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Nostalgic for autocracy?
Somewhere in the past few days I saw a brief video of a MAGA woman saying, yes, she’d like Donald Trump to be an autocrat. She’d like that, autocracy. I think she meant as long as the autocrat was her … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Alibaba, Armando Ianucci, Chinese capitalism, Chinese COVID policy, Chinese Warren Buffett, Evan Osnos, Jack Ma, Mao, Party Leader Deng, Party Leader Xi, Politburo, Putin, The Death of Stalin, Uyghur, Xi Jinping
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Talking about big boats and the ultra-rich…
For many years I’ve been paying special attention to the utterings and “ideas” of ultra-rich people. That is, I’ve been struck by the social stupidity of people who’ve risen to the top of the Big Money pile. We’re supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Fascism, Government, political campaigns, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged "libertarians, Arizona Senate race, Blake Masters, Evan Osnos, gun violence, HuffPost, Kamala Harris, Mark Kelly, megayachts, Peter Thiel, Seasteading Institute, the Guardian, The New Yorker
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Test your character via a magazine article about…big boats
I expected to enjoy reading “The Floating World: Outrageously luxurious superyachts are attracting political scrutiny–and buyers in record numbers.” For one thing, it was written (experienced, actually) by Evan Osnos, a fine and witty writer. For another thing, I am … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged "The Floating World", Evan Osnos, Malcolm Forbes, megayachts, The Highlander, The New Yorker
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