The real reason Musk retreated
The U.S. identified key choke points that allowed it to weaponize the world’s payment, information, and physical infrastructure to achieve its ends. Musk’s DOGE is weaponizing the U.S. government’s payment, information, and physical infrastructure in highly similar ways, carrying out an end run around the political structures that are supposed to r... See more
Elon Musk Weaponizes the Government
Tldr: Acceptance rests on feeling like you’re represented robustly enough in the infinite game that you’ll have future shots at favorable outcomes, and that disrupting the system in response to a single loss is not worth it in NPV terms. In 2020 at least, I think MAGA still felt like they were part of a one-time rebellion that had to hold on to pow
... See moreThe Raposa Serra do Sol seems decided. Most of the farmers involved – like Faccio – have re-established their businesses elsewhere in the state or in other corners of the Amazon. But there are lasting legacies. For Roraima’s elites the affair continues to cast a shadow over investment. Faccio said, “there are producers who want to invest here that
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