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Jeff Bezos fuels the real victim mentality
The media’s loss of trust was primarily the result of a conservative persecution complex.
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Andrew Doris
Elections are not about neoliberalism
If people don’t vote on policy, they definitely don’t vote on abstract elite catfights.
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Optimization *is* integrity
Givers cannot avoid comparing apples to oranges. They can just choose to do so explicitly, or subconsciously; honestly, or selfishly.
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Andrew Doris

September 2024

A response to Yascha Mounk on Effective Altruism
The rot was never as deep as it's become fashionable to pretend.
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Andrew Doris

August 2024

The real cause of the military recruiting "crisis"
Military life kind of sucks - and for what, these days?
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Democrats Can't be "Real" Veterans
Discrediting liberals' military service is an intrinsic MAGA pathology, linked with toxic masculinity. It shows they don't really love the troops.
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Some nuance on intersex Olympic athletes
There should probably be a line, but there’s no reason to think Imane Khelif is beyond it.
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Andrew Doris

July 2024

Of Barbie and Men
Feminism has an empathy gap. That leaves men trapped. We can do better.
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Steelmanning the Case for Biden
In which I make his case, then meticulously knock it down.
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Why we’re reeling from 7/13, and how to snap out of it
Americans should know which side foments violence, and which side instantly condemns it. Well… almost instantly.
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The Killing You Pay For (War in Gaza, pt 2)
On Israeli atrocities, U.S. hypocrisy, and the blindness of bothsidesism
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Overdue nuance on October 7th and what's happened since (pt 1)
We must learn to condemn and empathize at the same time.
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