5LL #386: Iran, China, Minnesota, Polymarket, Marxism
Fool Me Twice: The Case for War With Iran Is Even Thinner Than It Was for Iraq
Séamus Malekafzali, The Intercept
The case for invading Iraq was based on lies. The Trump administration’s case for war with Iran hardly exists at all.
Sinophobic Sinophilia
The Editors, n+1
Fear of American decline has shadowed our politics for half a century, but never before has our slow fall been so mirrored and mocked by another’s rapid rise.
Minnesota Nice
Becca Young, The Baffler
Many see the sacrifices they’re making for the sake of their immigrant neighbors as the only reasonable choice.
Prediction Marketing
Ayesha A. Siddiqi, Substack
The prediction market boom is liquidity extraction before a liquidity crisis.
Marxism Can Still Change the World
David Harvey, The New Statesman
I have spent my life interpreting capitalism in order to build an alternative.