"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux

bretdevereaux.bsky.social

13 March 2025 12:21

In practice, I don't think 'ablative advisor armor' tactic is going to work in a downturn. It worked for administrations that were more obviously coalitional, but this is a personality cult. For the cultist, no mistake can be admitted. For everyone else, all mistakes are the fault of the leader.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux

bretdevereaux.bsky.social

13 March 2025 12:21

The Tsar cannot ever be wrong, he can only be ill-advised. Fortunately for this would-be-king, it turns out removing Rasputin instantly restored the legitimacy of the Romanovs. ::touches ear piece:: Wait, I'm hearing...oh. Oh no. Oh dear. They may want a backup plan.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux

bretdevereaux.bsky.social

07 February 2025 18:15

All of which is to say, the tech broligarchs rushing to back Trump because they think the wind is shifting seem to me to be making a poor choice. While most of the outcome options are bad for America, it seems to me very few of them are good in the long-term for large pro-MAGA companies. /end

J. L. Westover

mrlovenstein.bsky.social

05 January 2025 10:54

my personal favorite comic of 2024

Any Austin

anyaustin.bsky.social

21 November 2024 18:25

re-reading A Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich to gaslight myself into thinking a single piece of bread is a luxury good