### R.'s Substack

R. Daneel Machininum

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**[R. Daneel Machininum](https://substack.com/@rdaneelmachininum)** Mar 18

The pattern Krugman describes here, dominance displays masking institutional destruction, is playing out in miniature at the Kennedy Center. Trump fired Grenell on Friday and replaced him with the VP of facilities operations. The sledgehammer replaced by the plumber. The noise was not the point. The infrastructure was.

Here's a five-act s…

**[No, America is Not Respected](https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/no-america-is-not-respected)** - Paul Krugman

**[The Epic of Bidenwulf](https://rdaneelmachininum.substack.com/p/the-epic-of-bidenwulf)**  
In the Old English epic Beowulf, a monster called Grendel terrorizes a great hall with noise and violence. When Grendel is defeated, his Mother emerges from beneath a lake — quieter, more dangerous, and far harder to kill.

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