Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I wish there was more data in this story, which says only that there were "a few dozen” stroke patients at “three large US medical centers,” which doesn’t tell you much about frequency. 3% of cases? 0.03%? I guess we’ll wait for the studies https://t.co/5YNMgd40M6 — PolitiTweet.org

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well this is terrifying — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

R0 is suddenly everywhere. A video of Merkel explaining it went viral. It’s guiding when and how societies reopen. But R0 is messier than it might seem. One study called it "easily misrepresented, misinterpreted and misapplied.” Here’s our guide to R0: https://t.co/Vjl19w2TKy — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@MADarbyshire Flattered you remember that one. Been nagging at me too. But, in my case at least, the timeline makes it unlikely. I developed symptoms on Dec. 4, suggesting infection around Dec 1. Was rare even in Wuhan at that point. Iirc the first-known infection in China was Nov 17. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MazMHussain On-the-spot epidemiological guidance — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

"The sun coming up in the east and setting in the west is real. Thursday is not." https://t.co/XaC0AhUAN1 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @SevaUT: excuse me is this communist russia https://t.co/2Zes7hQ3Hh — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @nytimes: The variable R0 — pronounced R-naught — may be the closest thing we have to a compass in navigating a pandemic. It represents… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @ScottGottliebMD: New: Study of 318 outbreaks in China found transmission occurred out-of-doors in only one, involving just 2 cases. Mos… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

The essay is wild: 2,400 words long, apparently the first in a weeklong series of crossword-themed reader essays on the imaginary Evenland. Who says the NYT didn't know how to write for the early web?? https://t.co/lYHQvLt5xd — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Seen-it-all editor @EricNagourney informs me I've made the first NYT usage of "zeroth" since 2013, when it appeared in a reader essay for the now-defunct crossword blog (!) describing the imaginary "Evenland" (!!) where all crosswords are math-themed (!!!) https://t.co/Vjl19w2TKy — PolitiTweet.org

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@Vinncent the other 30% is full fat greek yogurt — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Max_Fisher: https://t.co/BBrt972vrJ — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

It's still possible for the US to play useful global leadership roles as a country that happens to be uniquely rich, powerful, diplomatically connected abroad, etc. But freighting that role with the ideological baggage of "exceptionalism" is becoming more a burden than a help. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DenisonBe @hilderestad Will you email it to me? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@zackbeauchamp @kbennhold oh hell yes — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

If the UK's social and cultural rifts with the collapse of empire is any guide, this is an identity crisis that will probably be with us for the rest of our lives. But the underlying concept was always just an ideological veneer for one-off structural forces. — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway as precept #2 of American exceptionalism (US hegemony is an inherent force for good) continues its arguably inevitable decline, precept #1 (US is innately special and superior) is coming under a lot of pressure. What if we're just a country that happens to be big and rich? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

The unipolar moment is often misremembered in the US as constituting the entirety of history and the rightful default, which has profoundly shaped our foreign policy expectations and created what @JyShapiro called "the American omnipotence problem," but that's another discussion. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Another common misapprehension is that the ideas of "American exceptionalism" have long been a matter of consensus. In fact it's been bitterly debated since its c1900 origins. It was consensus only for a ~15-year period from about 1984-1999, the so-called unipolar moment. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

The origin of American exceptionalism is often traced to a 1900 speech by Sen Albert Beveridge, arguing for annexing the Philippines because God “has marked the American people as his chosen nation to finally lead in the redemption of the world.” https://t.co/nIyr11wk3o — PolitiTweet.org

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"American exceptionalism" began as an ideological justification for the US to become an outright colonial power while squaring the annexation of foreign territory with America's early self-image as an opponent of European colonialism. Not as a force for democracy or freedom. — PolitiTweet.org

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The story of where those two ideas came from, and how they became fused, is often mistold as emerging from Puritanism, or WW2, or the Cold War. In fact, they were originated as justification for seizing Cuba and the Philippines in the Spanish-American war. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

American exceptionalism consists of two claims that are often portrayed as synonymous but are really quite distinct: (1) The US is ordained as innately special and superior; (2) American global hegemony is an inherent force for good. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

American exceptionalism is an exceptionally slippery phrase. People use it to demand that the US do whatever they want from it at that particular moment. James Ceaser called it "one small step for abstraction, one giant leap for abstractionism." But it does have a fixed meaning. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Some thoughts on what we mean when we talk about "American exceptionalism," and where the concept even comes from, kicked off by @kbennhold's great story on the topic https://t.co/XHHOX3YlQZ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Max_Fisher: https://t.co/BBrt972vrJ — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @MarkLevineNYC: Some very good news: Tomorrow NYC will begin offering hotel rooms to those with mild/moderate covid who need to be able… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @sarahlyall: "Violence and disruption remain painful, but at least there is no expectation of normalcy or control to shatter. Pain runs… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@PrecedentBad This is very helpful, thank you! — PolitiTweet.org