This only logical conclusion to this naive utilitarianism is reaching a point 30 years from now when liberals will be frothing at the mouths in support of the dem candidate who wants 5 genocides as opposed to the republican who wants 10.

There is a legend about a certain species of caterpillar that can only cross the threshold of metamorphosis by seeing its future butterfly. Proletarian subjectivity does not evolve by incremental steps but requires non-linear leaps, especially moral self-recognition through solidarity with the struggle of a distant people, even when this contradicts short-term self-interest, as in the famous cases of Lancashire cotton workers’ enthusiasm for Lincoln and later for Gandhi. Socialism, in other words, requires non-utilitarian actors, whose ultimate motivations and values arise from structures of feeling that others would deem spiritual. Marx rightly scourged romantic humanism in the abstract, but his personal pantheon—Prometheus and Spartacus, Homer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare—affirmed a heroic vision of human possibility that no longer seems to have any purchase in our fallen world.

Mike Davis

The idea that aliens built the pyramids is racist.

“Not getting gold ring on the first try” -> “uninhibited genocide”

New genocide euphamism just dropped.

This logic isn’t sustainable.

30 years from now you’ll still be arguing against leftists for not voting for 99% hitler as opposed to 100% hitler.

I swear, liberals will still be screeching about “if you don’t vote for the candidate who wants 3 genocides as opposed to the one who wants 5, you are a Russian bot!”

Lesser evilism is what got us here. The American experiment has run its course and we have a duty to dismantle it.

So why weren’t the courts getting stacked years ago?

Stop pretending like his hands are tied. The SCOTUS ruling yesterday shows that is bullshit.

Liberals will still use such an event as a means to punch left and blame the coup on actual leftist not voting hard enough for biden.

Remind me how many Neo-Nazi battalions are in the DPRK? Or where in the DPRK constitution there is a provision to protect their gene pool?

I agree with all your points. And just to be clear, my position is definitely not “look, idiots, we could solve the home affordability issue if people knew that the midwest existed” but instead just “for some specific people, these small 30s midwest towns could be promising and worth looking into.”

Disclaimer: this comment is not arguing that housing is easily obtainable.

If you let them subdivide into smaller lots, or build multiple units on the lot, they could charge less per dwelling unit.

This is exactly why I encourage people to look at older neighborhoods. In certain spots of the midwest, you can find beautiful 30s homes that were built extremely well: brick, less engineered wood, and the triumph of the home over the filter of time - for less than $70k. The surviving 30s houses were built well enough to survive nearly 100 years. On top of that, those old neighborhood designers knew better than today for exactly the reason you mention. They were trying to build affordable housing, and that manifested itself in smaller houses, more neighborly communities, more proximity to your neighbors, and walkable proximity to surviving corner stores/bars. Oftentimes, modern bus routes run on top of the old school tram lines that serviced these neighborhoods.

If you find one of these gems in a town with a big employer, you could feasibly pay down a perfectly adequate and enjoyable home in less than 5 years - assuming you have an in with the company.

Central IL is a good example what for Galesburg, Peoria, Bloomington, and even Morton.

If you manage to secure a salary at Rivian while fixing up a 30s Bloomington house, I feel you’d be in pretty good shape. I understand that securing a good salary is a huge effort though.