Notes From Plague Island

Notes From Plague Island

Innocence Is a Lie We Pay For: National Myth and the Road to Unfreedom

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Notes From Plague Island
Jan 05, 2026
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A presidency reduced to pantomime: ritual, flags, and gesture standing in for responsibility, while performance replaces governance and symbolism does the work policy no longer does.

Every nation tell…

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