Elite Capture

Degrowth Isn’t Saving the Planet—It’s Protecting the Rich

The degrowth movement sounds noble—save the planet by consuming less. But when you trace the money, you find it’s bankrolled by 19th-century family fortunes. They already have all the wealth. Degrowth is their strategy to freeze the economy, stop upward mobility, and lock in their dominance. Don’t be fooled. The rich aren’t asking you to sacrifice for the planet; they’re asking you to sacrifice for them.

The Epstein Survivors Are About to Be Betrayed Again. And You’re Not Supposed to Notice.

Todd Blanche’s appointment to lead the DOJ threatens to quietly derail the pursuit of justice for Epstein survivors. But this isn’t just about one case — it’s a systemic pattern where leadership changes are weaponized to kill investigations into the powerful. The survivors, who waited years for accountability, are about to be betrayed again by a system that was never designed to protect them.

The 17 Students Who Failed a High School Math Test Exposed the Lie at the Heart of China’s Elite Education

Seventeen Tsinghua Yau math ‘geniuses’ failed a Beijing high school math exam, exposing a systemic flaw: elite selection mechanisms designed to find talent are being captured by credential-optimizing families. The competition results—Peking University sweeping all top prizes—confirm that Tsinghua’s pipeline is broken, and Shing-Tung Yau’s own warnings about ‘overfitting’ apply to his own institution.