Archive - Underthrow

February 2025

When the Blue Compete for You

Let's imagine a society called New America with a competitive market for community policing and criminal justice.

Feb 27 •

Psychopathology as Strategy

If politics is a playground for sociopaths, it's no wonder their psychopathology gets weaponized.

Feb 24 •

A Little Rebellion Now and Then is a Good Thing

This essay celebrated 50 years of Albert Hirschman’s Exit, Voice and Loyalty

Feb 20 •

Selective Pedantic Proceduralism

Should we seize this rare revolutionary moment, or count on a virtuous Congress to rescue us within the bounds of good taste and decorum?

Feb 17 •

DOGE: Between Justice and Legitimacy

Despite all the handwringing and hyperventilation about the unorthodox DOGE, we have to dig deep and figure out our principles and priors in a dying…

Feb 12 •

The Impossible Entrepreneurs

On the relentless optimism and tireless work of two men who realized the impossible. Dispatch from Prospera, Roatan, Honduras.

Feb 10 •

A little-known sage named Robert Yates (Brutus I) warned us about all of it. Now two parties are floundering in various shades of authoritarianism in an…

Feb 4 •

January 2025

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