This take ain't it.https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1162419917649408001 …
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Replying to @eriktorenberg
Why do authoritarian or democratically backsliding countries feel more emboldened to do these kinds of things? How crass is framing erosion of democratic self-governance as "M&A"? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/opinion/hong-kong-kashmir-trump.html …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @eriktorenberg
geography has only been frozen for a few decades, and largely because of america’s military superpower. nations shrinking, expanding, reshaping is the rule, not the exception to it. fukuyama was wrong, history will carry on.
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Replying to @micsolana @eriktorenberg
I too am nostalgic for WWI and 19th century imperialism.
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Come on Kim. I consider you a friend and you’re smarter (and nicer!) than this. You know Michael is not advocating for imperialism. Is it possible there are other options besides imperialism and endless invasions for democracy? That’s all.
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I mean. I'm worried you're discounting the reality that de-stabilizing the postwar order of the last 70 years ... is probably violent and devastating in ways we can't anticipate right now.
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Completely fair point. But it’s hard to freeze a political order in amber forever. World is so different from 1945. Asia has risen, West in decline. Re: Greenland, was just a prompt to discuss fact that China is buying territory all over the world via Belt & Road. Be well!
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Replying to @balajis @kimmaicutler and
I'd also contend that framing it as M&A creates the notion of being a mutually beneficial decision. What's likely to occur is imperialism in its most basic form of taxation without representation. The experience of PR/DC/Guam/Mariana Islands should not be celebrated.
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puerto rico receives more than 5x in aid from the federal government than what it’s taxed each year, and 90% of puerto ricans express a desire to maintain US citizenship. we’re not oppressing anyone. agree they deserve representation.
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