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Actually it’s even better. The system is designed to dismantle itself. It now has more power to undo than to do. The Hamiltonian strong state is toast. We’re headed to accelerationist ancapotopia.
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I think we’re about to see ultrareaganomics. Neoliberalism on steroids. A Stranger Things style retro 80s reboot of politics.
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I think the one thing that’s still murky to me about the situation is why the democrats still haven’t discarded the filibuster to get a last rush of things done before they’re locked out of power for a generation 🤔
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I can’t believe nobody has the leverage to get Manchin/Sinema in line, but I suspect there is broader reluctance to use the nuclear option anyway since it probably means handing the gerontocratic part of the party handing the keys over to AOC left or something
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I no longer have strong feelings about any of this. It’s turned into a spectator sport with a foregone conclusion. The national divorce at state level seems pretty complete.
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You're not letting me get away with half-jokey one-liners that end the conversation, are you? Fine then! I agree that the rank and file of military is mostly red but I don't doubt that, in case of a true two-state split, blue America would be able to field a strong military
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They would have ample resources, an internal conservative population (obviously), and, perhaps for the first time in a century, a compelling threat to defend against that isn't an ocean away