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Generation Theory

Path dependency and our political parties.

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Jonathan V. Last
June 4, 2021∙ Paid
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1. Generational Turnover

News from this morning: Allen West—the guy who’s just asking questions about secession—is resigning his post as chairman of the Texas Republican party in order to run for governor.

Is this good news or bad news? I don’t know enough about Texas politics to say.

What I can tell you, though, is that…

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