Theory of PowerMar 11
the purpose of the wealth tax is not to patch a budget hole, the purpose is to destroy the wealthy. this is not a disagreement on taxation or spending, this is a war for power. and you're losing.
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Let Them Eat Crack
tuesday report #14 // dueling urban chaos stories (crime: pretty bad, or a good thing actually?); tech winter meets AI spring; a white pill microdose to keep us going
Mike Solana
May 3, 2023
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Theory of Power
Inside the Culture Clash That Tore Apart the Pentagon’s Anthropic DealMar 6
despite anthropic frustrating the admin with its blogging and very slow 'politburo' of ethicists, emil michael, the pentagon’s head of ai, says he’s still ‘open’ to a deal
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I Went Undercover As a 'Signature Collector' for California’s Wealth TaxMar 5
an exercise in investigative journalism™, volunteer activism, and getting ghosted outside trader joe’s
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