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Our 50/50 America (Part III): The World WILL be rebuilt. The only open issues are: How and by Which Side?
Voters want REAL CHANGE RIGHT NOW... The red side of 50/50 America is giving their answer; the blue side is flopping and flapping like a dying fish on a…
 • Martin Luz
Our 50/50 America (Part II): Voting red is a vote to build a new anti-pluralist world
What the red side of 50/50 America is tearing down isn't nearly as important as what they're building up -- and what they're building on.
 • Martin Luz
Our 50/50 America (Part I): Rewriting the received wisdom about America’s “divided politics”
"50/50 America" doesn’t mean what it did just six months ago. Any discussion of the prerogatives of voting in a 50/50 nation must change with it.
 • Martin Luz
“Trumpism” Doesn’t Exist, and Why It’s So Terrifying (Addendum)
We spent four years trying to get notice for our exhaustive piece on the fallacy of "Trumpism." Nobody headed it. But it all came true. Told y'so.
 • Martin Luz
"Trumpism" Doesn’t Exist, and Why It’s So Terrifying (Intro)
[THIS CONTENT WAS WRITTEN LONG BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION, AND YET IT'S MORE RELEVANT TODAY THAN WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN.]
 • Martin Luz
"Trumpism" Doesn’t Exist, and Why It’s So Terrifying (Part 1)
[THIS CONTENT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION AND YET IS STILL AS RELEVANT -- IF NOT MORE RELEVANT -- TODAY AS IT WAS THEN.]
 • Martin Luz
"Trumpism" Doesn’t Exist, and Why It’s So Terrifying (Part 2)
[THIS CONTENT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION, AND YET IT'S MORE RELEVANT TODAY THAN WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN.]
 • Martin Luz
"Trumpism" Doesn’t Exist, and Why It’s So Terrifying (Part 3)
[THIS CONTENT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION, AND YET IT'S STILL AS RELEVANT TODAY -- IF NOT MORE RELEVANT -- THAN WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN.]
 • Martin Luz
"Trumpism" Doesn’t Exist, and Why It’s So Terrifying (Part 4)
[THIS CONTENT WAS WRITTEN LONG BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION, AND YET IT'S EVEN MORE RELEVANT TODAY THAN WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN.]
 • Martin Luz
"Trumpism" Doesn’t Exist, and Why It’s So Terrifying (Conclusion)
[THIS CONTENT WAS WRITTEN LONG BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION, AND YET IT'S MORE RELEVANT TODAY THAN WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN.]
 • Martin Luz
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