# \#politics **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/politics/2555.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [How To Nuke Large Language Model Bias?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-to-nuke-large-language-model-bias/2592)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [29 August 2026 12:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-to-nuke-large-language-model-bias/2592 "2026-08-29T12:43:12Z")
We need to nuke what might be called “large language model bias”. The bias of which I speak is in two interdependent senses: Bias toward large models The most principled definition of “bias”: Bias operationally ident… --- ## [How Not to Build a Country: Canada’s Late Soviet Pessimism](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-not-to-build-a-country-canada-s-late-soviet-pessimism/4655)
**Author:** [@jdougan](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jdougan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [30 July 2026 07:11 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-not-to-build-a-country-canada-s-late-soviet-pessimism/4655 "2026-07-30T07:11:59Z")
A few years old, but still relevant: --- ## [The rise of Democratic Socialism in America](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-rise-of-democratic-socialism-in-america/6382)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [24 June 2026 16:30 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-rise-of-democratic-socialism-in-america/6382 "2026-06-24T16:30:31Z")
Is DSA a response to the MAGA movement? Yes and no. The two movements have undeniable similarities. Both are, at root, economic populist movements. Both seize on an anti-establishment framing — “the swamp” and “global… --- ## [Radical Centrism](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/radical-centrism/6366)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [10 June 2026 14:21 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/radical-centrism/6366 "2026-06-10T14:21:33Z")
The premise of radical centrism is that unless the center applies radical methods to crushing radicals from left/right/top/down – radicals from the extremes will win. Here’s an interesting post, along these lines: Wh… --- ## [A Book Worth Reading](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-book-worth-reading/6129)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [1 January 2026 17:42 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/a-book-worth-reading/6129 "2026-01-01T17:42:38Z")
Some may be familiar with Dan Wang from the annual letter he has posted on the internet over the last few years. Wang was born in China, raised in Canada, and has worked in the US and China. Currently he is a research … --- ## [No Epstein Client List](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/no-epstein-client-list/6003)
**Author:** [@BlackPrince](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/BlackPrince)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [21 November 2025 21:50 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/no-epstein-client-list/6003 "2025-11-21T21:50:30Z")
This must be another example of 5D chess: --- ## [The turning point comes, it has](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-turning-point-comes-it-has/1907)
**Author:** [@Cyrano](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Cyrano)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [11 October 2025 14:42 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-turning-point-comes-it-has/1907 "2025-10-11T14:42:14Z")
You knew this time was coming. I knew this time was coming. So did they. The gaslighting begins. Democrats were never in favor of the vaccines. Democrats never forced any vaccine mandates or said they would work or … --- ## [Can Eurovision Breathe a Sigh of Relief?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/can-eurovision-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief/6105)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [24 September 2025 09:57 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/can-eurovision-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief/6105 "2025-09-24T09:57:57Z")
Most observers would agree that the annual Eurovision Song Contest is an accurate barometer of Europe’s decline into decadent insignificance. And since politics dominates Europe, Russia was banned from participating. T… --- ## [Big Beautiful Bill](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/big-beautiful-bill/5994)
**Author:** [@Mettelus](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Mettelus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [2 July 2025 13:07 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/big-beautiful-bill/5994 "2025-07-02T13:07:00Z")
Let’s review. Since I turned 18, federal spending (already on a fast clip) went from 850 billion to 8 trillion. Let’s just call it a ten fold increase because the 8 trillion (actually 7.9 trillion) is a projection and … --- ## [Should We Hate Politicians More than Lawyers?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/should-we-hate-politicians-more-than-lawyers/5883)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [16 April 2025 17:27 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/should-we-hate-politicians-more-than-lawyers/5883 "2025-04-16T17:27:39Z")
Of course that is a silly question – Most politicians ARE lawyers! And it is also important to note there are some good moral lawyers who are trying to do the right thing – just not enough of them to rein in their self-… --- ## [Writers who Transitioned from Communism to Free Markets](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/writers-who-transitioned-from-communism-to-free-markets/5888)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [14 April 2025 23:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/writers-who-transitioned-from-communism-to-free-markets/5888 "2025-04-14T23:35:08Z")
