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Writer. Teacher. Scholar of rhetoric, media and democracy. Chicago Bears and Arsenal fan. My work is mysterious and important.
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Turns out we didn't need an Edward Snowden to leak evidence of a vast and insidious surveillance apparatus. Musk and Thiel did it all right in front of everyone.

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Musk says he was punched by a baby. The baby:

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"For when men, by entering into society and civil government, have excluded force, and introduced laws for the preservation of property, peace, and unity among themselves, those who set up force again in opposition to the law… bring back again the state of war, and are properly rebels" — Locke

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wonder what, if anything, contemporary leftists would find objectionable here:

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The Chinese auto industry is poised to assume global leadership, and the US response to this is to try and prevent it and/or to catch up. This is like trying to regain primacy in saddle-making. Here's an idea: invest in public modes of transport instead.

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"is this the simple and unvarying rule, that in every form of government revolution takes its start from the ruling class itself, when dissension arises in that, but so long as it is at one with itself, however small it be, innovation is impossible?” “Yes, that is so.” —Plato, Republic (545d)

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