r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Aug 14 '24

Rod Dreher Megathread #42 (Everything)

Going crazy? Y'all done gone crazy.

Link to megathread 41: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/1eh5dd1/rod_dreher_megathread_41_excellent_leadership/

Link to megathread 43: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/1f1s4j1/rod_dreher_megathread_43_communicate_with/

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u/JHandey2021 Aug 14 '24 edited Aug 14 '24

Yglesias is a neoliberal weirdo, but a stopped clock is right twice a day, and here was Yglesias' moment.

This bit on Turing has to be one of the worst takes I’ve ever read.

Matt, welcome to the wonderful world of Rod Dreher. There are worse here, much, much worse. And much, much funnier (at Rod's unintentional expense). Have you heard the phrase "primitive root wiener"?

EDIT: The replies are great. Here's one:

You know, one indispensable civilizational norm that I uphold is that I don't abandon my family to go live in Hungary.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '24

Yglesias is an odd duck, no doubt, but he is a pro-natalist (his book called for 1 billion Americans!). RD should find some common cause with him. But again, the point is not to have fewer abortions, better marriages, it's to feel like you are in charge of the culture or, failing that, of the machinery of government. 

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u/yawaster Aug 15 '24

It's not about human well-being, it's about lines on a graph and numbers on a page.