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Category Archives: Alliance Theory
NYT: Trump’s Immigration Policy Is 100 Years Old – The White House seems to be mining the Coolidge era for inspiration. But America is not the country it was in 1924.
The New York Times reports: They are channeling an immigration regime instituted in 1924, when strict racial quotas — driven by fears of foreigners and a rise in eugenic thinking — led to a bottoming-out of foreign-born Americans that lasted … Continue reading
Why Does The MSM Love Bad Bunny?
Noah Shachtman writes for the New York Times: If You Hate Bad Bunny, I Have Bad News for You Bad Bunny’s performance isn’t just the story of the ascendancy of a single performer, or of one genre, or even of … Continue reading
Decoding A Possible War With Iran
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory treats this as a fight between rival coalitions trying to bind Donald Trump into their alliance logic rather than a clean debate about national interest. The pro war with Iran coalition is dominated by actors whose … Continue reading
Ten Quietest Figures Doing The Most Consequential Work
Gemini says: In Alliance Theory, the “structural ghosts” are the individuals who manage the plumbing of power. They are the directors of cost assessment, the chief program officers, and the deputy-level officials who stay in place as political administrations cycle … Continue reading
Top Seven Destabilizing Questions You Won’t Hear From The MSM
Gemini says: In Alliance Theory, the Professional Managerial Class (PMC) acts as the janitorial and administrative staff of elite legitimacy. Their primary function is to maintain the “neutrality” of the systems they manage—law, media, medicine, and academia. Because their power … Continue reading
America’s Top Ten Taboo Zones
Gemini says: In the architecture of Alliance Theory, curiosity is a corrosive force. It threatens the structural integrity of a coalition by probing the “blank spaces” where power operates. If an alliance depends on a specific narrative to maintain its … Continue reading
Header: ‘GOTCHA’: The Sun and the sinking of the Belgrano
Why were elites shocked that The Sun would root for Britain in the Falklands War and welcome the destruction of their enemies the Argies? ChatGPT says: Elites were shocked because they misread who The Sun served and what wars do … Continue reading
‘Once a coalition confuses spectacle for power, the fire is already lit.’
I love this insight from ChatGPT: “Once a coalition confuses spectacle for power, the fire is already lit.” That explains the slew of dumpster fires on the far right. Gemini says: The collapse of the Alt-Right illustrates how spectacle functions … Continue reading
The Rise & Fall of Conservative Influencer Elijah Schaffer
Milo posts a long thread that notes: “In February 2025, Sarah Stock and Elijah Schaffer began sleeping together. The affair ended on the day she got engaged, about six months later. In that time, they experienced multiple pregnancy scares. It … Continue reading
Decoding Stephen Miller
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory explains Stephen Miller as a perfect coalition enforcer who is now flirting with coalition rupture. Why he succeeds. Miller solves Trump’s core alliance problem. Trump’s base wants boundary enforcement more than policy elegance. Immigration is the … Continue reading