The national power company Luz y Fuerza (Light and Power) has reported a huge surge started at the unheard-of time of 6am, when the match kicked off.

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As Arnold Kling has written, the primacy of power is assumed while the idea that power should be decentralized and rolled back is perceived as the truly fringe-y idea.

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