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Comment by verdverm | original | Lutnick Pushed to Weaken Chip Rules That Overlap with His Family Business
[−]verdverm · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:51 UTC · link
unwinding cannot really start for another two years, is that what you meant?

For why America (and others) are entertaining authoritarian leaders, the best explaination I've heard is The Tyranny of Merit. Neoliberal economics failed from its own successes. It made excuses and workarounds instead of understanding what it did to the un-credentialed working class and passed on building an economy that works for all people. This lead to hubris, corruption, and control by a smaller and smaller elite as power and wealth has concentrated.

https://youtu.be/Vp5qsEuUOWo?is=0GXcY4mSCA1zH_aU