1. This @IChotiner interview -- really a disembowlment -- of coronavirus contrarian Richard A. Epstein is, quite justifiably, getting a lot of attention. I wanted to give some historical context to explain Epstein's dingbat theories.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-contrarian-coronavirus-theory-that-informed-the-trump-administration …
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13. More thoughts on Epstein's intellectual network here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/epstein-trump-coronavirus-crackpot/ …
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14. Final point: we need a reckoning not just with Epstein but all the institutions that made Epstein possible. They claim to serve the public interest but have helped deranged pseudoscience spread (and not just in this pandemic).
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'We create our own reality'
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Man. It's like the conspiracy theory of a Koch-funded network of right-wing libertarian institutions that provide a sort of intellectual echo chamber of conservative thought of public life and its institutions is literally a true fact.
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further reading Rooted in the Confederacy https://truthout.org/articles/misinforming-the-majority-a-deliberate-strategy-of-right-wing-libertarians/ …
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...all part of the Koch Brothers' plan re-booting the Confederacy https://truthout.org/articles/misinforming-the-majority-a-deliberate-strategy-of-right-wing-libertarians/ …
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