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mikeomalley.bsky.social

US history Prof. at GMU. Author most recently of The Color of Family: History, Race, and the Politics of Ancestry See https://historyarthistory.gmu.edu/people/momalle3

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A classic in medieval history. A Catholic utopia. No Martin Luther, no plague: trade but no capitalism. God given hierarchy. It was all downhill from there. This is the world Leonard Leo and our tech bro overlords want to bring back, except with tech. Enjoy tech feudalism, peasants!

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A lot of science fiction is spectacularly imaginative about tech but utterly unimaginative about politics. Dune: gee whiz tech, political feudalism. Lasers, but monarchs, space travel, with emperors. The world of Musk, Theil and our tech bro overlords. Observe the future they imagine, peasants.

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There's a block of American voters you can call "reactionary centrists." They always seek the center, no matter what the options are. So between fascism and moderate leftism they seek the center. Between mid fascism and extreme fascism they seek the center. Pundits treat this as a virtue: it's not.

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does anyone have a sample of chris cillizza's handwriting lmao

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