Counterpoint: We have a proof of concept of One party capture of statewide office from governor to municipal level. The capture is so complete that the corrective force (voting) has been made an irrelevant show vote. This is the most prosperous and populated state. This can be applied anywhere.
Consider Phlebas
A Game of “Damage”
Grok Imagine prompt:
A dimly lit, tense gambling table on a futuristic orbital station. Five stone-faced players sit calmly playing cards, completely poker-faced. Neural cables run from their temples to a row of volunteers strapped behind them — those ‘lives’ are writhin...
@pmarca@pronounced_kyle@pmarca do you believe Anthropic? They get labeled a “Supply Chain Risk” and a month later “ We’ve found EVERY risk in the supply chain!”
Life pro tip. Not enough people talk about this. The secret to having a "fulfilling" life is doing new things. Radically doing new things. Consistently. Every day. New activities, people, goals, even something as simple as trying new foods. Life feels longer when you're a kid because every day is packed with almost infinite amount of new learning. As you get older, you've already acclimated to your environment, the new inputs stop, so your perception of time speeds up drastically. You fall into routine, which is a time accelerant. If you want to feel like you have a long infinite lifespan, like you did as a child, you MUST be having new experiences, which slows time down.
Let's unpack this..
What if the White House has no intention of reopening the Strait of Hormuz?
What if this war is really about ships & tariffs?
I had a long discussion with senior DOE official yesterday on background. I can’t share any details but it’s clear everyone’s Strait of Hormuz calculus is wrong.
We need to go back to the drawing boards.
That's it. That's the tweet. Now a hypothetical 🧵 with my personal thoughts.