January 6
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January 6 is a recurring event in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 3 times across 3 issues between December 08, 2022 and October 30, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “If you really think January 6 was a close call”; “Trump’s worst debate topic was January 6”; “okay, January 6 was bad”. It most often appears alongside Trump, Democrats, Harris.
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- Category: Events
- Mention count: 3
- Issue count: 3
- First seen: December 08, 2022
- Last seen: October 30, 2024
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- Trump (3 shared issues)
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- Democrats (2 shared issues)
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- Harris (2 shared issues)
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- Joe Biden (2 shared issues)
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- Nancy Pelosi (2 shared issues)
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- Venezuela (2 shared issues)
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- 1984 (1 shared issues)
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- Abandon Harris (1 shared issues)
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- Acemoglu (1 shared issues)
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- ACX (1 shared issues)
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- Africa (1 shared issues)
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- AI (1 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
“Oh, so you’re one of those annoying libertarians?” Maybe! But I’ve donated to enough Democrats to get spam texts from Nancy Pelosi. And a lot of them say things like “our democracy is in danger” or “this could be our last free election ever” . If you really think January 6 was a close call, where do you think we’d be if Trump had succeeded? Would he have just passed a few more tax cuts and built a few more miles of border wall? Or would he have actually done the fascism thing? And if he actually did the fascism thing, do you think he would have shown more restraint than the Canadians, and backed down from freezing bank deposits as a weapon against protesters?
Taken seriously, Trump’s worst debate topic was January 6; his best point was that Joe Biden hasn’t been seen much recently. I don’t talk about Polymarket much because they’re not doing anything too far-out or experimental. They don’t have the strongest accuracy track record, and they don’t have the most diverse markets.
Put this way, you could argue: okay, January 6 was bad. But it was like a ten-year-old child's idea of authoritarianism. You seize power by getting a bunch of people to zerg rush the opposing politicians and beat them up until they declare you in charge. Too bad you were foiled by a locked door, you'll get them next time. I won't claim this strategy has never successfully taken over a government, because history is long and weird. But I can't think of any examples.