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Brand power is a legal monopoly: Coke has a monopoly on Coke and Philip Morris has a monopoly on Marlboros.

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So… I take it you are not a dispensationalist? 😂 I never really picked a side but lean towards covenant theology. Still, the existence of the modern Jewish state in Palestine is a remarkable phenomenon regardless of whether and how God used American evangelical Christians.

I think your biological Leninism steady state goes a long way in explaining the Democratic Party’s move towards the highest possible voter participation. When both parties were seeking to capture the functional middle class there was no such impetus.

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Agree, and I think Israel demonstrates the way forward in so many ways for conservatives in all nations. Strong borders, leaning into identity, a lack of guilt in doing what is necessary to survive even in a tragic situation with a lot of suffering on the other side, and the nurturing of pro-family culture internally to sustain the nation into the future.

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