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Perhaps I wasn't clear enough with "position of power". I wasn't talking about "James Wilson, truck driver in Madison" or "Allison Smith, bartender in Columbus"

by jowiar 10y ago

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough with "position of power". I wasn't talking about "James Wilson, truck driver in Madison" or "Allison Smith, bartender in Columbus". It's the folks who single-handed lot have power to shape the world. Thiel can grab a friendly dinner with the greatest threat to humanity on Monday, and yet Sam Altman will gladly have lunch with him on Tuesday and joke about his "friends" as though nothing happened?

SirensOfTitan 10y ago
> Perhaps I wasn't clear enough with "position of power". I wasn't talking about "James Wilson, truck driver in Madison" or "Allison Smith, bartender in Columbus". I suppose I don't really see much of a rhetorical difference. Proposing that we exile people who disagree with you is pretty gross to me. It doesn't matter you constrained yourself to only punishing the 'powerful'. > Thiel can grab a friendly dinner with the greatest threat to humanity on Monday This just sounds hyperbolic. Care to back this ridiculous statement? > and yet Sam Altman will gladly have lunch with him on Tuesday and joke about his "friends" as though nothing happened? People are multifaceted. As much as you'd like to reduce people down to single words or ideas, they're not that simple.
concinds 10y ago
> the greatest threat to humanity Objectively ridiculous. Davos disagrees[0], and geopolitical experts are utterly nonplussed by Trump (Stratfor, Geopolitical Futures). What 22 year old journalism majors decry as "a systemic threat to the world order" is just seen by geopolitical observers as an interesting gambit that may pay off big. Take what they say about Trump and Taiwan[1], NATO, torture (Trump said yesterday that Mattis was in charge, and if Mattis doesn't believe in torture, he gets to override Trump's orders). Your hysteria is unfounded. [0]: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-biggest-risks-facing-the-world-in-2017/ http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-biggest-risks... [1]: https://geopoliticalfutures.com/trump-taiwan-and-an-uproar/ https://geopoliticalfutures.com/trump-taiwan-and-an-uproar/

by jowiar 10y ago

SirensOfTitan 10y ago

> Perhaps I wasn't clear enough with "position of power". I wasn't talking about "James Wilson, truck driver in Madison" or "Allison Smith, bartender in Columbus". I suppose I don't really see much of a rhetorical difference. Proposing that we exile people who disagree with you is pretty gross to me. It doesn't matter you constrained yourself to only punishing the 'powerful'. > Thiel can grab a friendly dinner with the greatest threat to humanity on Monday This just sounds hyperbolic. Care to back this ridiculous statement? > and yet Sam Altman will gladly have lunch with him on Tuesday and joke about his "friends" as though nothing happened? People are multifaceted. As much as you'd like to reduce people down to single words or ideas, they're not that simple.

concinds 10y ago

> the greatest threat to humanity Objectively ridiculous. Davos disagrees[0], and geopolitical experts are utterly nonplussed by Trump (Stratfor, Geopolitical Futures). What 22 year old journalism majors decry as "a systemic threat to the world order" is just seen by geopolitical observers as an interesting gambit that may pay off big. Take what they say about Trump and Taiwan[1], NATO, torture (Trump said yesterday that Mattis was in charge, and if Mattis doesn't believe in torture, he gets to override Trump's orders). Your hysteria is unfounded. [0]: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-biggest-risks-facing-the-world-in-2017/ http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-biggest-risks... [1]: https://geopoliticalfutures.com/trump-taiwan-and-an-uproar/ https://geopoliticalfutures.com/trump-taiwan-and-an-uproar/