Luke
@dukeluke.bsky.social
Gracchi supporter and Sertorian partisan
Political Theory PhD student @ somewhere
Political Theory PhD student @ somewhere
2nd half of the sentence: "but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators."
You often see A1S4 cited in favor of pure states' rights-ism (not that that is what you are doing), when it also authorizes federal action (e.g. the VRA!)
You often see A1S4 cited in favor of pure states' rights-ism (not that that is what you are doing), when it also authorizes federal action (e.g. the VRA!)
February 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
2nd half of the sentence: "but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators."
You often see A1S4 cited in favor of pure states' rights-ism (not that that is what you are doing), when it also authorizes federal action (e.g. the VRA!)
You often see A1S4 cited in favor of pure states' rights-ism (not that that is what you are doing), when it also authorizes federal action (e.g. the VRA!)
His statement is good and directionally correct, of course, but I do despise this framing of the *Iraq War* as the righteous standard of conduct we need to return to.
I hope Moulton continues to move in this promising direction. You can tell his passion is real.
I hope Moulton continues to move in this promising direction. You can tell his passion is real.
January 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
His statement is good and directionally correct, of course, but I do despise this framing of the *Iraq War* as the righteous standard of conduct we need to return to.
I hope Moulton continues to move in this promising direction. You can tell his passion is real.
I hope Moulton continues to move in this promising direction. You can tell his passion is real.
Wisconsin has already had statutory voter ID requirements since 2011. The referendum just constitutionalized it, insulating it from state courts.
Not good and not a real change to the status quo.
Not good and not a real change to the status quo.
April 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Wisconsin has already had statutory voter ID requirements since 2011. The referendum just constitutionalized it, insulating it from state courts.
Not good and not a real change to the status quo.
Not good and not a real change to the status quo.
what a weird and parasocial request to make of someone
March 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
what a weird and parasocial request to make of someone
I think we are talking about very different things. Shelby Cole does not knock on doors.
March 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I think we are talking about very different things. Shelby Cole does not knock on doors.
people dont get hired to work elections because they, like, win elections. they get hired based on what connections they have—to donors, to candidates, to existing staff, etc.
If this was a merit-based industry you would see massive leadership turnover every cycle, but we do not see this.
If this was a merit-based industry you would see massive leadership turnover every cycle, but we do not see this.
March 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
people dont get hired to work elections because they, like, win elections. they get hired based on what connections they have—to donors, to candidates, to existing staff, etc.
If this was a merit-based industry you would see massive leadership turnover every cycle, but we do not see this.
If this was a merit-based industry you would see massive leadership turnover every cycle, but we do not see this.
Shocked that this is a non-zero constituency.
March 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Shocked that this is a non-zero constituency.
Interwar Japan was my first thought.
"In my view it is loyal not to obey the [Taisho] emperor’s word if we deem it to be disadvantageous to the state." (Bix 2001)
De facto independent departments/underlings that are ostensibly controlled by the Imperial Autocrat—oops I mean Unitary Executive.
"In my view it is loyal not to obey the [Taisho] emperor’s word if we deem it to be disadvantageous to the state." (Bix 2001)
De facto independent departments/underlings that are ostensibly controlled by the Imperial Autocrat—oops I mean Unitary Executive.
February 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Interwar Japan was my first thought.
"In my view it is loyal not to obey the [Taisho] emperor’s word if we deem it to be disadvantageous to the state." (Bix 2001)
De facto independent departments/underlings that are ostensibly controlled by the Imperial Autocrat—oops I mean Unitary Executive.
"In my view it is loyal not to obey the [Taisho] emperor’s word if we deem it to be disadvantageous to the state." (Bix 2001)
De facto independent departments/underlings that are ostensibly controlled by the Imperial Autocrat—oops I mean Unitary Executive.
Airbnb I may have to think harder about.
I will say that most of my experiences with them have been negative, fundamentally arising from the anti-centralized regulatory structure. Very hard to resist overcharging and extra fees applied maliciously.
I will say that most of my experiences with them have been negative, fundamentally arising from the anti-centralized regulatory structure. Very hard to resist overcharging and extra fees applied maliciously.
February 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Airbnb I may have to think harder about.
I will say that most of my experiences with them have been negative, fundamentally arising from the anti-centralized regulatory structure. Very hard to resist overcharging and extra fees applied maliciously.
I will say that most of my experiences with them have been negative, fundamentally arising from the anti-centralized regulatory structure. Very hard to resist overcharging and extra fees applied maliciously.
I agree the Uber problem is primarily labor-side. It’s burrito taxiism, essentially. As someone who lives somewhere without taxis, Uber has value, for sure, but it is exploitative in-practice and relies on the dishonesty of “independent contracts” which I take fundamental issue with.
