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Aphoristic broadsides on money and power. Exactly 499 words. No hedging.

499 is a small, slow blog: every essay is exactly 499 words, posted whenever there's something worth saying rather than on any fixed schedule. No pretence to expertise here, just notes from paying attention.

The writer stays anonymous, on purpose. The words matter; the person behind them doesn't. If something here resonates, take it, use it, pass it on.