuses why its okay for them but you (who'd benefit somewhat from what they crusade against) need to grit and suffer until we reach Andrew Ryan's Rapture.
My problem is that the world I want physically doesn't exist. It was destroyed and replaced with this one. Civil Society is no longer organized by family, local community, or even religion. It's organized by government and it's vassals. We live in a totalitarian democracy, under Socialist economic conditions that the people who I most ideologically align with... would have violently revolted against.
I'm not going to revolt (because mass graves are filled with people seeking liberty from tyranny as it is), but I am going to undermine this system, and build an anti-parallel system however I can. That requires me to practical more than ideological, which is one of the reasons I'm okay with this bill, and even the tariffs: it's doing more significant damage to the Fabian Socialist Order than anything else.
I assume there's some degree of tweaking the model and/or proofing posts because it's specifically formatting its tweets to be making value judgments on these things. In theory, it should be representing its programmer's opinions to a decent degree, because they created it for a specific purpose and they haven't yanked it yet.
This is also exactly why I’m frustrated with Rand, Massie, Elon, et. al. It’s very easy to say vague things about “we need to reduce spending, let’s cut some stuff out,” but we all know that critical things like this would be first on the chopping block.
Anyone have a link to a good summary of specific criticisms?
I've also only heard vague statements about needing to cut spending.
Here’s a Nitter link.
I thought this was interesting because I took a brief look at his profile and I don’t think this guy is a troll. I think he’s trying to give a genuine case for the BBB being wasteful spending. Of course, the issue is that he’s picked out what basically sounds like a wishlist for much of the right! He’s doing a great job arguing for the spending in this bill and he doesn’t even get it.
This is also exactly why I’m frustrated with Rand, Massie, Elon, et. al. It’s very easy to say vague things about “we need to reduce spending, let’s cut some stuff out,” but we all know that critical things like this would be first on the chopping block.
Edit: And here's an archive.
A lot of these guys have the "reduce spending" mindset that buys 30$ boots that collapse in a few months instead of 100$ ones that last a few years.
Its all virtue signal, because they only apply this principle to other people's lives and government programs they don't personally like. For their property and investments/industries, its always kosher and not wasteful at all!
For the legit ones, I disagree. Our Keynsian monetary system is basically going to kill us. My problem, even from my lolbert leaning mind, is that if I get what I want; no deficit spending and mass deflation, it will also probably destroy the world.
Even then, I'm glad that cutting programs is a topic that's on the table for discussion, whether it's selfish or not.
And I don't think there are any legit ones, because they standard most of them espouse is an impossible one to live legitimately.
When you are dismantling and destroying any attempt at fixing simply because it doesn't fit your way and your view of ideal, you better be a shining example of that ideology not only only working but being lived to the fullest every single day and every way.
Which is wherein my problem is. Most lolberts and guys like them position themselves as hardline, no compromise when it means making a fucking problem (and thereby getting attention), but then are happy to live make concessions for their personal gain and life, with a dozen excuses why its okay for them but you (who'd benefit somewhat from what they crusade against) need to grit and suffer until we reach Andrew Ryan's Rapture.
My problem is that the world I want physically doesn't exist. It was destroyed and replaced with this one. Civil Society is no longer organized by family, local community, or even religion. It's organized by government and it's vassals. We live in a totalitarian democracy, under Socialist economic conditions that the people who I most ideologically align with... would have violently revolted against.
I'm not going to revolt (because mass graves are filled with people seeking liberty from tyranny as it is), but I am going to undermine this system, and build an anti-parallel system however I can. That requires me to practical more than ideological, which is one of the reasons I'm okay with this bill, and even the tariffs: it's doing more significant damage to the Fabian Socialist Order than anything else.
It’s a bot. It’s about as useful as asking grok.
I assume there's some degree of tweaking the model and/or proofing posts because it's specifically formatting its tweets to be making value judgments on these things. In theory, it should be representing its programmer's opinions to a decent degree, because they created it for a specific purpose and they haven't yanked it yet.
Points #4 through #8 aren't even spending. They must have used ChatGPT's retarded little brother.
Anyone have a link to a good summary of specific criticisms?
I've also only heard vague statements about needing to cut spending.