L.B.'s Twitter Round up #6

Fake based-politics, no reason at Reason, and communist apologetics

Jan 24

Twitter is where I’m most active on social media. Here are some highlights from the past week with some commentary!

Ok so this first one is a random retweet, but as someone who is just around the 5’ 9” - 5’ 10” range I have experienced this in real life. Dating (whether we admit it or not) is about selection, and so isn’t it interesting that the same height on a dating profile looks different in real life.

Jamie @jamie2181

Don't tell me there's no difference between the genders. At 5'9 I am taller than every man I've met who is 5'9.

I just wrapped up an episode with James Jenneman over at Blackbirdpodcast.com covering the topic in this tweet from James Lindsay. If you’re interested I’d recommend you go listen to it. (currently behind a paywall).

L.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz

Yes https://t.co/SNcd2VDEau

James Lindsay, watching narratives crumble @ConceptualJames

The more Marxism I read, the more I'm convinced that no one should read Marxism until they've undergone a thorough intellectual vaccination against Communism.

Little mindset piece for you.

L.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz

When you accept wishing for things is not enough, you start to see how other people got to where you want to be.

I’ve been taking shots at the new based-politics.com for a few reasons, this aesthetic critique is not very substansive, but honestly the whole concept is dull. Not because either of them are bad writers or uninteresting, but because of their determination to remake something they know nothing about. The reality is going after larger creators helps this project grow, it just so happens I get really annoyed by corporate libertarian types these days because they have no incentive to push ideas anywhere. It’s about raking in what you can right now.

L.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz

Can we talk about how they were so desperate to cash in on this "based" nonsense that they bought a web domain with a hyphen in the middle? 🤢

Somebody tried to get me to explain why Catholic monks and nuns are not the same thing as communists. As you can see I called it “communist apologetics.” While I wouldn’t engage with him, let’s quickly dismantle the idea.

Not every order of nuns or monks live in common ownership of goods.
your standard parish priest earns a salary and owns their own things like a salaried employee.
Both communism and Catholicism have universal views of humanity but that is where the similarities end ideologically.
communism set out to make man free from his nature
Catholics want to constrain man because they understand his nature
There’s also the tens of millions dead at the hands of communism, not even The Crusades were as bloody despite.

L.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz

This is communist apologetics

Mark R. Pachankis @riverotter1968

@TheLBMuniz @GopMises so a monastery or convent is not run as a communist economic system? Explain how they are not. You are confusing an economic system with a political system.

Don’t underestimate the power of a symbol. Gorsuch not wearing a mask was precisely that.

L.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz

CNBC @CNBC

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch refused to wear a mask despite a request from Chief Justice John Roberts over fellow Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Covid concerns, a report said https://t.co/thQWptPp8N

I can remember listening to Joe Walsh in my car on the drive home from work or school. He was a tea party “patriot” who was either always a phony or was broken by Trump, not sure I’ll ever know for sure. I actually met Walsh a couple of times, it’s been strange to watch him completely transform himself. Anyway, Pedro Gonzalez is great and I think did a fantastic “dunk”

Pedro L. Gonzalez @emeriticus

Joe, I activated Twitter’s tipping feature just for you, because if you really feel this awful about being a white man, then you must pay me, a person of color, reparations to show your sincerity. I'll even send you a receipt so you can show your friends how pathetic you are.

Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom

I say this as a white guy who loves this country: This country needs to have an honest, tough conversation about race. And it’s time for us white Americans to do more listening and to feel uncomfortable.

There has been some good news lately, but it’s not over. Don’t forget that.

L.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz

“The world must be vaccinated, It’s not enough to vaccinate 340 million people in the United States” @JoeBiden

The NYPD are arresting children in a museum because they didn’t show their papers or wearing the approved garment. I’d encourage you to click through and watch the video if you haven’t seen it.

This is America.

L.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz

Libs of Tik Tok @libsoftiktok

NYPD arrest multiple people including a young child, for trying to enter a museum (@AMNH) without proof of vaccination https://t.co/Zh17z3Ehg6

I honestly didn’t think when I started writing this newsletter that I would be making it a point to publicly criticize an organization like Reason Magazine. But there has been a perceivable shift and growing divide between the broader liberty movement and these NYC and DC based publications. They simply don’t bother to offer any kind of substantive libertarian analysis when it comes to government lockdown measures.

L.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz

Reason Magazine was once a publication where I learned how big government skews data to serve their interests Now they report a government press release and add: “One hopes that these data will encourage Americans who are still unvaccinated or unboosted to go get their shots.”

reason @reason

COVID-19 booster shots are 90 percent effective at keeping Americans out of the hospital, says the CDC. https://t.co/elOA7FblTS

Great summarization of the divide I see worth talking about.

L.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz

This https://t.co/gld0lwGqw9

Matt Erickson ☦️👑 @realKingpilled

Libertarian: arguing about how other people should define what property is for society Post-libertarian: becoming one of the actual people who gets to define what property is for society

Here’s info on that episode I did with James if you want to become a premium subscriber and listen to the new episode today.

L.B. Muñiz @TheLBMuniz

Always a pleasure to talk with @jameslj We spent some time talking about why we shouldn’t teach kids Marxist class consciousness, but we should teach them about Cathedral class consciousness. If that doesn’t make you go give James your dollars you’re probably a poor commie 🤷‍♀️