Clean vs. Dirty: A Way to Understand Everything
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The clean vs. dirty distinction was once an indicator of class, perhaps a desiderata of germaphobic pathology, even a harmless eccentricity. But in 2020, the obsession... Read more.
What They Meant by Essential and Nonessential
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Think of totalitarian societies like in The Hunger Games, with a District One and everyone else, or perhaps the old Soviet Union in which the party elites dined... Read more.
What the Bud Light Fiasco Reveals about the Ruling Class
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The emergent fissures between the classes – and the diffusions of our ruling class into many sectors public and private – suggest an urgency for a new consciousness... Read more.
Albert Camus on the Denial of Freedom
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And then we realized that the separation was destined to continue, we had no choice but to come to terms with the days ahead. In short, we returned to our prison-house,... Read more.
Twitter’s Extremely Dangerous Attack on Substack
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If this turns out to be deliberate and Elon sticks with it, the effect on chilling research, writing, and free speech will be even worse than when Elon took over... Read more.
Don’t Let Them Memory-Hole This
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The tellers of tales can write stories but they cannot invent their own realities. There will be no restoration of liberty, rights, and truth until we come to terms... Read more.
They Hit the Pause Button and the Music Stopped
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Society is not a machine that anyone can control. It has no pause button. Attempt to treat it as if it does and you end up creating something distorted and possibly... Read more.
The Emergency Is Not Over
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The lawless government that went into overdrive three years ago, even if its roots extend far back in time, has finally ensnared the president who was manipulated... Read more.
The Reopening Racket
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The “reopening” plan was a presumptuous use of state power that had no basis in science but rather only served to broadcast the message of who had power and... Read more.
The Decline in Patriotism
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The trouble with the survey is not the numbers but the interpretation. This is being seen as some weird fog of nihilism and greed that has mysteriously slipped over... Read more.
What Happened When the Georgia Governor Tried to Open the State?
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Georgia is important because it was the first state to open. Trump tweeted his opposition to this move both in general and then, two weeks later, in opposition to... Read more.
How They Convinced Trump to Lock Down
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To be sure, this scenario cannot be proven because the entire event – certainly the most dramatic political move in at least a generation and one with unspeakable... Read more.