{"id":138572,"date":"2021-04-18T06:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T14:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=138572"},"modified":"2024-08-13T02:44:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T10:44:14","slug":"failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=138572","title":{"rendered":"Failure and the American Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/uajap1\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_vd6dgp\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"vd6dgp\",\"div\":\"rumble_vd6dgp\"});<\/script><br \/>\n00:00 Seymour Krim (1922-1989) https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seymour_Krim<br \/>\n02:00 Krimstatic, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nVZJyJkmag0<br \/>\n04:00 &#8220;For My Brothers and Sisters in the Failure Business&#8221; by Seymour Krim, https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/artofpersonaless0000unse_e7g9\/page\/578\/mode\/1up<br \/>\n1:00:20 Dr. David Starkey: I Was Cancelled but I Won&#8217;t be Silenced for Speaking Objective Truth, 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rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UrDOkYGd5d8<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 03:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#180\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"180\">03:00<\/a> Tom Wolfe, Stalking the Billion Footed Beast, <a href=\"https:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/1989\/11\/stalking-the-billion-footed-beast\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/1989\/11\/stalking-the-billion-footed-beast\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 14:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#840\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"840\">14:00<\/a> Niall Ferguson and the perils of playing to your audience, <a href=\"https:\/\/statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu\/2018\/12\/05\/niall-ferguson-perils-playing-audience\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu\/2018\/12\/05\/niall-ferguson-perils-playing-audience\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 18:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1080\" 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href=\"https:\/\/statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu\/?s=%22niall+ferguson%22\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu\/?s=%22niall+ferguson%22<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 29:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1740\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1740\">29:00<\/a> The Real Problem with Niall Ferguson&#8217;s Letter to the 1%, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/news-politics\/a31282\/niall-ferguson-newsweek-cover-11914269\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/news-politics\/a31282\/niall-ferguson-newsweek-cover-11914269\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 32:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1920\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1920\">32:00<\/a> Niall Ferguson, the John Yoo line, and the paradox of influence, <a href=\"https:\/\/statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu\/2012\/09\/12\/niall-ferguson-the-john-yoo-line-and-the-paradox-of-influence\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu\/2012\/09\/12\/niall-ferguson-the-john-yoo-line-and-the-paradox-of-influence\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 33:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1980\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1980\">33:00<\/a> The John Yoo line, <a href=\"https:\/\/themonkeycage.org\/2012\/09\/niall-ferguson-crosses-the-john-yoo-line-the-paradox-of-influence\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/themonkeycage.org\/2012\/09\/niall-ferguson-crosses-the-john-yoo-line-the-paradox-of-influence\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 37:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2220\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2220\">37:00<\/a> Greg Conte and the National Justice Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@modernpolitics:0\/ModPol-ContePart<a title=\" Click to play at 1:4\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#64\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"64\">1:4<\/a>&#8221; 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href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/fedex-shooter-was-part-of-my-little-pony-brony-subculture\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/fedex-shooter-was-part-of-my-little-pony-brony-subculture<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:16:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4560\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4560\">1:16:00<\/a> Interview with Greg Conte: Part Two, <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@modernpolitics:0\/ModPol-ContePart<a title=\" Click to play at 2:1\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#121\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"121\">2:1<\/a>&#8221; rel=&#8221;nofollow&#8221;>https:\/\/odysee.com\/@modernpolitics:0\/ModPol-ContePart<a title=\"Click to play at 2:1\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#121\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"121\">2:1<\/a><\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:21:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4860\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4860\">1:21:00<\/a> Propaganda, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Propaganda\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Propaganda<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:34:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5640\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5640\">1:34:00<\/a> A Critique of Ron Unz\u2019s Article \u201cThe Myth of American Meritocracy\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/nuritbaytch\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/nuritbaytch\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:36:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5760\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5760\">1:36:00<\/a> Janet Mertz on Ron Unz\u2019s \u201cMeritocracy\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mertz-on-Unz-Meritocracy-Article.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mertz-on-Unz-Meritocracy-Article.pdf<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:00:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7200\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7200\">2:00:00<\/a> The dirty tricks and shady tactics of Adam Curtis, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwlies.com\/articles\/adam-curtis-hypernormalisation-tricks-and-tactics\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lwlies.com\/articles\/adam-curtis-hypernormalisation-tricks-and-tactics\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>00:00 Seymour Krim (1922-1989) https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seymour_Krim 02:00 Krimstatic, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nVZJyJkmag0 04:00 &#8220;For My Brothers and Sisters in the Failure Business&#8221; by Seymour Krim, https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/artofpersonaless0000unse_e7g9\/page\/578\/mode\/1up 1:00:20 Dr. David Starkey: I Was Cancelled but I Won&#8217;t be Silenced for 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