This should be fun. Let's watch in real time how the ThEy ShOuLd FoLlOw ThE rUlEs people suddenly stop carrying about rules.
I worked for them for about five years. This is accurate.
Why is it that even in the memes, O'Brien must suffer? 🥺
I love how the author starts making this about China and then drops this:
It is the Enlightenment against 21st century feudalism.
Then, after gingerly defending American exceptionalism, says this:
We must always try to align our values with our policy, and that’s not always easy.
Align values to policy. Not align policy to values.
They do get what's happening but are still in America, Fuck Yeah! mode.
Why do I get the impression that this is part of basic Ferengi education?
As an exmo, it is specifically a ban on coffee and tea (not herbal tea, caffeinated tea). Some are strict and extrapolate this to mean "caffeine" and some are literalists that chug Mountain Dew. It's very weird. As an aside: one of the names of ephedra is "Mormon tea".
Yup. Casually pivot right while winding up with something like "That's an interesting question! There are many factors to consider and I need to understand the nuance and meaning of the question to be able to answer properly. First, most people don't even know what Hamas is, so we need to clarify that. Next..." And let the flow of conversation process from there.
So, do I give them the landlord treatment first, or the cop treatment first? I want to maximize their ~~suffering~~ education from the experience.
"I'm not like a socialist. I a socialist!"
I was inspired to create a version of this as a series of field reports. Here's a link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MpvOlC7rOBCSNjAH9tMKW6y3eCgyPfvhvoE6P8dPraM/edit?usp=drivesdk
Might. Possibly. Maybe.
The left wing of the right wing. Sounds right.