J.M. Berger

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J.M. Berger@jmberger· 28d

Pretty much the latter

In addition to attacking America’s white Christian Founders, NMAH’s exhibits also portray
restrictive immigration laws as a tool of white supremacy. The Many Voices, One Nation
didactic entitled “Negotiating Inclusion” alleges that when “thousands of Chinese journeyed to
the American West, encouraged by the promise of gold rush opportunity” in the 1850s, “[t]heir
race…troubled white Americans,” leading to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, “the first of many
restrictive immigration laws.”457 Another states, “White laborers considered the Chinese
competition and responded with hostility.”45

J.M. Berger@jmberger· 28d

Witnesses and questioners alike, and both supporters and opponents of Chinese exclusion, universally agreed that exclusion was meant to benefit the White race and White laborers. White supremacist "race science" tracts were submitted as "evidence" for the hearings.

Q. All things then being equal, which do you prefer to see advanced in material prosperity as well as in morals and civilization, the white race or the Chinese race?-A. The white race.

As white and black are apparent opposites, and science shows the white race to be superiorly developed, it is fair to presume that primitive man was black; subsequent nations, brown; their branches, red; from these sprang the yellow, and thence the white. Under local changes of atmospherical and physical conditions of climate, food, &c., the original black became modified to a permanent brown. In like manner one shade and color after another became permanently established. As with complexion, so also with stature, symmetry, and strength. Proper use develops, while disuse brings decay.

5. That the Chinese work for less wages than white men, and the price paid for Chinese labor will not support white labor; for it will be shown that the cost of living for an individual Chinaman is from fifteen to twenty cents per day; an amount insufficient to keep a white laborer from starvation. They live upon the cheapest food, often the very offal and filth from slaughter-houses, and frequently upon diseased meat. They pay no taxes, or comparatively none; have no families, and since from fifteen to twenty Chinese will occupy a room insufficient in size for the accommodation of a white family of four persons-husband, wife, and two small children-they pay no rents. Their living is thus so much cheaper in all respects than white labor, that they find it is impossible to compete with it. Thus we shall endeavor to show and prove that competition with Chinese labor is impossible, unless our white laboring class shall abandon their social habits, renounce their wives and children, and degrade themselves to the level of the Chinese. This applies to all trades and occupations.

J.M. Berger@jmberger· 28d

Our report destroys in some detail the argument that Chinese exclusion was not racially motivated. We examined a report on Congressional hearings that examined the question of Chinese immigration, and they were *unambiguously* racist.

The report identifies its in-group explicitly, alternating between the use of “whites” or
“white people,” and “our people” (emphasis added). For example, “[t]he testimony
seemed to be concurrent that the Chinese are non-assimilative with the whites; that they
have made no progress, during the quarter of a century in which they have been resident
on the Pacific coast, in assimilation with our people,” (emphasis added).
The report includes references to “white men and women,” “white families,” “white
labor,” the “white population,” and “the American race.” While Chinese exclusion is often
presented as a step to protect “white labor,” committee members and witnesses also
frequently reference racial purity and the “threat” of miscegenation, which was feared
would result in “degeneration” of “the pure races.” Racial categorizations are
essentializing for the out-group, while the in-group is given much greater deference in
terms of individuality and personhood. For instance, the phrase “white people” appears
233 times, compared to only 32 uses of “Chinese people,” who are usually referred to
simply as “the Chinese.”

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 11

A lurid poster for the movie Soylent Green

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 10

Vince McMahon laser eyes meme:

Teaching you how to be a leader

By having AI write it for me

By paying someone else to tell AI to write it for me

By offshoring the job of telling AI to write my leadership lessons

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 9

I used to close out my extremism lectures with this quote, which I think about a lot.

“He knew what those jubilant crowds did not know but could have learned from books: that the plague bacillus never dies or disappears for good; that it can lie dormant for years and years in furniture and linen-chests; that it bides its time in bedrooms, cellars, trunks, and bookshelves; and that perhaps the day would come when, for the bane and enlightenment of men, it would rouse up its rats again and send them forth to die in a happy city.”
-- Albert Camus, The Plague

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 9

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J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 8

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The Pope's Hitman
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J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 8

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J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 7

Do they just edit their own personal histories in their heads like a PKD memory wipe? Or do they know and just not care? They just think they'll get away with it?

RIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but I'm different. and better. maybe even better than the gods

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 5

The Day After (1983)

Jason Robards has survived a nuclear holocaust

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 4

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 3

well this can't be good

Gmail interface with a new big blue button reading "Upgrade"

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 2

not so fast

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 1

GQ, March 2021: NFTs are here to stay and the art world is having to catch up fast

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jul 1

Re-creating the registry block that seems to have disappeared from my last foray, and the top search result is... hold on, you'll never guess... yes, that's right, a poorly edited AI article

A key correction to watch for
The article you supplied references a misspelled command and a slightly inconsistent registry path. Microsoft’s own documentation identifies the policy mapping as WindowsCopilot and the value as TurnOffWindowsCopilot under the Policies branch. That is the cleaner reference point to follow. (learn.microsoft.com)

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 30

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J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 29

Now that's a headline

Supreme Court Rules Trump Can Fire Any Agency Head Who Doesn’t Make John Roberts Wealthier

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 29

And don't forget

Adrien Chase from Peacemaker in his restaurant uniform

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 28

80ish years young

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 27

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 25

jfc

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 25

ok just hear me out

Pope Leo: "Dear writers, “We need your imagination, your narrative creativity and your lively thinking. We need these to create spaces of freedom and authenticity...” https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/giugno/documents/20260624-scrittori-lev.html

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 25

Melinoe in Hades 2 discovering that Narcissus can't see his reflection in the water

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 17

???

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ilk
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beautiful
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comfortable
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amazing
5
average
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benefit
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possessor

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 17

This mostly makes me feel good about humanity, but what's the deal with "ilk"?

Top thesaurus lookups: 1. beautiful. 2. assign. 3. ilk. 4. amazing. 5. body. 6. bright. 7. tender.

J.M. Berger@jmberger· Jun 16

Also, like, you're the president. "The in-group has low agency" is an extremist argument (left). "There's not a thing you can do about it" is an accelerationist argument (right), especially when coming from the guy who controls the WH, courts + Congress. The only path forward is to burn it down.