I reckon the fucked-up nature of the world makes clever people focus on this kind of absurdity even more, as a way of ignoring real but difficult issues. Cf the relentless focus on "Islamophobia… (View Post)

Mao killed way more than 20m. Also - and this is overlooked - he was personally a monster. Depraved and debauched. (View Post)

I'm really not sure that's true. Death in and by war - with another tribe/state/clan - is surely more common than "killed by your own government" (View Post)

Fascinating. Never been; shall go. All that wealth and they still die at Auschwitz. You get the same brooding atmosphere at Castle Drogo, "the last castle built in Britain". It's a masterpi… (View Post)

That will entail you standing up to the UltraWoke types, further to your Left. Are you prepared to do that? Brave. (View Post)