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Does Spandrel write anywhere now? I miss his clarity and knowledge.

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His blog is archived ( linked in the piece) but i don't think so. He's still around on urbit/ X but not writing

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Elite incompetence has consequences.

There are no go zones driving on the highway south or west out of Chicago. One simply fills up the gas tank and does not get off the highway until reaching well outside the city limits.

No go zones in Chicago. Its been this way for decades. And these zones of were created and maintained on purpose by elites to develop and maintain a docile voting bloc to maintain power.

The dry rot now extends to most if not all major American cities and towns.

That's hardcore if you reflect on this situation. Permanently destroy a city's social fabric in order to maintain power. That's who these people are.

Hurrah for our incompetent overlords. America became Brazil.

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Indeed. Few understand this. The depths they will plumb. If they will do that to a whole city you and you family mean less than nothing to them.

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I would add, there is an expectation that you can have changes in a lifetime. Contrary to LOL people upfront, the regime it is not stupid. And you can be sure they do all they can, to employ the best minds that assure survival. Look what is done to immigration now.

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I don't understand the point you are making. What do you mean about immigration?

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What makes you think they will fall? I would really like to know. I have taken a pretty dim view of our future. The elites are busy using their power to permanently extinguish, sterilze, dumb down and train to be totally compliant the narcissistic masses. Humankind will be completely controlled; there are no Heroes anymore to save us. It will take something outside of mere men to save mankind from the fate being planned for us by the elites. They will never let go of their power - ever.

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I think the great hope, hinted at in the article, is they are too incompetent for this. At the very least a rival elite will destroy them.

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I heard your interview with George Bagby about American slavery (possibly you have more than one.) I have a question for him. Do you know how I could contact him? I didn't hear it on the show.

Thanks

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Scott Greer argues that the Right, even when it temporarily gains power, has difficulty filling government positions due to the lack of talent. Yes, the Left promotes lol-cows but because so many talented elites have shifted to the Left, they don’t have this problem.

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betelgeuse

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Can an elite-college graduate in the Department of Education that develops curriculum or an edgy artist in NYC be considered elite or is it only the Warren Buffet types?

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I get your point that incompetent people may be loyal if you can keep them from being stupid but most of the lol cows you note are elites from elite families and schools. Harris, for example.

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