The Internet’s Tollbooth Operators.. Tim Wu’s ‘The Age of Extraction’ chronicles the way Big Tech platforms have turned against their users.
We Are the Bad Guys. “The swaggering threat to global stability is us.” — Hamilton Nolan
Mitchellaneous CXLIII. Eight things I saw on the internet
the myth of merit in the managerial class. Merit doesn’t get you hired or promoted for professional and managerial jobs.
Venezuela
The U.S. invasion of Venezuela is going to be a disaster from which we may never recover. Venezuela may prove to be the downfall of the U.S., the way Afghanistan was for the U.S.S.R. (and could have been for the US — having dodged a bullet on that one, just barely, we have now put the barrel of the gun in our mouths and pulled the trigger again).
The only winners of this war will be Trump and his kleptocracy.
Russia will take Ukraine, China will take Taiwan, and Trump will just wave them through.
Congress needs to act to stop this illegal war and impeach Trump. But Congress will do nothing. Congress is as impotent as the Roman Senate under the Caesars.
Trump’s Risky War in Venezuela.. By going around Congress, the president is showing contempt for the will of the public.
Trump’s Cuts Are About to Make Health Care Even Worse. Medicaid cuts will make all of America look more like Mississippi, with a shorter life expectancy than Bangladesh.