235 years 10 months and 16 days
November 30, 2024•18 words
Less than half as long as the Roman empire. Less than half as long as the Roman republic.
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The populist xenophobe death spiral
November 27, 2024•141 words
populist noun: a person who offers simple, appealing, non-solutions to complex, unappealing problems. Example: Inflation is high: it's the immigrants.
xenophobe noun: a person who fears or hates foreigners or foreign things. Example: Inflation is high: it's the immigrants.
Impose high tariffs on nasty foreign goods.
The result is high inflation: everyone gets poorer as prices climb to cover the tariffs. Well, everyone except plutocrats who own large corporations who are doing very nicely...
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