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We’ve moved from the end of history to the end of democracy in remarkably good time.
"The United States is experiencing re-patrimonialization as we speak: citizens freely debating laws are replaced by supplicants begging the king to favor their interests." Francis Fukuyama
www.persuasion.community/p/schedule-f...
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Schedule F Is Here
And it’s much worse than you thought.
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February 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We’ve moved from the end of history to the end of democracy in remarkably good time.
Reposted by suug.bsky.social
There's also a generation who have the same origins+skills but stand outside+against Silicon Valley. That understands solidarity, that their paths aren't ordained, that there's greater understanding in other spaces. SV's homogeneity is its weakness. They can't solve hard problems. We will win.
A special class of Silicon Valley tech guy apparently deserves to control the world, and we’ve been offending them by not handing over control.
Now they very nearly control the United States.
We have to understand them to fight back, and we do have to fight back.
www.jphilll.com/p/nerds-are-...
Now they very nearly control the United States.
We have to understand them to fight back, and we do have to fight back.
www.jphilll.com/p/nerds-are-...
Nerds are an oppressed class
Who deserve to rule the world
www.jphilll.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
There's also a generation who have the same origins+skills but stand outside+against Silicon Valley. That understands solidarity, that their paths aren't ordained, that there's greater understanding in other spaces. SV's homogeneity is its weakness. They can't solve hard problems. We will win.