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1. Mark my words: the Trumpian counter-narrative is already shaping up. If things go really bad, Trump will (as he's done all along) find other people to blame: China, Democratic governors. It fits in with his existing narrative of xenophobia and anti-cosmopolitanism.
2. Let's assume a political best case scenario: Trump defeated in fall election. Even then, he and his followers (who will remain plurality of GOP) will blame everything on China/Dem Governors/Deep State etc.
3. If Trump is defeated, he'll still retain his hold on a large chunk one of America's political parties. He'll continue to tweet conspiracy theories. He might run again (as a way of ensuring that he can accuse any criminal prosecution can be portrayed as political persecution)
4. And Trump won't be alone. Under a Democratic president, plenty of rightwing outlets will continue to defend him -- just as many right wing historians continue to defend Herbert Hoover, Joseph McCarthy, and Richard Nixon. There will be no consensus on his awfulness.
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1. So I have a few thoughts on Richard A. Epstein, shoddy contrarian arguments about coronavirus pandemic, the anti-empiricism of Austrian economics, the popularity of dubious neo-Larmarckian biology among conservatives, John Lukacs, & the science fiction of Gene Wolfe.
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Richard A. Epstein, the influential coronavirus contrarian, is the second worst person with that surname, but he's making a bid for the top spot. Chotiner's interview with him is, as one would expect, an intellectual slaughter.
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1. The whole debate about "enthusiasm" for Biden is badly framed. In normal election, Democrats need both their loyal partisans and more marginal voters (who tend to be younger & poorer). Clinton 2016 had plenty of enthusiasm among partisans but fell short with marginal voters.
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