tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post91068018006157734..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Absolute ValueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75731380024939139062009-10-30T18:37:24.353-07:002009-10-30T18:37:24.353-07:00And when your assets and debts are imaginary, you ...And when your assets and debts are imaginary, you have negative influence--anything you try to get done, people do the opposite.none of the abovenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69422794782931266792009-10-29T22:45:40.503-07:002009-10-29T22:45:40.503-07:00Absolute value probably relates to the alpha male ...<i>Absolute value probably relates to the alpha male phenomenon. A man who can "lose a million, make a million" is obviously (?) a Big Man, a macher, a mover and shaker, etc. He is a BIG man as opposed to a SMALL man. That's probably all there is in this.</i> <br /><br />What's "in this" is that America used to be a Republic based on the idea of adherence to the rule of law - which required that both betas and alphas be reponsible for the consequences of their behavior.<br /><br />We've lost all of that in the 21st Century.<br /><br />Now we're becoming just another third world oligarchical cesspool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26270276905940909332009-10-29T22:40:48.669-07:002009-10-29T22:40:48.669-07:00If you squared positive a billion and added it to ...<i>If you squared positive a billion and added it to squared negative a billion, you get 2 * squared a billion.</i> <br /><br />Correct - and then you take the square root and you get an isosceles triangle.<br /><br />The point is that you don't get zero [which is just the origin itself].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2729065387035209342009-10-29T08:43:21.410-07:002009-10-29T08:43:21.410-07:00> the ruling classes will remain - more or less...> the ruling classes will remain - more or less - the ruling classes and you shall remain but a pathetic, harangued cog in the anti-human money-generating capitalistic machine <<br /><br />Conspiracy theorist.<br /><br />Absolute value probably relates to the alpha male phenomenon. A man who can "lose a million, make a million" is obviously (?) a Big Man, a <i>macher</i>, a mover and shaker, etc. He is a BIG man as opposed to a SMALL man. That's probably all there is in this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44000697622884905792009-10-28T16:17:30.597-07:002009-10-28T16:17:30.597-07:00If you squared positive a billion and added it to ...If you squared positive a billion and added it to squared negative a billion, you get 2 * squared a billion.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758584002044225327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76859991055881993342009-10-27T23:23:00.878-07:002009-10-27T23:23:00.878-07:00If I can answer Rohan: we ain't goin anywhere ...If I can answer Rohan: we ain't goin anywhere from here (if by "we" you meant stevospherics and by the setup of your wuestion you meant to suggest prescriptive reforms) .<br /><br />Frustrated Steviacs are too "patriotic" to consider anything like leftist anarchism, trotskyism or even light socialism. They're FAR more inclined to fascism and <i>in heat</i> to be swept up and taken by some goosestepping maniac who rambles about the races or any boogeyman at the gates.<br /><br />And what will this fascist do? Keep the ruling classes in place.<br /><br />Oh sure, he may execute a few Jews or put bars on the windows of Goldman Sachs or track down the descendants of JP Morgan or invade France or outlaw freemasonry... but, his boogeyman harassed, the ruling classes will remain - more or less - the ruling classes and you shall remain but a pathetic, harangued cog in the anti-human money-generating capitalistic machine. Your best years, your best hours and the choice of your thoughts and passions will be enslaved to keeping up with the Joneses.<br /><br />But hey, at least we're not stinkin socialists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38415132719128494442009-10-27T18:09:35.461-07:002009-10-27T18:09:35.461-07:00I expect illiberal...with preservation of the ruli...<i>I expect illiberal...<b>with preservation of the ruling class trumping the overall well being of the people and the nation</b>.</i> <br /><br />I think we're already pretty far into that stage of the game. What comes next is the question.Rohan Sweenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57579278784814457502009-10-27T18:06:23.920-07:002009-10-27T18:06:23.920-07:00I think it would be more accurate to say that infl...I think it would be more accurate to say that influence is proportional to the sum of the absolute values of your worth and your debts.<br /><br />Because if it is related to the absolute value of your net worth, then that would mean that someone with huge assets and huge debts that balanced out could not have much power, and they certainly can.Glaivesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867323638154972101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-31520746024091044092009-10-27T17:57:52.106-07:002009-10-27T17:57:52.106-07:00Yes, yes, if you owe the bank a thousand dollars y...Yes, yes, if you owe the bank a thousand dollars you have a problem. If you owe the bank a million dollars it has a problem.<br /><br />And if you owe the bank a billion dollars (fill in the blank)anony-mousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19819506708988014652009-10-27T16:55:55.075-07:002009-10-27T16:55:55.075-07:00Wretchard is just now saying that when a people lo...<i>Wretchard is just now saying that when a people lose faith in their liberal government's ability to deal with problems, they turn to illiberal government as a matter of survival.</i> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />Maybe, but it's debatable if the West has liberal government at present. I think that slipped away gradually over the past twenty years. All that is left is the outward forms. We still have elections, which all put the same sort of people in power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57764358088175594032009-10-27T14:50:16.519-07:002009-10-27T14:50:16.519-07:00Only in this game, which we are wrapping up worldw...Only in this game, which we are wrapping up worldwide right now.<br /><br />Funny Wretchard is just now saying that when a people lose faith in their liberal government's ability to deal with problems, they turn to illiberal government as a matter of survival.<br /><br />I doubt that we will get illiberal in the sense of Mossberg. I expect illiberal in the sense of totalitarian with preservation of the ruling class trumping the overall well being of the people and the nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81008087004248872962009-10-27T14:45:46.535-07:002009-10-27T14:45:46.535-07:00"being having" = "having"
Sor..."being having" = "having"<br /><br />Sorry about that.one of the many Anonymicenoreply@blogger.com