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Politics / capitalism, democracy, Levitsky, plutocracy, Ziblatt /

Are We There Yet?

January 20, 2026

A quick note on a chaotic Tuesday. American “values” are no longer American values? I have been re-reading the Levitsky and Ziblatt book “Tyranny of the Minority”, which was published in 2023. It reads as if it is both a requiem and a warning. It is a lamentation of the loss of American democracy, or […]

Politics / capitalism, democracy, oligarchs, plutocracy /

Give me Liberty. Or: Give me … umm … Democracy?

January 6, 2026

Hat tip to Cyril Hédoin. I will explain later … “… much laughter at the defects of others, is a sign of pusillanimity. For of great minds, one of the proper works, is to help and free others from scorn; and compare themselves only with the most able.” Thus said Thomas Hobbes in his Leviathan. […]

Economics, Politics / capitalism, democracy, Ganesh, Liberalism, oligarchs, plutocracy /

Ganesh Wakes Up? — Sort of

December 18, 2025

Better late than never. Isn’t that what we say? Alternatively: it’s about time! However we enter the discussion, whether we welcome latecomers, or we pour scorn on the naive, any addition to the ranks of the clear-eyed must be what we might call “a good thing”. Today’s recruit is Janan Ganesh of the Financial Times. […]

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