Calvin Gaines

Human-identified male. Marx-curious. Poorly informed.

YOU ARE ALL GODDAM HEROES!

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2023-08-19 18:23:25 UTC

Given all this upside with no downside permitted to be spoken of, youth gender clinics have proliferated, with medical and surgical sex change services for children and adults generating $1.9 billion in 2021 and projected to grow at an annul rate of 11.2 percent through 2030. #JennyPoyerAckerman #ChrisHayes #ROGD
https://wesleyyang.substack.com/p/what-is-chris-thinking
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2023-08-17 15:27:50 UTC

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Mind somewhat blown. I'm gonna have to think about that!

2023-08-17 15:20:11 UTC

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Ok, I must admit I'm lost. What do you mean "a system has its own abstraction"? I'm sure you mean something obvious, but I'm struggling to think of an example.

2023-08-17 15:10:49 UTC

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Ok, I think I understand. You're saying that abstractions can never provide a reliable map of reality. And colleges simply teach popular abstractions, without much by way of useful tools to handle messy reality.
I'm interested because I recently started learning about economics. Lots of stuff I'm unfamiliar with, but it appears that abstractions are their bread and butter. Of course I'm skeptical, but it sounds like you'd go further and say the models are mostly illusory?
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2023-08-17 14:52:05 UTC

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Hmm. You've mentioned before about pharma and statistics, it was an eye-opener. I think I understand, but can you give an example of someone who follows the better methodology you're talking about? I guess contemporary is better than historical, but either will do. And I'm not asking for a paragon of humanity.

2023-08-17 14:28:19 UTC

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Which intellectuals are we talking about here? Of course there are figures like Judith "I Never Met A Word I Couldn't Salad" Butler, but I don't think the idiots running around with flags or acting tough behind balaclavas count. Even if they're college students 🤣
And the DEI consultants. Intellectual?
I'm really happy when actual smart people write stuff, even if they get stuff wrong.

2023-08-17 12:48:58 UTC

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Thank you!

2023-08-17 12:27:01 UTC

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I'm still trying to figure out when the left, the line leading to actual communism, stopped being about workers! As you say, the label doesn't matter, let's just fix the problems.

2023-07-19 15:46:02 UTC

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Did anything decisive happen after that debate in the UK parliament about clarifying sex? I saw follow up comments but no reports of a decision.