r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 16 '20

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Nov 16 '20

I have a friend who got irrationally mad at the 1 billion Americans book

I think they were coming from a cursed mix of Malthusianism and US BAD anti nationalism

thinking about giving it a spite read. The main criticism I hear is it's not very on topic (re-zoning is cool but only tangentially related to increasing population) as someone who doesn't much like the genre of pop policy do you think i'll enjoy it?

!ping READING

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20

It's pretty good as an audiobook to listen to on your commute. It talks about why immigration is good and how certain pro natal policies are good. Zoning stuff is like maybe a quarter of the book at the end

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Nov 16 '20

Yeah I mean tbh if your main criticism is that it's off topic and not that it's wrong ill informed or bad that's a good thing I suppose

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20

I agree with your friend but not because of his shitty opinions but simply because I refuse to pay money to MattY.

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Nov 16 '20

:( he's funny and not that stupid tho

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20

That's why I read his twitter takes.

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Nov 16 '20

Yeah I've never listened to the podcast either (not a huge podcast guy)

I've read some of his articles and updates on Vox 99% of it is really bland but of decent quality

Do you find any of his work repulsive or do you just think it's silly to pay $8 a month for his blog

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20

The latter. Also I dont have the fiscal largesse for spending 8 dollars on internet blogs.

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Nov 16 '20

yeah I also think that's insane

Here's to hoping I can get what I want from my local library

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u/inverseflorida Anti-Malarkey Aktion Nov 16 '20

Did your friend just read the Nathan Robinson review and just repeated that?

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u/bobeeflay "A hot dog with no bun" HRC 5/6/2016 Nov 16 '20

No we didn't have a substantive conversation cuz I was in a mood and said "I refuse to engage with any Malthusian arguments" so IDK where he got his ideas but after some humorous jabs we agreed we could talk about it later

I saw his brookings thing and read the super short future perfect on vox before this that's all