Max Jackson
@maxjackson.bsky.social
just doing my best to suffer well
I think 2010s progressivism left us with an unworkable vision of government, one where government somehow must *restrict* everything and *accomplish* everything at the same time.
February 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I think 2010s progressivism left us with an unworkable vision of government, one where government somehow must *restrict* everything and *accomplish* everything at the same time.
Yes!! Yes!!!
I can’t wait to see this, and I can’t wait to be devastated 🥳
I can’t wait to see this, and I can’t wait to be devastated 🥳
February 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Yes!! Yes!!!
I can’t wait to see this, and I can’t wait to be devastated 🥳
I can’t wait to see this, and I can’t wait to be devastated 🥳
Come on down to SAK and witness my baffling, confronting attempts at “improv” - watch me be saved again and again by my vastly more talented castmates - leave feeling disoriented but somehow reassured
February 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Come on down to SAK and witness my baffling, confronting attempts at “improv” - watch me be saved again and again by my vastly more talented castmates - leave feeling disoriented but somehow reassured
My mantra: “the historical era I’m living through is neither apocalyptic nor trivial”. History has happened before, it’s happening now, and it’ll keep happening after I’m gone!
January 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My mantra: “the historical era I’m living through is neither apocalyptic nor trivial”. History has happened before, it’s happening now, and it’ll keep happening after I’m gone!
I mean this in a way that’s maybe half as insulting as it sounds: right wing culture incentives lead to very stupid people winding up in government.
January 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I mean this in a way that’s maybe half as insulting as it sounds: right wing culture incentives lead to very stupid people winding up in government.
It’s disorienting to have lived through an era of the Christian Right and to now be in an era of the Post-Christian Right
January 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s disorienting to have lived through an era of the Christian Right and to now be in an era of the Post-Christian Right
I wrote about my favorite very-confronting Christian parable, including its contemporary relevance for how to do things better discourse-wise
The Second Son and the Bitter Virtue of Resentment
A secular lesson in a Christian parable
open.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I wrote about my favorite very-confronting Christian parable, including its contemporary relevance for how to do things better discourse-wise
US Presidents I Have Read Biographies Of In My Quest To Become A Better Citizen:
- Washington
- Jackson
- Wilson
- Obama
Up next:
- McKinley (whom Trump is talking about a lot)
- Coolidge (whom DeSantis has praised)
I'm open to any and all recommendations!
- Washington
- Jackson
- Wilson
- Obama
Up next:
- McKinley (whom Trump is talking about a lot)
- Coolidge (whom DeSantis has praised)
I'm open to any and all recommendations!
January 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
US Presidents I Have Read Biographies Of In My Quest To Become A Better Citizen:
- Washington
- Jackson
- Wilson
- Obama
Up next:
- McKinley (whom Trump is talking about a lot)
- Coolidge (whom DeSantis has praised)
I'm open to any and all recommendations!
- Washington
- Jackson
- Wilson
- Obama
Up next:
- McKinley (whom Trump is talking about a lot)
- Coolidge (whom DeSantis has praised)
I'm open to any and all recommendations!
I finished Ron Chernow’s “Washington, A Life” - extremely worth the time. Here are some thing that jumped out to me as a first-time Washington examiner:
January 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I finished Ron Chernow’s “Washington, A Life” - extremely worth the time. Here are some thing that jumped out to me as a first-time Washington examiner:
Kicking off the Trump 2 administration by doing my best to (re)think through major policy issues, starting with immigration (which is good but not free)
Immigration is Good, but not Free
There are short-term costs and long-term benefits that are all worth thinking about
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Kicking off the Trump 2 administration by doing my best to (re)think through major policy issues, starting with immigration (which is good but not free)
I’m very glad that TikTok was taken down in the US, and I hope it stays that way.
Here’s why:
Here’s why:
January 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’m very glad that TikTok was taken down in the US, and I hope it stays that way.
Here’s why:
Here’s why:
I actually kinda like the jet lag I get when I come home from Europe - it's nice wake up early and refreshed, plus dawns are always pretty
January 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I actually kinda like the jet lag I get when I come home from Europe - it's nice wake up early and refreshed, plus dawns are always pretty
Driving through the Somme battlefield, reflecting on WWI - it’s striking to me how WWI was defined by trench warfare, something unseen in any war before or since. What’s doubly striking to me is how trench warfare was brought about by a distinct moment in defensive technology.
January 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Driving through the Somme battlefield, reflecting on WWI - it’s striking to me how WWI was defined by trench warfare, something unseen in any war before or since. What’s doubly striking to me is how trench warfare was brought about by a distinct moment in defensive technology.
Before the sexual revolution, becoming erotically involved with someone took an awful lot of work—at least in theory. There was a courtship process, where two people took their time to get to know each other. There was marriage, where they would declare their commitment before God and community.
January 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Before the sexual revolution, becoming erotically involved with someone took an awful lot of work—at least in theory. There was a courtship process, where two people took their time to get to know each other. There was marriage, where they would declare their commitment before God and community.
Living in Orlando has meant the country feeling more "Southern" the more north I go - it's led to me changing how I think about "Southernness" geographically, less about absolute latitude and more about "proximity to South Carolina".
November 30, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Living in Orlando has meant the country feeling more "Southern" the more north I go - it's led to me changing how I think about "Southernness" geographically, less about absolute latitude and more about "proximity to South Carolina".
One thing I'm taking stock of post-election is my own political trajectory - a growing skepticism of government and technology and individualism and a growing appreciation for the reciprocal obligations of markets and families and communities. Here's my story of how I came to change, and why.
The Messy Human Middle
Transformation as somewhere between revolution and submission, and how I came to see this
open.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:47 PM
One thing I'm taking stock of post-election is my own political trajectory - a growing skepticism of government and technology and individualism and a growing appreciation for the reciprocal obligations of markets and families and communities. Here's my story of how I came to change, and why.