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Great piece, but after reading it I can’t decide if I want to just die or run for a cabin in the Cascades and ride out the end

Ai image so potential essaye written by chatpgt . Writings this so ppl have the information you didn’t want to provide sharing this

"...Or she does the opposite. She lies flat. She withdraws. She turns around in the middle of eighth round, muttering 'no mas', and returns to her corner."

Wealth is morality. It's the prosperity gospel. Poverty is a moral failing so... The people in power just shrug and say, "Be better."

Not sure I buy all of the argument, but yes, the essay is worth reading. Thanks for posting.

Complaints about the AI header image are worth considering. I thought this article was very interesting but I'm not inclined to share it with friends because frankly it's embarrassing to link someone to something and the first thing they see is that slop. It sells the article itself short.

“The populist instinct that the system is rigged is, in its raw form, correct.“

More like Veblen Bads

Yes. Well argued.

What a read

Intriguing argument, especially considering that the flip side is embodied largely by one man, Elon Musk, whose life is the Getty quote about owing the bank $500 vs. $500M, taken to its logical conclusion

Great rec

As an old, I'm shocked that the young aren't rioting every day although - of course - being poor is exhausting.

Echoes of Charles Bowden, from “Blood Orchid: An Unnatural History of America”

AI slop thumbnail on the Nazi platform Substack? No thank you.

i am 600 words in and completely won over. this is the essay ive been waiting for.