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Tom MacWright · 4 Jun 2026 · macwright.com ↗

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Democratic power ultimately rests on ordinary people controlling resources rulers depend on, like labor and tax revenue

Their wordsThe governed have something the governors need: labor, tax revenue, military service, consumer spending. This dependency is the source of democratic leverage.
Our reading
Younger generations are rejecting AI hype while older generations, who stand to benefit from it, remain optimistic

Their wordsthere's a consistent theme where Gen Z (and millennials, to some extent) are rejecting the AI hype while older generations are optimistic and coincidentally in a position to benefit from it.