1. I have a few brief thoughts on Gore Vidal, the National Enquirer, Donald Trump, Sino/Russian/American relations & 1970s science fiction.
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Yes and no. British Francophobia and French Anglophobia have effectively thwarted cooperation between UKIP and F-Haine.
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12. I explore these connections in greater detail here:https://newrepublic.com/article/139817/donald-trump-wants-ignore-russia-worry-china …
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Yes, Donald Trump thinks he can use an alliance with Russia against China. Russia is playing him (us) against China.
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1/ Central contradiction of Vidal: greatest American historical novels (Burr, 1876, Lincoln). Idiot historian. One thing he clearly saw...
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Didn't John Lukacs predict a re-separation of populations along racial/ethic lines, with American "white flight" as an example?
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That sounds right. Lukacs was close to Kennan, who had similar thoughts.
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2/ Arc of American history was toward building a new kind of empire.
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The complication is convergence of isolationism & a self-styled "left" anti-imperialism.
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Isolationism is not always from the right, although it is mostly so.
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liberal internationalism is responsible for the death of many more foreigners than the isolationism you malign
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