Nobody defends a parking spot on principle. You defend it because your car is there.
In 2016, a new force entered our political landscape. A force unmoored from principles, norms, and the rule of law itself.
authoritarianism
The strongman always arrives at the same moment: when patience runs out and faith in rules runs thin.
Anger feels righteous. It's viral. It wins elections. But it's also burning us out and turning neighbors into enemies.
AGI might not kill us, but it probably won’t save us either. The more likely future is a dreadfully average world that’s neither hell nor utopia; just a comfortable cage run by a new aristocracy.
The ad economy ate the internet. Then they came for work, culture, and your own sanity.
Because democracy doesn't have to suck.
What Donald Trump is saying in this moment is that legitimacy and international law do not matter. Only power does.
Anger feels righteous. It's viral. It wins elections. But it's also burning us out and turning neighbors into enemies.
AGI might not kill us, but it probably won’t save us either. The more likely future is a dreadfully average world that’s neither hell nor utopia; just a comfortable cage run by a new aristocracy.
Hey everyone, As a quick housekeeping note, Unaligned has rebranded! Unaligned → For the Republic As of today, this publication will be rebranding from “Unaligned” to “For the Republic.” When I first launched Unaligned, my focus was on not being “captured” by partisanship and on speaking for the “exhausted majority” that’
The ad economy ate the internet. Then they came for work, culture, and your own sanity.
Some big problems are grinding Trump’s second term into stalemate.
"Taher and his wife watched their baby take his final breath. Their other children began to scream." - AP News
Two rival faiths are fighting to rule America. One worships technology; the other God. Both dream of dominion. And between them stands a kleptocrat willing to sell the republic to whichever pays best.
Big government conservatives? Small government liberals? The rise and fall of GOP ideals in the "Age of Trump"
Surveillance, Algorithms, and Why Everything Feels Wrong Despite Looking Fine
On masks, choice, and the price of honesty.
Stop fighting over slices. Start baking more pie.
