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Does the social contract even exist any more?

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A lot of things happened online in the last week. Politically, the No Kings protests drew more than 7 million protestors, while Donald Trump imposed additional tariffs on Canada for hurting his feelings and the government shutdown entered its third week. Last week we discussed racist Republican group chats and Democrat Graham Platner’s questionable social media history, and in an update that will scandalize and shock you, yet another Trump nominee was caught calling himself a Nazi in group chats and Platner was discovered to have a Nazi ‘Totenkopf’ skull tattoo. Non-politically, there’s a hurricane barreling towards the Caribbean, daring thieves stole some of the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre, and NBA players and coaches were accused of rigging poker games and manipulating sports bets. And yet, even with all these big things going on the world, the items that I couldn’t stop thinking about were much smaller in scale. Perhaps because they’re small it’s easier to grasp them, easier

A lot of things happened online in the last week. Politically, the No Kings protests drew more than 7 million protestors, while Donald Trump imposed additional tariffs on Canada for hurting his feelings and the government shutdown entered its third week. Last week we discussed racist Republican group chats and Democrat Graham Platner’s questionable social media history, and in an update that will scandalize and shock you, yet another Trump nominee was caught calling himself a Nazi in group chats and Platner was discovered to have a Nazi ‘Totenkopf’ skull tattoo. Non-politically, there’s a…

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