A very famous Peruvian writer died, and this Time obituary is very colorful: Reading this article, I was struck by this section: In his teens, Vargas Llosa joined a communist cell Followed by: In 1990, he ran for… --- ## [Reagan's Republican Kittens](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/reagans-republican-kittens/5861)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [29 March 2025 14:06 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/reagans-republican-kittens/5861 "2025-03-29T14:06:07Z")
Here we can celebrate people whose eyes have opened. I’ll start with Clinton comrade, Mark Penn: Seriously You think that Jeffrey Goldberg got added to a high-level national security conversation by chance? Maybe you … --- ## [Poetry of Revolution](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/poetry-of-revolution/5799)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [11 February 2025 18:40 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/poetry-of-revolution/5799 "2025-02-11T18:40:54Z")
No summary is possible for this work of art: More here: --- ## [Request for comments - Paper on "Techno Hutteritism", or planning a community so it can carry culture forward](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/request-for-comments-paper-on-techno-hutteritism-or-planning-a-community-so-it-can-carry-culture-forward/5772)
**Author:** [@dnarby](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/dnarby)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [9 February 2025 04:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/request-for-comments-paper-on-techno-hutteritism-or-planning-a-community-so-it-can-carry-culture-forward/5772 "2025-02-09T04:02:07Z")
Hi all! I’m Dave, I wrote a paper on a strategy for forming a planned community for the purpose of carrying a culture forward within a larger polity. My friend Aleks thought the community here might find it interesting … --- ## [Hometown: Scranton, revert 'Biden Expy' name, calling it a 'scar' following Kids-4-Cash pardon makes national news](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/hometown-scranton-revert-biden-expy-name-calling-it-a-scar-following-kids-4-cash-pardon-makes-national-news/5715)
**Author:** [@Gerard](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gerard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [24 December 2024 16:44 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/hometown-scranton-revert-biden-expy-name-calling-it-a-scar-following-kids-4-cash-pardon-makes-national-news/5715 "2024-12-24T16:44:00Z")
This has been a long time b\*tch over the political renaming of a short expressway and a downtown street by the demon-crats who are in power in my hometown. It finally made national news after the release of those involv… --- ## [Biden pardons Biden](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/biden-pardons-biden/5696)
**Author:** [@Cyrano](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Cyrano)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [6 December 2024 18:27 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/biden-pardons-biden/5696 "2024-12-06T18:27:42Z")
Joe pardoned Hunter. Full, unconditional. He should have done this on November 28th because it’s an absolute turkey. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/enough-enough-biden-pardons-hunter-unfair-prosecution-his-own-do… --- ## [Unnecessariat - a term you should know](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/unnecessariat-a-term-you-should-know/5685)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 November 2024 13:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/unnecessariat-a-term-you-should-know/5685 "2024-11-23T13:02:35Z")
A wonderful article that explains the changes in US politics since 2015: In 2011, economist Guy Standing coined the term “precariat” to refer to workers whose jobs were insecure, underpaid, and mobile, who had to eng… --- ## [The case of the missing voters](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-case-of-the-missing-voters/5660)
**Author:** [@Cyrano](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Cyrano)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [10 November 2024 00:41 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-case-of-the-missing-voters/5660 "2024-11-10T00:41:18Z")
The image below is making the rounds, comparing D (blue) and R (red) vote totals from recent presidential elections. Stipulated that the 2024 vote totals are incomplete, will take perhaps considerable time to become … --- ## [Against -isms](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/against-isms/5636)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [8 November 2024 20:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/against-isms/5636 "2024-11-08T20:02:44Z")
It’s that time again, about twice in a decade, when the votes are being cast. I don’t care much for Trump. He’s a narcissist, and he tries to please too much. He panders to the inane. And yet, he deserves your vote. He s… --- ## [2024 Democratic National Convention Open Thread](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/2024-democratic-national-convention-open-thread/4846)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [26 August 2024 16:13 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/2024-democratic-national-convention-open-thread/4846 "2024-08-26T16:13:37Z")
