Thought: If you try to be on all the good guy teams, you’ll almost certainly end up one of the unambiguous bad guys. The trick is to carefully pick a few thoughtfully chosen bad-guy teams.

Mine:

1. Anti-Straussian
2. Pro-mediocrity

I probably have room for 3 more

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Have you written on your take around "Pro-mediocrity" anywhere yet @vgr? Will you?

Why yes, I've written almost an entire book's worth on mediocrity 
https://www.ribbonfarm.com/series/mediocratopia/

(not to mention it being a B-plot theme in various other writings)

https://warpcast.com/pjc/0x2acbefbe