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The Coalition That Wins the War Has Already Planted the Seeds of Its Own Collapse
Technology & Politics

The Coalition That Wins the War Has Already Planted the Seeds of Its Own Collapse

The political alliance that defeats a great enemy — in war, in ideology, in culture — almost never survives the victory. The Civil War Republicans, the New Deal Democrats, the Cold War consensus: each fractured within a generation of its defining triumph. This is not bad luck. It is a structural feature of how Americans build political coalitions, and it has profound implications for whoever believes they are currently winning.
The Border Trap: How Obsessive Immigration Enforcement Has Always Signaled Imperial Decline
Technology & Politics

The Border Trap: How Obsessive Immigration Enforcement Has Always Signaled Imperial Decline

Rome, the Habsburgs, and the British Empire each fell into the same seductive trap — pouring treasure and political will into border enforcement until the border became the only thing anyone talked about. The structural rot underneath went unaddressed. The pattern is not a warning about immigration. It is a warning about distraction.
The Rise, Fall, and Stubborn Resurrection of Digg: A Cautionary Tale About the Internet's First Culture War
Technology & Politics

The Rise, Fall, and Stubborn Resurrection of Digg: A Cautionary Tale About the Internet's First Culture War

Before Twitter shaped political discourse and before Reddit became the internet's town square, there was Digg — a scrappy social news aggregator that briefly ruled the web and then collapsed under the weight of its own ambitions. The story of Digg's rise and fall is not merely a tech industry footnote; it is a parable about power, community, and who gets to control the flow of information.