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specialistonAug 5, 2021
Politics is nasty. Full stop.
My only TIL that I can offer: Everyone should run for office. Any office. At least once.
Once you decide to play the game -- play to win -- every thing makes perfect sense.
Not to excuse it, in any way. It's just that folk theories aren't even wrong. So people get worked up about the wrong stuff. There will always be devils doing bad stuff.
What should we do about them?
(Haven't started Caro's LBJ biographies yet. I've gleaned that LBJ makes Moses look like a middleweight.)
specialistonMay 4, 2021
Apparently commuters choosing to not drive is an unforgivable affront to Freedom Markets™.
Cite: The Power Broker, Robert Caro