Stock up on popcorn and ammo. --- ## [Making deals with terrorists...](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-deals-with-terrorists/4856)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [26 August 2024 01:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/making-deals-with-terrorists/4856 "2024-08-26T01:56:37Z")
Back in 70s there was a wave of Palestinian terrorism in Italy, along with other types of far-left and far-right terrorism. This included: 1972: Blowing up 150,000 tons of oil near Trieste: 1973: Murder of 34 people,… --- ## [J.D. Vance is Trump's VP pick](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/j-d-vance-is-trumps-vp-pick/4772)
**Author:** [@jdougan](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jdougan)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [10 August 2024 16:21 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/j-d-vance-is-trumps-vp-pick/4772 "2024-08-10T16:21:08Z")
J.D. Vance is Trump’s VP pick. So far I’ve seen Tucker Carlson supporting and Jonah Goldberg opposed, which is 2 votes in favour. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/07/15/tucker\_carlson\_every\_bad\_person\_in\_wa… --- ## [Democrat vs Republican Tech Policy](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/democrat-vs-republican-tech-policy/4830)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [9 August 2024 04:48 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/democrat-vs-republican-tech-policy/4830 "2024-08-09T04:48:42Z")
Rep: Champion Innovation Republicans will pave the way for future Economic Greatness by leading the World in Emerging Industries. Crypto Republicans will end Democrats’ unlawful and unAmerican Crypto crackdown and o… --- ## [Has Nial Ferguson Left the Reservation?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/has-nial-ferguson-left-the-reservation/4720)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [29 July 2024 22:26 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/has-nial-ferguson-left-the-reservation/4720 "2024-07-29T22:26:20Z")
I admit it – I was never much impressed with Nial Ferguson. He reminded me too much of the smooth operators who clamber up the greasy pole in large businesses, saying the (perceived) right things at the right time to th… --- ## [WWE Election](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/wwe-election/4668)
**Author:** [@BlackPrince](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/BlackPrince)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [31 May 2024 14:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/wwe-election/4668 "2024-05-31T14:03:49Z")
Am I the only one who’s getting WWE vibes about what’s going on in “our” political system? I don’t watch WWE, but from the few clips I’ve seen over the years, the best word used to describe it is FAKE. Both sides are fak… --- ## [Marc Andreessen on Left and Right, the Need for a Better Elite, and the Return of Bourgeois Capitalism](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/marc-andreessen-on-left-and-right-the-need-for-a-better-elite-and-the-return-of-bourgeois-capitalism/4241)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [25 January 2024 15:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/marc-andreessen-on-left-and-right-the-need-for-a-better-elite-and-the-return-of-bourgeois-capitalism/4241 "2024-01-25T15:01:49Z")
Around 2012, shortly before what Matthew Yglesias would later term the “Great Awokening”, Marc Andreessen began to notice things going haywire in Silicon Valley and in the wider culture: authority figures s… --- ## [Vivek Ramaswamy Touts Endorsement Of White Supremacist Former Rep. Steve King](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/vivek-ramaswamy-touts-endorsement-of-white-supremacist-former-rep-steve-king/4176)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [6 January 2024 15:23 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/vivek-ramaswamy-touts-endorsement-of-white-supremacist-former-rep-steve-king/4176 "2024-01-06T15:23:55Z")
I served as an Iowa Caucus delegate for Steve King’s district and showed Steve a diagram comparing immigration rates to Gallup polls since 1965 on immigration preferences: More than a supermajority of Americans’ consen… --- ## [Grandfather Christmas](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/grandfather-christmas/3848)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [12 October 2023 14:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/grandfather-christmas/3848 "2023-10-12T14:39:37Z")
St. Nicholas was a saint that would bring gifts to children in the beginning of December. Now, an illustrator at Harper’s, Thomas Nast, came up with Father Christmas to align the gift-giving with Union politics: Sim… --- ## [Benjamin Netanyahu on War, Peace, Democracy, Innovation, and Artificial Intelligence](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/benjamin-netanyahu-on-war-peace-democracy-innovation-and-artificial-intelligence/3447)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2023 13:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/benjamin-netanyahu-on-war-peace-democracy-innovation-and-artificial-intelligence/3447 "2023-09-19T13:24:11Z")
--- ## [The Peril of Politicizing Science](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-peril-of-politicizing-science/2379)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [13 August 2023 18:13 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-peril-of-politicizing-science/2379 "2023-08-13T18:13:53Z")
Government control over science turned out to be a grand failure, and the attempts to patch the widening gap between the West and the East by espionage did not help. Today Russia is hopelessly behind the West, in both t… [Next page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/politics/2555.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=politics)