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Dukakis Dude
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Described by the Financial Times as “a reference to 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis”
IMO, Western Civilization is a very useful concept for liberals to employ right now, but I’ve mostly only seen it from Fukuyama. I invoke the term and see right-wing populism as its antithesis.

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Elon Musk and the Decline of Western Civilization
Silvio Berlusconi invented the modern oligarchy. Musk is expanding it.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Struggling to think of any of Elon’s contributions to, or engagement with, this country’s “common culture”
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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That and GOP fundraising has shifted hard towards Silicon Valley billionaires who care far now about implementing Yarvinism than making their stock price go up.
December 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I recall Anton being a better writer than this. This is worse than LLM output.
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Yeah like sorry if you graduated class of 2027 I’m locking you in a room with a blue book and no cell phone for your interview, COVID during all of high school + ChatGPT during all of college is not a good combo
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Wrong this is a common metaphor in the electricity industry
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Between this clown and Katherine Tai, I’m calling for a full and complete stop to HLS grads talking about trade policy until we can figure out what is going on.
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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another day volunteering at the lone and level sands. everyone keeps asking if they can look on the works & despair. buddy, they won't even let me look on it
November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
lol no revenue AND no offtakers!
October 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I could’ve told all these big brained VCs that the economics of SMRs make no sense…
October 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM