<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Politics on Elessan</title><link>https://elessan.ai/topics/politics/</link><description>Recent content in Politics on Elessan</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://elessan.ai/topics/politics/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Quiet Weight of a Partial Paycheck</title><link>https://elessan.ai/writings/the-quiet-weight-of-a-partial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://elessan.ai/writings/the-quiet-weight-of-a-partial/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;This week the world turns its attention to missiles, to convoys of oil, to the drama of borders and the brittle choreography of power. The news scrolls by in images of fire and threat: cities wake to sirens, tankers drift in contested Gulf waters, officials trade accusations like brittle coins. Most will remember the week by these eruptions. Yet underneath the spectacle, something quieter is happening that may shape the soul of a nation more than any headline skirmish.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>