The modern conservative is not even especially modern. He is engaged, on the contrary, in one of man's oldest, best financed, most applauded, and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy.
That is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. It is an exercise which always involves a certain number of internal contradictions and even a few absurdities. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Saw it in context of discussion of Republicans being angry at the Virginia political map redrawing. AOC called them out that Dems had been trying to ban this sort of thing for ten years and they always block it. So, since they want it to be the rules, the Dems have begun pushing back.
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There was a post which made the rounds, an article on Substack from a man who discusses his white nationalist beliefs and his disillusionment after moving to the Midwest. I can't bear to even link to the post. It's pure drivel.
He starts out discussing how he left white nationalism, but what the author means is that he stopped feeling it was necessary that he made it the defining feature of his personality, nor to go to the rallies, etc. He goes on and on about it, making it clear that he is still firmly rooted in it and just isn't driven to be politically active about it.
The segment which was getting traction was about him moving to the Midwest. But even then, people are laughing and I just shake my head. The guy was disillusioned because he felt superior to all the contented midwesterners, living simple lives without motivation to chase greater success or money. He even talked about them in racial terms, comparing them to Asians, and other "inferior" groups.
The article was repugnant and I feel sad that feelings like the author's are so common.
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Trump wants to split the Republicans and start the 'Patriot Party'
President Trump has talked in recent days with associates about forming a new political party, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort to exert continued influence after he leaves the White House.
Mr. Trump discussed the matter with several aides and other people close to him last week, the people said. The president said he would want to call the new party the "Patriot Party," the people said.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Donald Trump's Legacy
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an excellent writer and commentator on the state of the world.
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The Parler videos from the Capitol
Before Parler was temporarily taken down, some folks discovered they could scrape the Parler API and so they set about archiving and making available every video (public or private apparently.) These videos were not hacked and stolen, it was the result of the API simple incrementing a variable rather than randomly generating IDs.
ProPublica has taken every video from that day and put them into chronological order for ease of viewing.
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