Late Stage America
Late Stage America: Are We There Yet?
The Kids on the Bus (S2.Chapter 36)
Pete Hegseth tells West Point graduates that diversity is weakness and unity is strength. Lloyd remembers a school bus in 1979, a song about Iran, and the terrifying comfort of belonging. A meditation on masculinity, nationalism, softness, and refusing to sing along.
The Meridian Doctrine (S2.Chapter 35)
Lloyd enters a luxury retreat where wellness, power, and spiritual branding begin to blur together. Chapter 35 asks: what happens when affirmation becomes more intoxicating than action?