The Loyalty Economy
When fealty becomes the currency and merit becomes the markup.
3 essays
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The Price of the Performance State
As inflation rises, war costs mount, and trillion-dollar defense spectacles dominate the political stage, Trump’s second presidency reveals something larger than fiscal irresponsibility. Public money is increasingly being transformed into political theater, where national grandeur matters more than civic sustainability, and citizens are treated less as stakeholders than as the audience for an endless performance.
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The Table Was Never Set for Peace
Twenty-one hours of talks produced no agreement—because the table was set for affirmation, not negotiation.
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The Qualification Gap
What JD Vance Reveals About Who Governs Now