[waterfowl]

PT says interesting and thoughtful stuff. A thing I dislike about much of his coverage, including in this piece, is how much is surface level ad hom of various people who have talked to him, or supported him, or he has supported, e.g. in this article moldbug "far right blogger" or rubin "mainstay of intellectual dark web" etc, which don't really engage with what these people are saying, or with the fact that a 2 party electoral system tends to put everyone left/right of center on the same side.

Even getting outed by a tabloid, which is viewed in the LGBT community as a deeply uncool thing, especially 20 years ago, is framed as unsympathetic for PT - he is a meanie for being motivated to stick up for a revenge porn victim based on this tabloid's later behavior.

I liked zero to one and I enjoyed reading this pasted together google doc[1] of things he's said, which I think are largely from his Tyler Cowen mercatus center interview[2].

Given the current GOP, becoming a "thielist" progress oriented thoughtful party would certainly be an upgrade, right? Build the future, be less stagnant, etc?

[1]https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zao_AyBhNb8TPWrQqgXn5NzN...

[2]https://youtu.be/i_yJTCDU4uE

[shric]

There's an email sign up nag screen, but looks like any email address works. I used abuse@thenewyorker.com so maybe that one won't work anymore.

[seriousquestion]

Think we'll finally see some 3rd parties emerge?

I've never seen so many on the right fed up with Republicans, nor so many on the left fed up with Democrats.

[HKH2 → seriousquestion]

I doubt you'll get one on the right. I don't know who you think is "fed up", considering Trump got 10 million more votes the second time around, so the Republican party's populism is far from over. It's very likely you will see more Neocons defecting to get book deals though.