Had my say for @nybooks.com about the last couple weeks as the convergence of three overlapping political projects and asked about the endgame: a streamlined state, a shackled state, or a shattered state? www.nybooks.com/online/2025/... - ThreadSky

quinnslobodian.com • 71 days ago

Had my say for @nybooks.com about the last couple weeks as the convergence of three overlapping political projects and asked about the endgame: a streamlined state, a shackled state, or a shattered state?

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/02/15/speed-up-the-breakdown/

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grosmorne29.bsky.social•71 days ago

Paywall

cosmicnegativity.bsky.social•66 days ago

https://archive.is/xrGER

grosmorne29.bsky.social•66 days ago

Thank you

linkeliteratur.bsky.social•65 days ago

Thank you very much for your text, its so important!

maartintromp.bsky.social•71 days ago

"not many Spartans are needed to win battles.” Of course, Techbros are too culturally illiterate to know 700 Thespians stood and died with the Spartans at Thermopylae and that during the Peloponnesian war they took funding from Persia to defeat Athens.

maartintromp.bsky.social•71 days ago

And of course, Spartans had a Peloponnessian league that fought the Athenian empire. The whole reason the war started in 1st place was Corcyra (Corfu) tried to break away from Corinth, Sparta's ally. Macedonia took care of them with Alexander anyway.

plains.bsky.social•69 days ago

Such great writing, thank you. Bummed to be paywalled even though I get the NYRB mag online through the Chicago Public Library, your piece must be a feature on the web.

smdadamo.bsky.social•70 days ago

drop a gift link if there is one?

ericweinberger.bsky.social•71 days ago

Is there a paywall workaround?

cosmicnegativity.bsky.social•66 days ago

Using the 'Bypass Paywalls' extension for Firefox and Chrome works for this article. Also,

https://archive.is/xrGER

cryearth.bsky.social•71 days ago

The phrase "schackled state unable to promote social justice" - aspired by far right conservative think tanks - is a euphemism. The aim is a proactive state that promotes injustice and straps on shackles...
https://bsky.app/profile/cryearth.bsky.social/post/3lia3ukislk2m

pierre.dipshit.uk•70 days ago

The JW Mason link goes to Ho-Fung Hung again.

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