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  UNFTR Weekly Roundup Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up here!   Max Notes Disaster Privilege Elections come fast and furious in America, and money has amplified the ability of the political class to bombard us with messaging more often over longer periods of time. What used to punctuate life is now a constant state. And we’re always in the most consequential election of our lifetimes.   And, oh how grand and expensive this theater has become. Elon Musk is digging through seat cushions in his Tesla for loose change to support Republicans in the midterms. He’s committed between $270 and $360 million, depending on the reporting outlet, to maintain the Republican majority in Congress. This has contributed massively to the polarized divide of our politics and the spectacle of it all. Forget baseball or “Monday Night Football,” politics is the new official national pastime.   Widen the lens and you realize that we’re not alone. People the world over are agitat...