Steve Barrera
@stevebarrera.bsky.social
One of the 75 million. Here for Bluer skies. Partner to @happymomster.bsky.social.
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My latest on Substack, subject: America's terrible healthcare system. Please subscribe on Subtack if you would like to read more of my work. Thank you!
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The High Cost of Living in America
Can we do anything about it?
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November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My latest on Substack, subject: America's terrible healthcare system. Please subscribe on Subtack if you would like to read more of my work. Thank you!
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This week's Substack article.
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Turning and Turning in a Widening Gyre
Comparing our current revolution to a famous one from the past
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November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This week's Substack article.
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Another Substack post this week, looking at the periodic revolutionary transformation of the political order in the United States. We're doing it right now! It's scary, too!
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This Latest American Revolution
I think we're up to four now?
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November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Another Substack post this week, looking at the periodic revolutionary transformation of the political order in the United States. We're doing it right now! It's scary, too!
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New Substack post, in which I disclose the third and final slogan of our new dystopia.
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Back to the Future; or, Get Me out of this Timeline!
In which I discover the third and final slogan of the market state dystopia
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November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Substack post, in which I disclose the third and final slogan of our new dystopia.
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From the Substack. Always with the comparing the U.S. to Rome, what is that about..?
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The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
It's OK, it happened to all the other Empires, too
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November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
From the Substack. Always with the comparing the U.S. to Rome, what is that about..?
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I'm *really* liking my chances now.
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm *really* liking my chances now.
My latest on Substack. The cruelty is the point, they say, but how did we get here?
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This Cruel Age
How did we get so mean?
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November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My latest on Substack. The cruelty is the point, they say, but how did we get here?
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From the blog. I'm doing a lot of writing these days, keeping up with both my blog and my Substack publication.
In this post, I discuss how Halloween is as important an American holiday now as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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In this post, I discuss how Halloween is as important an American holiday now as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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As American as Spooky Fun and Branded Merch
In a recent post, I praised the NFL for being woke by inviting a Spanish-language Puerto Rican rapper to headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show, and lambasted the MAGA reactionaries for throwing …
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October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
From the blog. I'm doing a lot of writing these days, keeping up with both my blog and my Substack publication.
In this post, I discuss how Halloween is as important an American holiday now as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
stevebarrera.com/as-american-...
In this post, I discuss how Halloween is as important an American holiday now as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
stevebarrera.com/as-american-...
New article up on Substack, where I examine the question of whether the U.S. Republic has fallen, as the Roman Repbulic did in a past millennium.
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How's that Republic Going, America?
Addressing the eternal "are we Rome?" question
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October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New article up on Substack, where I examine the question of whether the U.S. Republic has fallen, as the Roman Repbulic did in a past millennium.
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Most recent Substack article. New one drops tomorrow!
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Welcome Back to the Mafia State!
You thought you were out, didn't you?
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October 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Most recent Substack article. New one drops tomorrow!
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I've fallen behind on sharing my Substack articles here on Bluesky. Here's one from nearly 2 weeks ago, which introduces the second of three new slogans for our dystopia:
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Public Service Announcement: Embrace Your Doom
The modern state's mandate for despair, and the next slogan for our new dystopia
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October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I've fallen behind on sharing my Substack articles here on Bluesky. Here's one from nearly 2 weeks ago, which introduces the second of three new slogans for our dystopia:
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I hope someday we defeat fascism and in the far future, No Kings Day is celebrated as a federal holiday, and little children leave out dance mixtapes and cookies for the Resistance Frog, who leaves pocket Constitutions in their shoes.
October 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I hope someday we defeat fascism and in the far future, No Kings Day is celebrated as a federal holiday, and little children leave out dance mixtapes and cookies for the Resistance Frog, who leaves pocket Constitutions in their shoes.
Of course I was at a No Kings rally. How about you?
October 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Of course I was at a No Kings rally. How about you?
From the blog. Kudos to the NFL for their choice for Super Bowl halftime show next year. Welcoming Latin Americans into the fold is the right direction for the U.S. of A. Spanish-speaking Americans been a part of this experiment for a long time.
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MAGA’s Bad Bunny Conniption Exposes Their Retrograde Agenda
The National Football League announced last month that rapper Bad Bunny, who is Puerto Rican, will headline the halftime show at the Super Bowl next February. This got MAGA in a tizzy – as ev…
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October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
From the blog. Kudos to the NFL for their choice for Super Bowl halftime show next year. Welcoming Latin Americans into the fold is the right direction for the U.S. of A. Spanish-speaking Americans been a part of this experiment for a long time.
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My latest Substack article about our More is Less dystopia.
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The Land of (Unequal) Opportunity
Far removed from the Land of (More Equal) Outcomes
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October 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My latest Substack article about our More is Less dystopia.
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I like logging into Goodreads and seeing this. I think I'm gonna make it this year!
October 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I like logging into Goodreads and seeing this. I think I'm gonna make it this year!
My latest Substack article, in which I introduce the first of three slogans for our new dystopia.
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What Happened to the Internet?
How the foundation of the market state got rotted, plus the first slogan for our new dystopia
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October 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My latest Substack article, in which I introduce the first of three slogans for our new dystopia.
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I conclude my market state series on Substack with a dystopian twist.
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The Orwellian Market State
Part 3 of a series.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I conclude my market state series on Substack with a dystopian twist.
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1. I don’t know who is going to win the fight over the shutdown of the US government. I do know that it’s wrong for Donald Trump and the Republicans to do nothing while 24 million Americans enrolled in state exchanges watch their health insurance premiums spike by two, three or four times.
October 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
1. I don’t know who is going to win the fight over the shutdown of the US government. I do know that it’s wrong for Donald Trump and the Republicans to do nothing while 24 million Americans enrolled in state exchanges watch their health insurance premiums spike by two, three or four times.
Being not so gently reminded today that this meme I got somewhere accurately describes the administration’s “grand strategy” for the new world order.
September 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Being not so gently reminded today that this meme I got somewhere accurately describes the administration’s “grand strategy” for the new world order.
New post up on the blog! Yes, still writing there as well as on Substack. Revisiting the topic of COVID, which I blogged about *a lot* during the pandemic, when I was over on the hell site.
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COVID-19 Retrospective
Do y’all remember that we had a pandemic? And that it was a seriously big deal, that had the world in a panic? At the onset, there were overwhelmed health care systems. As it went on, overflo…
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September 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New post up on the blog! Yes, still writing there as well as on Substack. Revisiting the topic of COVID, which I blogged about *a lot* during the pandemic, when I was over on the hell site.
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New post up on substack!
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Red State Rising
Dispatch from the information warfare front
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September 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New post up on substack!
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When it’s all over, the tribunals will be held at Quantico.
September 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
When it’s all over, the tribunals will be held at Quantico.
Between doing nothing about school shootings and now ending vaccine mandates this is what the children must be thinking about older generations.
September 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Between doing nothing about school shootings and now ending vaccine mandates this is what the children must be thinking about older generations.
Continuing my market state series on substack.
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War in the Market State Era
Or, why World War III doesn't look like it used to. Part 2 of a series.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Continuing my market state series on substack.
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