NO, AUTHORITARIANS MUST BE DEFEATED I’m exhausted by the right wing mid-wittery’

NO, AUTHORITARIANS MUST BE DEFEATED
I’m exhausted by the right wing mid-wittery’s ramblings of those powerless and simple trying to justify doing nothing to counter the re-emergence of authoritarian empires, despite that the cause and purpose of the world wars was the end of the age of agrarian empires and their replacement with industrial nation states – a process continuing and not yet complete. But the only one under which we are relatively safe for the future.

The post-WWII international system was founded on the idea of transcending authoritarian empires in favor of sovereign nation-states operating within a rules-based order. This project remains unfinished and faces major challenges from both new and old forms of autocracy.

No, Russia, China, Iran, and South Korea must forever be prohibited from denying other peoples self determination by self determined means.

We always exit wars before thoroughly defeating the enemy. This is a western tradition that cannot continue in the context of broader world affairs.

If you are too gutless to fix your government, do not presume that the enemy of your enemy is your friend. He’s just a different enemy.