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The changes of the early seventies marked a long-term Democratic shift in power from the white working class to the college-educated and minorities. It took several decades, but the two parties just about traded places. By the turn of the millennium, the Democrats were becoming the home of affluent professionals, while the Republicans were starting
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
Politically mixed or “purple” communities are therefore getting scarcer. More and more regions are swinging all blue or all red.
Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End
Democracy, Journalism, and Monopoly: How to Fund Independent News Media in the 21st Century
Analyzes America's media crisis caused by digital monopolies, detailing historic government regulation supporting free speech and advertising-funded journalism, and proposes updated competition policies to restore independent, democratic news markets.
static1.squarespace.comButterfly Effects - 99% Invisible
99percentinvisible.orgIn 2011 Cowen published a digital pamphlet in which he argued that since the 1973 oil-price shock, America had experienced a hidden crisis of lost growth that would be resolved only by the development of new technology. He called this period the “Great Stagnation”, and he proposed a cultural solution rather than an economic one: raise the social... See more
archive.ph • Tyler Cowen, the Man Who Wants to Know Everything
This form of anonymous, procedural power, which I’ve characterised elsewhere as “swarmism”, has emerged as a central feature of post-liberal governance. To supporters, it’s innocuous: just well-designed institutions functioning as they should.
[“deep state” (Bannon) “the Cathedral” (Curtis Yarvin)]
Why the Right loves a Great Man Mary Harrington... See more
[“deep state” (Bannon) “the Cathedral” (Curtis Yarvin)]
Why the Right loves a Great Man Mary Harrington... See more
2024 A+ Zettels
According to Putnam, the more we prioritize our private bubbles over public life, the more we disconnect from our local surroundings. This has weakened American democracy. Fewer people are engaged in politics, and those who do are often at the political poles. With less social capital, our neighborhoods are connected by fewer informal, reciprocal... See more
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