Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

In American politics, the most important quality in a president is "don't make crazy foreign policy mistakes" because that's where there's minimal constraints and the most scope for catastrophe. But dictators can mess up on a wider range of topics. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 27, 2022 Hibernated

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Surely part of the reason is just that when you concentrate a lot of power in one guy, it's a recipe for "high-variance" outcomes where he may just have weird ideas and relatively few constraints. — PolitiTweet.org

I’m not sure why China hasn’t directed its efforts to massively pushing / mandating vaccines and boosters rather th… https://t.co/ni0hQVNqjX

Posted Nov. 27, 2022 Hibernated

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Politics that refocuses on fiscal issues (should be the deficit be bigger or small, should it be shrunk entirely with spending cuts or should taxes be raised, etc) will be much healthier for the country but bad for a lot of people’s business models so it will be resisted. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 27, 2022 Hibernated