So whats the situation now Brussels considers a request to postpone brexit and if they refuse its hard brexit Does Boris get to make the request can he just do a really shit job of it so they say "no" Don't quite understand what parliament thinks its gonna accomplish (?)
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Was listening to Durant talking about medieval englands political institutions Idk fam seems like theyve fallen a long long way You know they used to oblige /everyone/ or at least the men to train at arm's Now its all "eek knives"
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I dont believe any modern country actually appreciates what it took to make good institutions People in countries that have them were basically just born into them and dont reverence them as social Magic as they used to This is spooky Something something saeculum
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Partly this manifested in the insane tabula rasa nation building of the 90s/00s We learned the lesson that you cant just foist good political institutions on a country with shit social institutions but the corollary that political institutions go to shit when society decays? Naw
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Anyway I'm not optimistic about the future of the West
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well I see us controlling the map far into the future but uh lot of good thats doing for Rome rnhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1161403508639166466?s=19 …
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no I mean how long do you think the institutional decay will continue for? or is that your answer...
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