my napoleon take is that people get hung up on the specific details of napoleon. in broader perspective he's a classic example of an illiberal modernizer, which is a *political program* that recurs across the globe for structural reasons the genro of meiji japan being imo the greatest case study

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I just got a bone to pick with Ralph Nader these days, man. He's a consumer rights advocate by trade, so his whole conception of politics revolves around being a dissatisfied customer Canceling Your Subscription To America, which is the entire fucking problem with politics

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we lived almost exactly this in 2006 and I remember vividly that my thought at the time was that no way we’d win *all* the close ones

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The entire 2026 midterm can be summarized as this: polling error underestimating GOP yields moderate to large wave with GOP possibly holding Senate; polls accurate or underestimating Dems yields genuine GOP carnage everywhere.

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"The population of Qatar is about 85% non-citizens… The citizens of Qatar, while still living under an absolute monarchy, are very wealthy and are much more free than the non-citizen population. … Given all this, it’s no surprise that Qatar gets along so well with reactionaries in this country."

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