Tag: economic policy

  • Are We Already Fucking It Up?

    Are We Already Fucking It Up?Life is expensive, and seemingly getting more expensive.Very few people seem to be debating that. What there does seem to be a growing debate over what government should do about it.Three of life’s biggest expenses are housing, education, and healthcare. These are three expenses Americans seem incapable of discussing without…

  • Republic to Empire: The Middle-Class Legitimacy Collapse

    We are living through the transition phase from republic to empire — unless we correct course rapidly.Faith in institutions didn’t collapse overnight. It eroded quietly, unevenly, and predictably. Accountability stopped flowing upward. Standards stopped applying evenly. The system learned it could absorb scandal after scandal without consequence — so long as enforcement remained efficient where…