Eric Weinstein

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

I really do think MAGA is a major threat to the US. He wasn't wrong on that. But he needed to understand WHY MAGA EXISTS. More importantly he needed to call all 3 groups into question. Maybe even resign to show how GRAVE our danger is at this moment. Something utterly dramatic. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

So my heart sank. This POTUS could not give that speech. As long as kids are being pushed to transition genders by sexuality counselers or establishment political families have 8+ figures of wealth from no apparent source of productive behavior, you can't just single out 1 of 3. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

There are two ways to fear MAGA: I) As a genuine threat to American Values. II) As a geniune threat to Swamp opportunities and entitlements. Those of us who fear MAGA for reason I) also fear Extractocrats of both parties as well as the Woke. These are *all* threats to the US. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

No talk of hearings into COVID origins with Peter Daszak. No talk of Epstein hearings into IC connections. Just the Extractocrat seeing MAGA for the one thing I actually envy about MAGA: At least it is a genuine (if minor) threat to the DC Swamp. There is a difference here. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

I kept thinking, "How is he going to land the plane?" And the truth is, he doesn't see the problem. He is simply the patriotic American with a successful loving son named Hunter while there is a war in Ukraine with Nancy P flying off to Taiwan and hubby Paul trading up a storm. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

To say it plainly, folks like me talk about our own party's problems so that we MIGHT one day be able to say "We have got to cut this all out." In general, NO ONE in a position to give such a speech sees all 3 threats and is interested in sacrificing & risking to name them all. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

You can't say MAGA reaches into the past without calling the BS '1619 project' anti-american. Which it is. You would have to talk about "No Justice, No Peace" if you wanted to discuss political violence. You'd have to talk about Extractocrats Mitch McConnell & Nancy Pelosi. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

The ability to unify around American Values requires calling out all three groups. You can't single out MAGA or WOKE or the Swamp from one of the other groups. It just doesn't work. It looks like trying to get positional advantage. Biden would have had to talk about all of them. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Wokestanis by contrast are trying to defend the US from some vision of Charlottesville madness energized by Trump metastatizing into a mainstream nightmare. Mainstream Extractocrats try to protect the Swamp from the other party's "armed wing" while trying to operate their own. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

All these groups are reacting to each other. MAGASTAN is trying to defend the US from Wokestani insanity and the Extractocrat Swamp and will forgive their leader almost any bad action because he seems to be the only thing out of central control powerful enough to disrupt DC. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

I just listened to Biden's Philadelphia Speech. One overarching reaction. The speech was 1/3 of a speech. There are three groups threatening US Democracy. No one can give the needed speech until they all out all three groups: A) Extractocrats B) Wokestanis C) MAGAstanis https://t.co/iY8Ik0TMzF — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

The right to self defense of civil society *requires* questioning of state actors in suspicious circumstances without being forced to a reputational price for asking “WTF?” as if you were claiming to have just seen Kaiser Wilhelm and Cleopatra at Starbucks. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

To be clear, I have no proof all aren’t accidents. But I refuse to default to “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Inconvenient folks keep dying. Try this: “Extraordinary coincidences and potential threats to civil society require extraordinary investigation.” — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

“I see your French, American and Spanish prison cells, and raise you a hospital room.” — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@vettukal @mechanicsudheer I am aware. This is related to the royal “we” in English, ‘voseo reverencial’ in Spanish, etc. But the underlying difference in inflection for number remains. I was unaware of Indic languages that had dropped the underlying inflection and was curious if there were examples. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@mechanicsudheer Specific examples? — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@sarhanis I don’t know the language however. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@sarhanis I saw that and hesitated because the third person inflected for gender is not the same he vs they. But I think this is the closest I am aware of. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@elonesqandar Same as Indonesian. Different pronouns for she and they — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@muki46 كان هم? — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@nuanceislost No. Turkish just collapses he she and it. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Quick language question: What languages have historically used the exact same pronoun(s) for both third person singular and plural? — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@HoodrichDub But thanks!! — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@HoodrichDub Your wife is correct. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

@seanonolennon I’d be your VP. Charlotte would get you more votes however… — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

I’m completely confused by any Americans who want to re-elect Donald Trump or Joe Biden. I just don’t get it. This is a country of Hundred’s of Millions of decent smarter, younger less damaged people with proven success records and a desire to unite people. It makes zero sense. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

And in the words of a famous Jewish Carpenter: “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Wise words whether we believe or not. End. — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Lastly, if you stuck with this thread, know that this account is bombarded constantly by the question “Why do I never see your tweets?” Threads like this are why I get throttled. If you quote tweet the lead tweet in the thread with your own observations, they cant stop us all.🙏 https://t.co/OADP2ThcXQ — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

Q: Do we love each other enough to ask the most difficult questions? Q: Did we, with the best of intentions, actually build racism into the fabric of all modern institutional life PRECISELY in the measures we designed to destroy it? Implicit Bias Testing? DEI? Acts of Congress? — PolitiTweet.org

Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein

My question is this. Assume @DrIbram is a man captured by his own anti-racist cult of cryptic racism. A man who fooled himself. @jack joined the cult with the best of intentions and brought Twitter. @splc joined. Etc. Q: Do we love enough to forgive & deprogram our own family? — PolitiTweet.org