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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Instead, we see the opposite—more evidence of diminishing returns to violence—which strongly implies that large conglomerations like the nation-state will no longer justify their huge overhead costs.
James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
On further reflection, however, it seemed to me that it was perhaps a conceit to think that modern societies had progressed so far beyond Melanesia, since Big Men—that is, politicians who distribute resources to their relatives and supporters—are ubiquitous in the contemporary world, including the U.S. Congress.
Francis Fukuyama • The Origins of Political Order
antitrust, competition policy, interoperability mandates, better privacy regulation and a popular movement towards a more decentralized political economy and a less captured bureaucracy in Brussels and Washington
James Boyle • Misunderestimating openness – Open Future
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
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Insofar, and so long as, American politics is treated by politicians, journalists, and news consumers as an entertainment product, consumed and discussed online, it will grow fandoms like any other entertainment product.
Max Read • Dark Brandon is fandom culture
In 1999 Thomas Friedman published The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. It was Das Kapital for Smart America. In Friedman’s account, globalization is the organizing system of the post–Cold War era, but, unlike the Cold War, it is the result of technological advances and blind economic forces, not government policies. Rejecting
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers
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