raising money is not a legitimate function of political leaders.

why might we be going to war with Iran this weekend?

“Moreover, the Biden administration had sent very clear signals that it wouldn’t tolerate a coup. Given the Brazilian military’s heavy dependence on the United States for training + advanced weapon systems, the specter of an aid cutoff from Washington was a powerful deterrent.” youtu.be/Jne9t8sHpUc

i think Dan Wang has a similar view. (it seems intuitively right to me, both are cultures that valorize hustle, both are technophilic, for better and worse both have a kind of manifest-destiny conceit.)

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plenty, but not so significant as a share of population. the vast majority of us are going to try to meet our society’s norms and projected aspirations, and will feel we are living lived less than normal if we fail.

you're 29.

a bold reimagining of the yankee doodle dandy.

“If there is an inalienable right to life, it should follow that I have an obligation to take reasonable steps to minimize disease that could harm or kill my peers.” // this is general, a thing any serious liberalism must grapple with. the dual of any meaningful right is a burdensome obligation.

contemporary capitalism is the stench of desperation perfumed with chirpy pitches.

“It’s a lot easier to blame things on NIMBYism than to accept that the whole structure of planning permission might be broken.” @dsquareddigest.bsky.social ht @tomashirstecon.bsky.social

“National identities such as ‘French’ and ‘Italian’ were things that had to be invented, and they were often imposed through military or state power.” @resnikoff.bsky.social publiccomment.blog/p/the-great-...

social media is paradoxically both exhausting and insomnia-inducing at the same time.

we live in the age of the Bond villain.

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I just made some shit up. Its authenticity has been confirmed.

if demons can be emergent from social affairs, perhaps angels can too.