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How to solve loneliness
Loneliness is always political
Mar 27
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Lawrence Krubner
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The willful and hypersensitive Leftists who undermine every Left organization
Historically, the Left has been riven by factionalism, and this makes it difficult to build long-lasting and powerful Left movements
Mar 23
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Lawrence Krubner
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Why would anyone be a Communist in 2024?
Invoking the Old Gods helps establish a new community, one with a particular moral sensibility.
Mar 22
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Lawrence Krubner
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The end of decorum in politics
The new populism has helped Republicans hold onto power
Mar 8
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Lawrence Krubner
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February 2024
The dream of universal health care is haunted by the reality of aging
A Law Of Diminishing Returns applies to every additional year of life that the population gains
Feb 24
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Lawrence Krubner
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How much power does Putin have?
And how hard does he have to work to keep it?
Feb 6
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Lawrence Krubner
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Autocracy depends on incompetence
Populist dictators must wage war against expertise
Feb 2
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Lawrence Krubner
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January 2024
All governments are based on violence but democracy brings that violence under the control of the people
And a liberal democracy has extensive controls on violence to protect unpopular minorities
Jan 23
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Lawrence Krubner
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Modern dictatorships are more like a protection racket than they are like old-fashioned patronage networks
In the old days dictators handed out money to buy loyalty, but many modern dictatorships steal money upwards in an imitation of the Mafia
Jan 21
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Lawrence Krubner
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Chemistry sets and the old-fashioned childhood
Can we both keep children safe but also give them the options they used to have?
Jan 4
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Lawrence Krubner
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Control of a political party entails engagement in the guts of its system of committees
Merely voting for a candidate is a weak form of engagement and does not give the voter the power to influence the direction of the party.
Jan 2
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Lawrence Krubner
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The collapse of the Soviet Union: no one knew the numbers
A system built on lies eventually lies to its top leadership, at which point even those who are in charge are left blind to the facts
Jan 1
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Lawrence Krubner
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