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THE DAILY DRIP
THE AGE OF MORAL OUTSOURCING
By Stub Froth — February 4, 2026
We still tell ourselves history is driven by villains. A bad king. A crooked magnate. A tyrant with a mustache and a microphone.
That story is comforting. It means if we find the monster, we can slay it.
But modern power doesn’t look like a monster.
It looks like a workflow.
We have built a world where enormous consequences are produced by people who can honestly say, “I didn’t do anything wrong.”
“In modern systems, nobody pulls the lever — they just maintain the machine.” — Stub Froth
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STUB SHOTS // FEBRUARY 4, 2026
The Comeback Industrial Complex
February 4, 2026 — 7:56 PM ET
I like Lindsey Vonn. She’s tough, accomplished, and wired like all elite athletes are — which is to say, allergic to the word “enough.” But let’s not pretend this is just about grit and legacy.
This is about television.
A 41-year-old skiing the Milan Cortina Olympics on a torn ACL isn’t just a medical decision. It’s a programming decision. And the fact that it’s even happening tells you more about the Olympics than it does about her knee.
The Games used to be appointment viewing. Now they’re fighting for attention in a world where people watch strangers open Pokémon cards for six hours straight.
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