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A. N. Owen's avatar

There are so many great substacks and I'd love to be able to subscribe to all of them! Unfortunately, one can't. I did not renew my subscription to Greenwald and probably won't renew the Taibbi subscription, only because they are already so successful and I'd rather support smaller substacks. Both are still great writers and I'll have to be content with the free articles.

I will say (gently nudging you) that some substacks manage to crank out 2-3 articles a week while you can go MIA for weeks and weeks, even more than a month! This may be a factor when it comes to pruning subscription lists. Your essays are wonderful and I don't doubt they require significantly more time than the typical output from other substacks, but perhaps try to keep a weekly community thread going?

Inflation is real and I have doubts that we're past the worst of it as some hope (or better, promote). Inflationary cycles can be vicious. Like many, I'm hunkering down to ride out the storm, curtailing expenses as needed. But so far no panic. But the reporting around inflation is also symptomatic of the remarkable change in how news are reported by institutional presses. Can you imagine the NYT not reporting on the Dutch farmer strikes 20 years ago? Of course not! But the strange silence only points to one thing: there is a narrative that cannot be questioned otherwise you risk undermining it. Big State knows best. Never allow any sympathy for different views. The irony is that the protests are coming from what should be naturally sympathetic groups for the progressive left - the working classes. But it's also a reminder that the progressive left has always despised the working classes for not being progressive enough and preferring pesky things like wanting to be left alone.

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Chris Gast's avatar

Good stuff as always. Dee’s article is quite depressing on several levels. It makes me wonder if technology is shaping our nihilism and self-obsessions, or if it’s the other way around. Would a well-grounded society even dream up Facebook, where every social pathology can be placed on the national bulletin board to be seen?

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