It's amazing to see these supergenius tech bros, who claim to have the ability to fix all our problems with government, fail to grasp even the basics of modern American fiscal & economic history. Just embarrassing stuff.

So here's a lesson for you, @DavidSacks.

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https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1890891286095237158

The men who came back from WWII voted for a massive expansion of our already-growing social welfare state, one that was built by the man their parents voted for, FDR. They didn't want to pay exorbitant taxes, so they financed it with debt.

Had a great dinner tonight at Lazy Days South here in Marathon.

Went with a bit of a Cinco de Mayo theme to honor the defeat of the French by our Mexican neighbors 161 years ago today. Started off with a spicy margarita, while my wife had a Corona.

#twittersupperclub For food, we began with a couple of appetizers: raw oysters & conch ceviche. The ceviche was quite tasty, especially with some lemon & avocado. And the oysters were downright spectacular. They were enormous, too, which is always a treat!

#twittersupperclub

To round out the day in Key West, we stopped at the awesome Hemingway House museum, where the famed author spent quite a bit of his fascinating life.

The whole place was about as Key West as you could get, from the architecture, to the gardens, to the cats everywhere.

1/7 The interior of the house was awesome & chock full of Hemingway history. The tour guides are informative & quite humorous too.

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A brief 🧵:

The impact of the pandemic on mental health has been enormous. I've heard a lot about this from close family members who are psychotherapists. But as far as I can tell, the virus itself isn't the proximate cause.

1/ We humans are biologically programmed to thrive on social interactions & live in social situations. But in the past year, those basic human interactions & needs were newly coded as terrifying, dangerous, & even potentially deadly.

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I'm reading The Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes for fun (yes, I'm a huge nerd) & it's remarkable at how many passages stood out as applicable or relevant to our modern day. This thread will contain a few standouts from my reading. 🧵 This first one really made me stop & reread it: "The technique of translating specific complaints into general political demands would become a standard procedure for Russian liberals & radicals. It precluded compromises & partial reforms: nothing, it was alleged, could be...