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Not really; 'method acting' in the broader sense is pretty much the standard these days. The outlier is Nicholas Cage.

The perception of immigration is a problem, but the implications for rational public policy are not really obvious.

Well 'logically invalid' has a very precise meaning - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Validity_(logic) As condescending as this might sound (and I do not claim to be one of the smarter people on this forum), it might be useful for you to (re)familiarise yourself with basic argumentation - it's a...

It isn't my job to prove a negative. His argument is logically invalid.

He hasn't demonstrated that. Or at least, you have not yet replicated any such demonstration.

I'll see if I can find the analysis at some point, but you could probably find it yourself easily enough. What effect are you talking about?

I listened for a few minutes and I've basically covered off his argument already - immigrants grow the economy, there isn't a 'fixed mount of jobs' which his argument relies upon. Empirical analysis shows weak support for the hypothesis that the SM has brought down wages. Now of course...

It sounds like you got 'red-pilled' basically. The basic answer to your original question is no, there's nothing right, useful or particularly interesting about this narrative. If you want to be a really high level neoreactionary, then you haven't necessarily come to the wrong place - but...

If it makes no sense, I'd be surprised to see someone like Hammond try to sell it. But I just take the view that anything that sounds like a conspiracy theory will end up sounding like a conspiracy theory, and for better or worse these are not the best cards to play.

I'm sure he knows how to spin a good yarn.

It's probably wishful thinking, but I think it would be preferable if Corbyn were to understand that on some level being Prime Minister of the UK does entail playing a role of sorts and it's not necessarily completely cynical to subtly evolve one's positions in response to that. Obviously it's...

The ones we know about don't appear to be that eager to be seen with him.

1. Lots of working class people continue to vote for Labour, as seen by the vote in 2017. 2. I don't think the Democrats and the Labour Party are seriously comparable 3. Whilst he may think it is true because it is 'logical', empirical studies have shown weak support for the notion that 'open...

Sounds like unempirical concern trolling tbh.

A lot of those people were Tory voters anyway. Zizek has got a book out, so he's doing the rounds again, yay! He's been saying that the Left have to push the idea that they're effectively the party of family values, politeness, family stability etc. I think this is right. Brexit has a...

I don't mean to be difficult, but I feel some kind of precis would be helpful here.

They of course don't. It's a war of attrition at this point. There's a lot of constituencies which are going to be won and lost on a few hundred votes. Hearts and minds. And btw that means traditional Conservative voters. Time to suck it up and put on a smile. We're in this for the species boys...

Johnson's losing streak in the HoC is a badge of honour for him at this point. Re: Arcuri. There may well be a lot going on there - I've seen some of the Twitter threads. However, as someone pointed out, Milo was part of the Silicon Roundabout scene, so it's not that surprising that you might...

Today was well shit. But I have a feeling, maybe a hope, that some people had a naked lunch moment.

Ok, I guess I'm harking back to my inference that there is some kind of nonacceptance of the vote which has lead to deleterious consequences. I mean, you could argue that if Gina Miller hadn't got the meaningful vote court decision, or if Labour had bent the knee to Theresa May and her WA that...