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				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Ford was the poster child for “growth mindset.”


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don’t think mines block off everyone. They’re usually designed to anchor in place and wall off specific areas. You leave a few safe paths and either guard the secret (hard to do vs. the U.S.!) or concentrate your firepower in those spots.


Obviously, not everything works perfectly, which is why they’re feared and hated…


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I really doubt that they think so, but I suppose I haven’t seen the sentiment firsthand.


I would posit that you could get the average college student to cheer for  mass killings if President Trump spoke out against them. Countersignaling is cheap.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 23, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Was there ever a hope of arbitration? I figured China was laughing all the way to the bank.


I’ve heard no third-worldists gloating, for what it’s worth. Maybe that makes me lucky or oblivious. Most of the critics I’ve seen are in the doomsaying mode.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Huh. I thought we did that ages ago with Huawei.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Didn’t know that about Sublight Drive. Awesome story. I would not describe it as conservative in any way, though.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for March 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Wait, were you…in it?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for March 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
The algorithm decided I should learn about this game last month by recommending some video about “How I Accidentally Set an Opus Magnum Record.” Can’t find the link atm but it covered very similar data to your post. This was before the DLC.


I think my favorite thing about De Re Metallica is the translation by a certain mining engineer. History may be a foreign country, but it’s apparently a small one.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for March 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Got drunk Sunday night and bought Kerbal Space Program. Immediately questioned my sanity as I tried to find the symmetry buttons. Next day, now that we’re sober, my fiancée and I are playing through the tutorials. She runs flights, I run the designer.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for March 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Normally I’m inclined to say “don’t worry about the publishers, the free market will provide.” Someone will pick up the money on the sidewalk. There are imprints out there which publish Nazi stuff for historical interest. Surely whatever tomes you’ve found can’t have worse optics…right?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 22, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That’s an interesting way to describe the rest of the Cold War…


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
People yelling at you in the “public discourse” is a low bar. It doesn’t tell you about the motivations. If you look at what Democrats actually vote for, it’s not “maximalist” anything.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
How exactly are you supposed to argue the object of a policy without questioning motives?




literally the entire rest of the world




No, it’s not. It’s really not. Lots of places allow a driver’s license, which wouldn’t be good enough for this bill. They also tend to integrate their existing database of citizens, which America stubbornly refuses to do, so they have a ready-made option. I daresay most of the other democracies are smaller and more centralized, too; everyone loves to hate on European paternalism.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Wait wait wait.




It's not about the object of voter ID, it's about the real goal of those pesky rightists; disenfranchising qualified voters.




How is this “sleight of hand”? It’s the crux of the argument. Opponents really believe that the laws will hurt many more qualified voters than fraudulent ones. If true, maybe the stated object isn’t the “real” object.


I don’t personally think Trump is doing this out of racism. I think he’d gloat about disenfranchising people of any race or creed if they criticized him. But I can see why someone who already thought he was racist would conclude it was the real object.




secure IDs are too expensive and too difficult to get for people who, while citizens and non-felons, don't have their shit together.




This is exactly how the signature Jim Crow policies worked. Setting voting requirements that were easier for your guys and harder for their guys. People are citing THE RACISMS because THE RACISMS are kind of the most obvious comparison.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
But you can! Every state does voter roll maintenance. 36 states require ID. The most lax states tend to check signature and address against their rolls. They also allow challenges from poll watchers and other registered voters. It’s not the Wild West.


Ballot harvesting is more complicated, and I didn’t want to tally up every state’s laws. Did you know that only Texas and California ban paying people for ballots? Suffice to say that such liberal states as New Jersey are absolutely willing to combat ballot harvesting.


And if you can’t be skeptical…what are you doing? I think mass homeless voting absolutely raises eyebrows, even among state politicians. And they’re the ones who control these laws. The SAVE act is an attempt to centralize election control in a less responsive, less stable body, one that’s very honest about its partisan aims. I think that’s more likely to bite us in the ass by 2060.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think that is a bit uncharitable. Do Republicans mean no one should vote, ever?


Voter ID is one of the many, many issues where the parties usually take incremental positions. Democrats are the party of fewer restrictions and verifications. They have been since the Southern Strategy realignment. Their current planks are such radical statements as “expand the VRA”. I think most Democrat voters would endorse bringing all states up to the basic ID requirement. Maybe even a national ID, if it was free.


But that’s not what Trump is offering. He’s throwing shit at the wall in hopes that it benefits his team.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That’s the motte. It’s quite reasonable, at least after a few decades of civil rights reform, which is why 36 states already have it.


The bailey is that most of those states aren’t doing enough. Even the ones with strict photo ID. They won’t be doing enough unless they massively expand their verification processes, retain extra documents, and also let Homeland Security look through their voter lists to find names which look too Hispanic similar to someone who got deported. Also, they have to do this NOW.


Seriously. Only five states offer an ID that also shows citizenship. The rest have to photocopy and store your extra documents. Only one state has a strict enough photo requirement. If this is so urgent, so important, why have all these legislatures not done something about it already? I live in Texas, which has been tying itself in knots to polish Trump’s ego. Apparently we’ve been slacking.


I support a universal, free citizen ID. I wouldn’t mind bringing all states up to the policy of those 36. I can’t support an attempt to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. As usual, it’s shameless.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Why am I not surprised that NJ has a completely dysfunctional setup?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
20% does seem reasonable. I guess this is just difference of intuitions. If I had to justify mine, I could point to driver’s license numbers or something, but I have to admit I’m going off vibes.


I would support a free, mandatory ID too. We accrued all these goofy workarounds for something that shouldn’t actually be difficult.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Even?


That legitimately sounds like a lot to me.


Like, how many would you think is a lot? 50%?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


To extract myself from any "boo outgroup" reporting,




My friend, if you notice yourself in a hole, don’t start trying to make it a tunnel.


The problem is that you’re beating up a strawman. Expanding that strawman from “cat lady” to “all sorts of organizations” does not make it a better argument. It’s still optimized for scoring points.


I’m not banning you for a colorful bit of sneering. But when you get that feeling of impending reports, maybe…listen to it?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				The American Renewal Act: A 127-Point Systems-Level Overhaul (Citizen Juries, 20% Market Cap, and a New Constitutional Anchor)
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Probably not.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for March 15, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
This just sounds like a WW2-era speech. I can almost hear the mid-Atlantic accent.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Jesus Christ. I feel like that would ground more planes purely from Sig owners.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 16, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Sure, but does that count as “getting rid of security lines”?


I guess pre-check is pretty nice.