seeing a strong effort to re-centralize information distribution and bring thought and communication back under regime control. regimes that govern according to the ideological principles of their people are strong and don't need to be oppressive to rule. Others, like Putin's,
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are weak, and need to do things like assassinate journalists instead of just mocking them on twitter. but i think USG is drifting away from the principles of its people (which is why it wants a new people), and keyboard skirmishing, to the extent that it helps keep the overton
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window where it belongs, helps limit the regime's ability to misbehave - it's a corrective. while skirmish participants never seem to change their minds, which can encourage cynicism, i know observers often do (i'm thinking of
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To be fair, my interaction with Clarkhats world both solidified my support for militias...and my support for the American Empire.
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America's Red Empire, or America's Blue Empire?
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The imposition of American power, as a whole, over the globe. If for no other reason than to prevent a vacuum.
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Nothing wrong with a Pax Americana, but I think we need a better Americana to accomplish it in any worthwhile way.
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I agree! But I don't see a path to that. Not to be intentionally insulting but I see the path towards that via Helicopter Twitter to resemble the notion of achieving Communism via Socialism. Wishful thinking. I will keep working on marginal improvement to mediocrity.
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...and pray for an IQ plague, a better Navy, and a sensor wall built for function rather than edifice.
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Sucking a wolf tit?
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Losing the Trojan War?
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