The serialized argument, written in the open.https://the-leveling.pages.dev/https://the-leveling.pages.dev/essays/the-stain/https://the-leveling.pages.dev/essays/the-stain/There are two stories about how the many came to be ruled by the few. The comfortable one says it was done to us. The worse one — and worse is usually a sign a thing is closer to true — says we let go. This is the whole book on a napkin: stain, wave, chokepoint, channel.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT