Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Is it acceptable to do an ethics thought-experiment if the only alternative is the death of tens of millions of people? (No: thought-experiments are never acceptable no matter what the cost) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 8, 2023

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But if the opposition controls all the levers of power and you’re just a lonely voice in the wilderness then there’s no level of self-indulgence that goes too far, no trade-offs between expression and impact. The battle’s already lost, you’re just here to tell the story. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 8, 2023

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Part of the ongoing fracturing of society is I increasingly read debunkings of things I’d never heard of in the first place. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 8, 2023