"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."-Princess Leia in Star Wars Leia wasn't making a political prediction—she was stating a physical law. The Grip as Mandate Tarkin's grip is pure mandatrophy. The Death Star represents the ultimate centralization fantasy: consolidate all military power into a single … Continue reading The Physics of the Grip: Why Leia Was Right
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Refuse That Final Word
"The more authoritarian a social regime is, the more insistently it will simplify the possible responses—always converging on thumbs up or thumbs down—and demand the correct one. I don’t think we live in a totalitarian, or even an authoritarian regime—not even close—but in any given culture there are always authoritarian subcultures, and we have more … Continue reading Refuse That Final Word
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