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July 2026
Tokenizing Succession
“We can compress the hyperstitching of soliciting the center with prolonging the imperative (credit/ledgering with scenic design) by defining money as options on succession—that is, credit determined…”
Bouvard on MAGA's Candace Owens Problem
“We'll see how much of a killer instinct MAGA has--will they take out Candace Owens and her orbiters once and for all? How many circles of orbiters? Considered rigorously, those circles might expand…”
Bouvard on Language, Inquiry, and Self-Becoming
“I wonder what Erika Kirk's approval ratings are, and whether she has helpful supporters telling her she has cater to her critics and find better PR. @slooperbia50068 I just write to follow and…”
Bouvard on Woke Right Strategy and Jury Poisoning
“Maybe the strategy of the "woke right" is simply to poison the jury pool on a national scale so that no one can ever get convicted for a crime they want to remain indefinitely open. They could then…”
Bouvard on Tribal Organization and State Collapse
“Authority over Truth @truepeers In general, yes, but there may be some exceptions, probably in highly attenuated (or degraded) forms. I'm thinking about tribes in a strong sense, with vendettas, an…”
Bouvard on Privacy as Legal Artifact
“I wonder how much of our concept of "privacy" is the residue of doctrine and precedent regarding the procurement of search warrants. Whatever is off-limits to the search gets tagged as representing…”
Bouvard on AI Data Gathering and Identity Politics
“I don't see academic critics of AI and current data practices yet seeing the relationship between new modes of information gathering they fear will have deleterious effects on those othered along…”
Bouvard on Vance's Intellectual Dependencies and Influences
“I suppose the smear campaign by Vanceists against those critical of the MoU is also over--for now, at least. @slooperbia50068 Does Hanania ever explain why he thinks something is true or does he…”
Bouvard on Right-Wing Sabotage and Political Naivete
“NEONTR is coming to fore again in connection with the question of whether to condemn the Patriot Front. The NEONTRs think that those threatening to expose the PF are infected by anti-racism, hence…”
Bouvard on Trump's Middle East Settlement Durability
“The question of the scene Trump is designing in the Middle East is less a question of whom he is pro or anti but, simply, whether he is building to last. Which parties does he expect to continue to…”
Bouvard on Generational Politics and Mimetic Reactivity
“I would never generalize about people in their teens-late 20s but it's telling that Zoomer hype never attributes any goals or ambitions for those it purports to speak for or even solutions to any…”
Paradox and Post-Dox
“If we are no longer to think in terms of the liberal social contract in which we are each of us free individuals whose protection is guaranteed by the state on condition of law abidingness and not…”
June 2026
Bouvard on AI-Enhanced Vigilante Narratives
“I expect a new right wing subculture of using AI to improve and flesh out Citizen Vigilante. It's a bare sketch that could be filled in in so many ways. It would be better than complaining, or…”
Bouvard on Deal-Making and Political Commitment
“When you make a deal you stake your political standing on the outcome of the deal and therefore find you have an interest in protecting your partner in the deal. This observation is so elementary…”
Bouvard on Mockery Versus Critique in Politics
“The deal is dead; long live the deal! @slooperbia50068 I'm mocking the deal. It seems better than a critique, of which there are already many. @slooperbia50068 I haven't run the numbers but mockery…”
Bouvard on Israel War Endgame and Iran Strategy
“The anti-Israel Firsters are declaring the war over and trying to create whatever facts they can on the "ground" to ensure that becomes the obvious assumption. They have been attacking Shapiro and…”
Bouvard on JCPOA's Illusory Inspection Regime
“There doesn't seem to be an argument for the deal itself, other than the patently absurd boasting about getting Iran to promise for the nth time not to seek nuclear weapons. Otherwise, it's "look at…”
Bouvard on Trump's Middle East Regional Realignment
“My guess is that, stalled in the dislodging of the regime and prioritizing immediate economic and political imperatives, Trump shifted from organizing the Middle East in terms of an…”
Bouvard on Israel-Lebanon Test of Iran Deal
“Israel in Lebanon is a perfect test case for the deal. If the deal represents Iranian surrender and maybe even a trigger for regime change, not only will there be no interest in protecting Iran's…”
Bouvard on Iran's Regional Capitulation and Israel
“Anyway, if the deal is about money for uranium "deblending" it doesn't seem like Israel and Lebanon have anything to do with it. There's no reason why Israel shouldn't keep eliminating Hezbollah…”
Hyperstitching the Soliciting of the Center and the Prolonging of the Imperative
“Sovereignty, tech and finance are to be articulated into a single scenic articulation, which on the terms of center study means the articulation of succession, the soliciting of the center and the…”
Bouvard on Iran Regime Change and Diplomatic Strategy
“Not wanting regime change means you will ultimately act in favor of regime preservation. @Imperius__13 Between one regime and another? No. It will be all Islamic Republic or not at all.…”
Bouvard on Political Deals and Domestic Enemies
“Those who will attack you now for opposing the deal will attack you later for insisting that the deal be enforced because any unpleasantness upsets all those who have acquired some kind of interest…”
Bouvard on Trump, Iran, and Regime Dissolution
“Any assessment of whatever deal (if any) Trump signs also has to be an assessment of what, exactly, remains of the Islamic Republic at this point, and I don't see how anyone without high level…”
Bouvard on Nuclear Diplomacy's Hidden Strategic Purpose
“It's impossible not to know that one can't make a deal in which one party agrees to *never* have nuclear weapons, so something else is going on here. It's really quite a spectacle. @Imperius__13 If…”
Bouvard on Vance Criticism and Coordinated Suppression
“Some wagons circling around Vance who, it appears, must not be criticized, otherwise Jews and supporters of Israel will pay. Very little interest in the substance or validity of the criticism. Seems…”
Bouvard on Victimary Logic and Antisemitism
“Eric Gans wrote a lot about the victimary and then he wrote a lot about antisemitism but I don't recall him ever suggesting that in any victimary system of thought the Jews will ultimately be placed…”
Bouvard on Power, Resentment, and Trump Discourse
“Take, say, 100 accounts and follow their fluctuations regarding Trump over the years. You could turn this into a study of the dialectic of power and resentment. It would be like following a devout…”
Bouvard on Sovereignty Property versus Tribal Loyalty
“Sovereignty as property and tribal/racial loyalty are rival right-wing projects, both at odds with the US constitutional order. But sovereignty as property might get there with a few modifications;…”