6. The problem with the rich funder model (which, to be upfront, is also TNR model) is that you're at the caprice of the funder. In Standard's case, GOP funders reluctant to lay out money for a magazine that is at war with Trumpized GOP.
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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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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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Yeah, as if Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio and Nikki Haley and even Mike Pence aren't going to claim they were against him the whole time. They don't give a fuck about credibility.
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They will all pretend they opposed it all along and will believe each other too.
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I mean here there is a good kind of Weberian culture argument through the lens of Karen Ho, which is that this generation of capitalists, particularly the ones who came to Wall Street through the Ivys are literally incapable of thinking about long term benefits, instead chasing
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short term gains even to their destruction. This obviously in Wall Street has a lot to do with the way incentives are structured inside firms but the shortsightedness of the global ruling class and the position of the stock market as the arbiter of value are closely connected
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Jeet...stop trying to give these people advice!!!! Just stop!!!!pic.twitter.com/OJTYArqwR3
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But the GOP, after decades of playing the long game (better than the Dems it pains me to say) has effectively sacrificed their identity to this two-bit grifter and his family, devoid of policy or morality. There is no authentic set of principles or structure to return to.
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Good thread, but you are missing the point that the Weekly Standard was...well...shit. Not much deep thinking, just lots of rationalisation for (neo)-conservative policy
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