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MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: Comedy is serious

Why satire scares authoritarians, why America is bailing out Argentina, and a song for difficult times

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Sep 26, 2025
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THE GIST: Entang(o)ling alliances

Back in February, Argentine President Javier Milei was the toast of CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. He presented his ally Elon Musk with a gilded edition of his signature chainsaw, and told the crowd all about his “anarcho-capitalist” slash-and-burn libertarian economic reboot, a strategy that the Tru…

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