This is a crisis of elite failure along with the inability of challengers to act strategically to create viable alternatives. There were so many paths for elites to keep things afloat, by just being a little more sane. Challengers aren't up to it, either—yet. Far from over.
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I've been writing about all this for years now, so yes, I know many of you heard me say this before. Just putting it here again because it's important to understand the moment if we are going to figure out a way forward without making things even worse.
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I'd ask if exchanging the tax cut with incompetence and corruption was worth it to the wealthy, though unfortunately the most vulnerable are going to suffer more. Globally, we've taken manageable challenges and turned them into increasingly entrenched crises. So here we are.pic.twitter.com/hfUoHnhtys
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