Arguably more small print than bait and switch, given that one of the foundational texts of modern SV is explicitly very pro-monopoly

(that's an excerpt from Zero to One)

Trump is not the United States. He will pass.

That's not really true though is it

They are centrists with massive comms and whipping problems. They are reforming planning, reforming rents, rebuilding the tax base, realigning with the EU, strengthening our defence and supporting Ukraine

None of this is sexy and headline-friendly though

Russia's military equipment production capacity, experience of peer warfare, and capacity to adapt have increased immensely in the last few years. Unless they are soundly defeated in Ukraine, a break of a couple years will see them MORE capable than before the war, not less

Seeing the replies/qts, you couldn't engineer that skeet better to draw out the scolding bitterness of a stereotypical Bluesky user. Hope this disempowering sludge doesn't get under your skin

I just keep remembering this essay every couple weeks ourworldindata.org/much-better-...

Like fuck it's permanent, liberal hegemony is our destiny and with it the flourishing of man*

But yes there are a few bumps on the way there

*: gender-inclusive "man"

> Theater Nuclear Forces Are Good, Actually
Spicy

Yeah Russia just murdered people on British soil with impunity, burned warehouses, bought our politicians, and paid people to sow hatred (eg hopenothate.org.uk/2025/02/10/e... )

Threads is a very poor guide to international conflict or even nuclear weapons

There are more points on the spectrum between "hybrid threats" and VMF landings. Like an interdiction campaign in support of an attack on the Baltic states. ALCMs slamming into ports and warehouses, that kind of thing.

Backbenchers revolting over a reform so mild as not paying the WFA to better off pensioners must have something to do with it

There is at least one nuance though that is specifically true about immigrants: the UK didn't spend money educating them.

The "net beneficiary" discourse usually operates on snapshots in time, not lifetime-to-now balances and obscures just how much the UK benefits financially from immigration.

I believe this to be a pretty representative position labourlist.org/2025/12/uk-e...

Particularly this bit

Move, fast, and break things

Reading through the replies, it's revealing how little awareness of the ongoing realignment there is (just compare the replies with the column)

Which is… good I think? Quiet realignment is more stable than the typical hyperpartisan chaos we devolve into

I believe this to be a pretty representative position labourlist.org/2025/12/uk-e...

Particularly this bit