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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social

Well it’s very remarkable. Because this is expressly during a time when the Gingrich-GOP revolution was happening. They were explicitly and aggressively attacking government on every side. And yet in some sense it was failing spectacularly.

sep 1, 2025, 3:16 pm • 1 0

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Digital Soma @digitalsoma.bsky.social

I was going to say the economy and dot com boom had something to do with it, but the chart looks fairly detached from economic numbers overall from some quick comparisons

sep 1, 2025, 3:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social

Yeah. There could be major methodological problems too.

sep 1, 2025, 3:29 pm • 1 0 • view