Well found.

Also I love that the conversation almost certainly started with a comment about how everyone assumes they'd be the in the king's court the cast majority of people would have been some variant of peasant farmer for the vast majority of history. But somehow he still would have totally been the Chief Rabbi, given the most beautiful woman, and generally be a king. I wasn't there obviously but either he missed the point or they all missed the point. Even when talking specifically about how you can't choose the circumstances of your birth or their consequences he still can't imagine himself not being the king.

this is low hanging fruit but: yeah absolutely rancid takes on the middle east from scootson. who would have thought he would produce such nuance-free, fascist opinions about geopolitics?

Ah right yes, thanks.

"“I would’ve been the chief rabbi of my shtetl,” I said. “All day long, I’d debate questions like how much restitution you’d have to pay if your ox gored your neighbor’s sheep. And for this, I’d get an arranged marriage with the most beautiful girl in town.”"