Daily Archives: March 7, 2021

How Republicans Can Win As The Party Of The Working Class (3-7-21)

00:00 How did Twitter & Facebook become competent to decide what information is permissible? 05:30 Paul Fussell’s “Class: A Guide Through The American Status System”, https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-fussell-on-class 08:00 A Modest Proposal For Republicans: Use The Word “Class”, https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/a-modest-proposal-for-republicans 14:50 The media … Continue reading

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A Modest Proposal For Republicans: Use The Word “Class”

Scott Alexander writes: * Pivot from mindless populist rage to a thoughtful campaign to fight classism. * Trump stood against the upper class. He might define them as: people who live in nice apartments in Manhattan or SF or DC … Continue reading

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Paul Fussell’s “Class: A Guide Through The American Status System”

Scott Alexander writes: 1. Anything artificial is lower-class, anything natural or organic (derived from a living thing) is higher-class. The most prole piece of furniture is “folding chairs made of aluminum tubing with bright-green plastic-mesh webbing”. The most prole fabrics … Continue reading

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Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love

David Talbot writes in this 2014 book: * “If you’re going to have a Ken Kesey, you’re going to have a Charles Manson—the one basically gave permission to the other. I went to Altamont and thought it was terrific. The … Continue reading

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