The moral confusion on too many campuses after the October 7 massacre of 1,200 Israelis fits a familiar pattern. The acceptability of the speech depends on the speaker. Individuals from oppressed groups are given leeway to target oppressor groups through disruptions and threats. This victimology allows Palestinians and their supporters (the oppressed) to target, intimidate, and harass Jews (the oppressors).
~ Ben Sasse via The Atlantic
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The surge of real investment now occurring in semiconductor manufacturing and data centers has been funded primarily by corporate profits and old-fashioned bonds, while the emergence of more speculative and exotically engineered arrangements among A.I. companies are already giving rise to concerns of a bubble. The financialized features of the American system are not what make our robust capital markets the envy of the world.
~ Oren Cass via The New York Times
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