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Alexander Douglas
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Thanks! ☺️
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Thank you!! ☺️
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I see! I think clear prose can be lively; I just think a lot of academic authors mistake lifelessness for clarity.

On the second thing, yes; I take your point.
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Interesting. I wonder why I seem to think that clarity is the opposite of liveliness and that obscurity necessarily comes with richness and complexity. I don’t think either of those things. But I wonder why I *seem* to. 🤔
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is very honest and deep.
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Does it soften your contempt at all to think about how deeply unhappy all those guys seem?
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Haha I hope not either! And I really appreciate your thoughtful response.
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Thank you! I hope you like it.
November 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Yes, looking forward to meeting you too!
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Yes, when I'm being a grown up in real life I take the democratic peace theory pretty seriously--just not when I'm having the worst brought out of me by social media (and probably having my biggest, albeit tiny, effect on democratic politics).
October 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Instead it empowers them with the Will of the People: the most wretched force on Earth.
October 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM