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Alex Michael
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Max Bernstein
@maxbernstein
Elon is doing applied political science. He had a hypothesis, and then he bet on it. And in being correct, we are learning empirically: The Professional Managerial Class has perfected a system of moral blackmail through which they convert third world suffering into personal wealth and status. They position themselves as noble humanitarian experts w... See more
Justin Murphyx.comThe twentieth century was a psychological age: the self became privatized, and the public arena (the crucial realm of political action on behalf of public good) was left relatively vacant. —Roger Smith
David Shields • How We Got Here: Melville Plus Nietzsche Divided by the Square Root of (Allan) Bloom Times Žižek (Squared) Equals Bannon
The only poll that I’ve seen about journalists is that they are basically narcissistic and left of center. Look, what people call “left of center” doesn’t mean anything—it means they’re conventional liberals, and conventional liberals are very state-oriented, and usually dedicated to private power.
Peter Mitchell • Understanding Power: The Indispensible Chomsky
Rethinking Speech Rights in the Era of Corporate Information Control | TechPolicy.Press
David McNeilltechpolicy.press
Mahmood Mamdani learned about Karl Marx from the FBI, who were investigating Mamdani because of his involvement in the black freedom struggle https://t.co/U3numb6qVN
For years, Yarvin was best known, to the extent that he was known at all, as the court philosopher of the Thiel-verse, the network of heterodox entrepreneurs, intellectuals, and hangers-on surrounding the tech mogul.