I genuinely chuckled at the line “Anduril Industries and Palantir Technologies, are explicitly animated by a fantasy of “defending western civilization”there is something about how the Silicon Valley oligarchs keep naming their companies after the lord of the rings while continuing to do evil, so pervasive, and technologically advanced that it would make Sauron blush that adds a thin patina of irony to all this madness. Great writing Alex.
I’ve been a fan of your writing for a long time brother. It has been a vital asset in the education of this particular gringo. Additionally, as a budding historian, the quote that you enjoy, that many historians being “camp followers of the imperialists” has been a north star in my own historical journey. Keep up the good fight.
I genuinely chuckled at the line “Anduril Industries and Palantir Technologies, are explicitly animated by a fantasy of “defending western civilization”there is something about how the Silicon Valley oligarchs keep naming their companies after the lord of the rings while continuing to do evil, so pervasive, and technologically advanced that it would make Sauron blush that adds a thin patina of irony to all this madness. Great writing Alex.
thank you!!!!
I’ve been a fan of your writing for a long time brother. It has been a vital asset in the education of this particular gringo. Additionally, as a budding historian, the quote that you enjoy, that many historians being “camp followers of the imperialists” has been a north star in my own historical journey. Keep up the good fight.
I ain’t reading all of that. Free Palestine.
I ain’t reading all of that. Free Palestine.
Tom, thanks so much for subscribing. Now fuck off.