Leviathan’s Favorite Crisis: The Government Shutdown
Every few years, Washington stages the same tired play. The countdown clock ticks, headlines scream “shutdown,” and politicians shuffle in front of cameras to tell us how catastrophic it will be if Leviathan doesn’t get its money on time.
This is theater and it’s theater that Leviathan thrives on.
Shutdowns are not accidents. They are the inevitable bypro…
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