February 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I agree the Uber problem is primarily labor-side. It’s burrito taxiism, essentially. As someone who lives somewhere without taxis, Uber has value, for sure, but it is exploitative in-practice and relies on the dishonesty of “independent contracts” which I take fundamental issue with.
Like it’s giving the “right wingers describe crimes vaguely” meme.
“Oh so it’s illegal to charge money to give someone a ride in my car?”
Yes! When there is an existing regulatory regime for this, and you do not abide by it, that is a crime!!
“Oh so it’s illegal to charge money to give someone a ride in my car?”
Yes! When there is an existing regulatory regime for this, and you do not abide by it, that is a crime!!
February 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Like it’s giving the “right wingers describe crimes vaguely” meme.
“Oh so it’s illegal to charge money to give someone a ride in my car?”
Yes! When there is an existing regulatory regime for this, and you do not abide by it, that is a crime!!
“Oh so it’s illegal to charge money to give someone a ride in my car?”
Yes! When there is an existing regulatory regime for this, and you do not abide by it, that is a crime!!
I mean, they are both blatant skirting of existing consumer/worker protection schemes. Criticize the cab/hotel regulatory regime, sure, but I don’t think just ignoring them is good, especially when it requires you to lie about what your industry is (Uber isn’t a cab! Airbnb isn’t a *real* rental!)
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, they are both blatant skirting of existing consumer/worker protection schemes. Criticize the cab/hotel regulatory regime, sure, but I don’t think just ignoring them is good, especially when it requires you to lie about what your industry is (Uber isn’t a cab! Airbnb isn’t a *real* rental!)
I'm taking a seminar on postwar liberalism right this semester and we just read Shkalr, Berlin, and Cherniss. All this value pluralism shit sounds great on paper but I just do not have it in me to say "my political rivals [the GOP] are valid interlocutors and deserves respect" with a straight face.
February 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I'm taking a seminar on postwar liberalism right this semester and we just read Shkalr, Berlin, and Cherniss. All this value pluralism shit sounds great on paper but I just do not have it in me to say "my political rivals [the GOP] are valid interlocutors and deserves respect" with a straight face.
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Broke: politics is the art of the possible. in a world of finite resources, people of good faith will always disagree about the best path forward
Woke: the other guys are insane corrupt Nazis
Woke: the other guys are insane corrupt Nazis
February 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Broke: politics is the art of the possible. in a world of finite resources, people of good faith will always disagree about the best path forward
Woke: the other guys are insane corrupt Nazis
Woke: the other guys are insane corrupt Nazis
I'm not really sure what to say to that. I'm not voting for Fukuyama for president, I just think he's a perceptive thinker who can help us better understand history and politics. You don't have to think a person is a saint to read their works productively.
February 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm not really sure what to say to that. I'm not voting for Fukuyama for president, I just think he's a perceptive thinker who can help us better understand history and politics. You don't have to think a person is a saint to read their works productively.
Much more complicated than that. It’s a snappy provocative title leading actually good analysis. Not 100% correct as prophetic vision, but still pretty damn impressive.
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February 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Much more complicated than that. It’s a snappy provocative title leading actually good analysis. Not 100% correct as prophetic vision, but still pretty damn impressive.
mr chief justice and may it please the court, the economy sucked shit during the Founding era ergo it must by legal necessity also suck now. thank you, i welcome your questions.
February 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
mr chief justice and may it please the court, the economy sucked shit during the Founding era ergo it must by legal necessity also suck now. thank you, i welcome your questions.
A former video games journalist who got involved in right-wing online politics starting in the 2010s? Did he get radicalized by GamerGate?
January 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A former video games journalist who got involved in right-wing online politics starting in the 2010s? Did he get radicalized by GamerGate?
Actor Joe Alwyn also played Adolf Eichmann's Nazi son Klaus in OPERATION FINALE (2018)
January 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Actor Joe Alwyn also played Adolf Eichmann's Nazi son Klaus in OPERATION FINALE (2018)
It's less the transgression of social norms that gets them off, it's the transgression of YOU.
The point is to make YOU feel unwelcome and unsafe, to put YOU in your place in the social hierarchy.
They don't want 'freedom' they want to hurt people.
The point is to make YOU feel unwelcome and unsafe, to put YOU in your place in the social hierarchy.
They don't want 'freedom' they want to hurt people.
January 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It's less the transgression of social norms that gets them off, it's the transgression of YOU.
The point is to make YOU feel unwelcome and unsafe, to put YOU in your place in the social hierarchy.
They don't want 'freedom' they want to hurt people.
The point is to make YOU feel unwelcome and unsafe, to put YOU in your place in the social hierarchy.
They don't want 'freedom' they want to hurt people.