5. But let's agree that running a high-brow magazine under capitalism is tough. Still, it has been done and can be done. There are different models for it. The Weekly Standard model (relying on a rich funder) can work but carries risk.
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16. I mean it's not too difficult to imagine whole Trump thing collapsing (through scandals & Trump's own personality). If that happens, it would be useful for GOP to have a group of people who can credibly say they opposed this all along.
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17. In general, Brooks column would've been better if it acknowledged the problem was TWS's business model & not some grand trend of "corporate bureaucrats."
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18. On the right, I think American Conservative, Modern Age &
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19. I was wondering why Brooks' column rubbed me the wrong way. I finally figured it out. Brooks wants GOP plutocrats to hand him & his buddies lots of dough to write whatever they want, no questions asked. That seems a bit entitled.
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It’s a good investment anyway! As you guys are proving by slobbering over it all week. It gives a nice fluffy veneer for their harmful and hateful ideologies.
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In general, late capitalist big money guys are short-sighted, though, right? All investments judged by the results on the next quarterly report?
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IF ??????????????? it doesn't take a Weekly Standard to see the writing on the wall! (not THAT wall, silly!)
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Why? When Trump crashes and burns, they'll move on to the next dickbag that carries their water, just as they seamlessly transitioned from funding GW Bush to funding the Tea Party to funding Romney to funding Trump.
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Are they just mothballing the masthead to perhaps resuscitate sometime in the future.
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Eh, if somebody wants to run "The Weekly Standard" again sometime, they can buy the name and hire a new staff. Not like there's a shortage of people who will write conservative dreck for a dollar a word.
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