Monthly Archives: December 2020

Hanukkah and the New World Order

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Luke Ford

00:00 Dooovid lights his Hanukkah candles 30:00 Nicholas Donin, Jewish apostate 36:00 The 1240 Disputation of Paris 38:00 Stephen Walt – The World Order after the Pandemic 1:00:30 Paul Gottfried on the Georgia senate runoffs 1:02:00 Yukio Mishima 1:04:00 Otto … Continue reading →

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Politics, Aesthetics & Status Competition (12-9-20)

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Luke Ford

00:00 Why does status matter for survival? 07:00 The Rise of the Warrior Apes 17:50 Envy Up, Scorn Down: How Status Divides Us (2011) by Susan Fiske 30:00 Richard Spencer on the Turks 56:00 Hunter Biden under tax investigation 1:10:00 … Continue reading →

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Envy Up, Scorn Down: How Status Divides Us

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Luke Ford

Professor Susan Fiske wrote in this 2011 book: * Walking down a dark alley, you spot an approaching figure. What is the first thing you want to know? If you are a sentry, you cry out, “Halt! Who goes there? … Continue reading →

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NYT: Rising anxiety over declining social status tells us a lot about how we got here and where we’re going

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Luke Ford

Why is status important? After survival, it is probably the most powerful human impulse because it has so much sway over one’s long-term survival and likelihood of successful reproduction. The opposite of status is humiliation. Constant humiliation results in loneliness … Continue reading →

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Sunrise, Sunset

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Luke Ford

Stunning Sunrise over Los Angeles from the LA God of Helicopter Reporting https://t.co/G1DWnXttSj — Ken Smith (@KenSmithTV) December 7, 2020 Good Morning Friends !Los Angeles Mega City lights making 4:00AM look like a Sunrise !It is going to be 75 … Continue reading →

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