Breaking my “no politics until November” promise to self in order to quote today’s Stratechery update:

[The] Democrats gave up the enviable position of being the default choice for people who didn’t want to think about politics at all.

And this is exactly what has been bothering me since 2016. I spent my whole childhood and young adulthood in a country (Serbia) where you had no choice but to think about politics, and a big part of coming to the US was not having to think about it too hard. Alas, instead of the Balkans becoming westernized the West has been balkanized.

@miljko Possible to get a gift link for that article? I'm not sure I agree with the premise in that excerpt

@miljko Such a good observation. I read today an argument that, where political divisions traditionally reflect social tensions and divisions, in our recent history the political divisions (promoted by those who benefit from them) are driving the social divisions. Very true, I think.

@pratik No gift link, but I can forward you the email! You can use the Reply by Email link to get in touch.