Charlie Munger: "I always liked the story of P.J. O'Rourke, who said, 'The last Communist dictator of Albania was a pure Communist.
— Kevin Carpenter (@kejca) August 14, 2026
He threw out the Russian embassy because they'd lost the pure faith. Then he kicked out the Chinese Communists because they'd lost the pure faith.… pic.twitter.com/Zxgvq2NnWl
When I talk about cultural and systemic variables that obviously often have a larger effect on group-level performance, this is a good example.
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) August 14, 2026
In Southern Nigeria, the literacy rate - which, in a post-British nation, means ~what it does here - is 80+%. In the North, it is… pic.twitter.com/TNXDWrZ8Sp
Adam Smith understood this in 1776.
— Milton Friedman Quotes (@MiltonFriedmanW) August 15, 2026
250 years later, many people still don’t. pic.twitter.com/qHxJtoAbTS
I think it was Chesterton who said “Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly”.
— Aelfred The Great (@aelfred_D) August 13, 2026
This helps me a lot. https://t.co/BdLo9qDfLS
I worked with him once, I'm proud to say
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) August 13, 2026
The perfect English gentleman, who told stories as good as Peter Ustinov's ! https://t.co/3tDA7KweMK
We must return to communicating like 1800s adventurers pic.twitter.com/grsNCLjG1e
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) August 14, 2026
gen X women: built different. pic.twitter.com/KRLDc6EJuW
— el gato malo (@boriquagato) August 13, 2026
The French Army suffered more than 3 times as many deaths on August 22, 1914, as the entire US military has suffered during the 21st century so far.
— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) August 14, 2026
For all the forever wars the United States has fought over the last 30 years, the scale of warfare today pales in comparison to…
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