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Defining words is a political act. Whoever fixes their meaning gains a strategic asset.
The Ungovernable Society
Grégoire Chamayou
That’s all a story is, really: a continual system of escalation. A swath of prose earns its place in the story to the extent that it contributes to our sense that the story is (still) escalating.
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders
democrats are constrained by their big coalition to do the right thing at home. However, these very domestic constraints can lead them to exploit the peoples of other nations almost without mercy.
The Dictator's Handbook
de Mesquita Bueno
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