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Alexander Turok's avatar

The great paradox of American politics is that you have one party that panders to a bunch of people who think 5G is giving them cancer and another party that actually passes laws that will make your 5G internet go away.

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/17/24346159/att-new-york-affordable-broadband-act-5g

"Who, by the way, is still a libertarian in 2025?"

There aren't many ideological libertarians, but there are many people who wouldn't want their taxes increased to pay for student loan forgiveness and other such things, including many of the newly converted high-income Democrats.

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Peter Berard's avatar

Does anyone who thinks we’re seeing “unleashed cultural vitality” because of the “death of woke” or w/e have any examples of like… cultural accomplishments? I suppose they could claim they haven’t had enough time at the wheel, but still.

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