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Exile and Renewal
How the American Diaspora Could Strengthen the World
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William A. Finnegan
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Renting your life.
From housing to health to your own digital identity—everything you rely on is conditional. But you’re told this is freedom.
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William A. Finnegan
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Four and a Half Minutes to Midnight: The Sum of All Failures
April 18, 2025: 11:55:30
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William A. Finnegan
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PATRIMONIAL SURVIVAL CHECKLIST
How to Stay Alive, Unseen, and Sane in a System Governed by Loyalty, Not Law
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William A. Finnegan
Less Jackboots, More Jargon: How to Survive America’s New Patrimonialism
The Quiet Manual: How to Live Free in a Hijacked State
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William A. Finnegan
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Taxes pay for nothing.
The idea of paying "your fair share" is a lie, and the sooner we stop telling ourselves it, the faster we can actually get to a tax policy that makes…
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William A. Finnegan
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The United States of Whiplash
Welcome to The Brief – Your Start of the week Intel briefing
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William A. Finnegan
3
"I'll Leave If It Gets Bad": The Dangerous Lie That Keeps You Trapped
My government colleagues are quietly seeking asylum. The warning signs they see that most Americans are missing.
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William A. Finnegan
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Thank you for your interest... now piss off
Really? This is the face of constituent relations?
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William A. Finnegan
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Eight Generations Later, America remains at war with itself
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William A. Finnegan
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No Story Left to Believe
How Narrative Collapse Is Driving Institutional Breakdown
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Martin Luz
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It Only Breaks If You Break It
Protestors may not accomplish much today, but only a fool concludes its futile.
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William A. Finnegan
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