It’s so striking how dizzy Nate is here, and frankly a bit lazy. Not a drop of historical context, just vibes, to essentially write a “kids these days” post. It’s so incurious and vapid.

Liberals in the US are really struggling with having a left flank, after decades of thinking gay marriage is okay was the civil rights end game—and they were blessed with the wisdom and heart to see it. Turns out the overton window has moved, and they’re stuck in a gray middle ground. All the horseshoes and pyramids won’t retrieved that smugness lost