Summary: One of the major projects on the FM website is acting as a mirror in which we can see ourselves, hoping that clearer understanding of our perilous situation will impel some into action. So the posts since 2007 are markers showing our devolution But the comments show this even more clearly. Here are some of the more horrific examples, along with some eerily forecasts and blindingly brilliant analysis. And trolls, lots of them.
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There are 33,085 comments on the FM website since 2007. These are some of the most interesting threads. They show the war in America’s mind between tribal dogma and reality (e.g., science, history, even reality). Unfortunately, I cannot tell from these which way we’ll choose to go. (Note: only 60% of the FM website’s hits come from America)
- Terror: the most terrifying thread, ever
- Peak oil: fact & alarmism do battle
- Climate change: alarmism wins
- Economics: faux theory & history wins
- American politics: crazy takes center stage
- American culture and society
- The best threads from last year
- The top threads of 2014
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(1) Torture finds a home in our souls
The most terrifying thread on the FM website, with so many people auditioning for jobs with an American Gestapo. Five years ago these comments foreshadowed the support for Obama’s assassination programs, the NSA’s illegal surveilance, and the brutal crushing of the Occupy protests. I didn’t see that, blinded by my deluded optimism about America.
(2) Peak Oil — a debate mixing good sense and alarmism to get futility
Peak oil will come. Our plan is to hope for the best.
- 97 comments: A look at forecasts for peak oil – and the end of civilization
- 77 comments: Peak Oil Doomsters debunked, end of civilization called off
(3) Climate change
The threads about climate change are among the most fascinating. Watch the Leftist’s scream in horror when confronted with science (they listen only to their alarmist amateurs. Such howls are intermixed with hard sense, some optimistic — some despairing.
- 68 comments: A note on the green religion, one of the growth industries in America
- 53 comments: The ice caps are melting! Only massive government action can save us!
- 52 comments: Watch our world warm! How warm was June? What’s the trend?
- 38 comments: Nate Silver goes from hero to goat, convicted by the Left of apostasy — Watch the crazy flow!
- 36 comments: Lessons the Left can learn from the Right when writing about climate change
- 35 comments: Should we listen to amateurs’ analysis of climate science?
- 35 comments: Global Cooling returns to the news, another instructive lesson about America
(4) About economics
See how faux economics has taken a hold on America’s imagination:
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- 199 comments: America’s strength is an illusion created by foolish borrowing
- 99 comments: Ed Dolan talks to us about modern monetary theory. Can it save us? — Delusions about modern monetary theory
- 98 comments: Why do so many Americans want a gold-based currency?
- 53 comments: How to predict the outcome of this great monetary experiment, and how we got into this box
- 40 comments: Looking back at claims to have predicted the Great Recession
(5) About American politics
Only the most alarming forecasts prove correct. See the criticisms of my delusional optimism (time has proven correct, and me wrong).
- 112 comments: McCain believes we are stupid. Is he correct? — See the amazing defenders of Sarah Palin as VP candidate
- 76 comments: Obama makes his first major policy error
- 74 comments: Under the cloak of liberalism America slides to Fascism
- 69 comments: Obamacare forces even true believers to assess Obama. Will we learn, & do better in 2016?
- 65 comments: Occupy Wall Street, another futile peasants’ protest
- 61 comments: Why don’t we see the New America being built around us?
- 59 comments: How can we arouse a passion to reform America in the hearts of our neighbors?
(6) About American culture and society
- 70 comments: Women dominate the ranks of college graduates. What’s the effect on America?
- 65 comments: Explaining the season 6 finale of “Castle”, and what’s coming next. Spoilers!
- 62 comments: Spoilers for “Castle”: explaining the finale & season 7. It’s a metaphor for America.
- 54 comments: Lessons from the New Eden galaxy about reforming America
- 32 comments: “Castle” shows us a dark vision of Romance in America
(7) Some of the best threads from last year
- 61 comments: The first question to ask about our war with Syria has nothing to do with Syria
- 58 comments: The secret, simple tool that persuades Americans. That molds our opinions.
- 42 comments: What we do here. Why it’s unpopular. And our new theme.
- 42 comments: Should we risk using anger to arouse America?
- 40 comments: A note from the time of WWI, lessons from The Great War for us fighting the Long War
- 35 comments: Looking at natural resources as limits to growth
(8) Here’s are the tops threads of 2014
- 61 comments: The first question to ask about our war with Syria has nothing to do with Syria
- 61 comments: Why don’t we see the New America being built around us?
- 59 comments: How can we arouse a passion to reform America in the hearts of our neighbors?
- 58 comments: The secret, simple tool that persuades Americans. That molds our opinions.
- 54 comments: Lessons from the New Eden galaxy about reforming America
- 53 comments: How to predict the outcome of this great monetary experiment, and how we got into this box
(9) For More Information
Running comment threads is one of the great challenges of website operation. How do the high-traffic websites handle this? See the answers here.
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