—“Betrayal can never be forgiven. We can breed new elites. It’ll take time. But even in the meantime we’ll be stronger without treacherous elites than with them. And even with them we’re very nearly strong enough. Some mistakes, you don’t get to make twice.”— Ely Harman
Category: Politics, Power, and Governance
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I told you in 2015 “We are the new right”, back when it was clear to me that the
I told you in 2015 “We are the new right”, back when it was clear to me that the nazi right and the alt right would run out of gas. Anti doesn’t work. You have to be FOR something.
We are the New Right.
Source date (UTC): 2018-05-09 13:55:00 UTC
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I wonder…. let’s say military service of six years, ownership of real property
I wonder…. let’s say military service of six years, ownership of real property, and a wife are required for male suffrage, and three children, a husband, and real property are required for female suffrage. With suffrage comes a substantial discount in fees (taxation), and a substantial increase in insurance (retirement insurance), and that all such insurance accounts are in the singapore model as retirement savings accounts. There is no community property. Children are women’s property until onset of puberty, then males are men’s property until maturity. A family (corporation) insures society against the behavior of their offspring until they also have families. Schools are only until working age (12/puberty), and after that apprenticeships combined with related classes, for two hours a day.
This basically institutionalizes the late medieval upper middle class model.
What happens?
Source date (UTC): 2018-05-09 10:03:00 UTC
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Trump isn’t a neocon (expansionist) he’s trying to withdraw into safety, and foc
Trump isn’t a neocon (expansionist) he’s trying to withdraw into safety, and focus the economy on expansion rather than postwar pacification. That means settling all open disputes (which now include Russia – but the press hasn’t caught onto Russian reduction of military spending and redirection to diversifying the economy), ending Korean conflict and bringing those troops home, and in the middle east, preventing a near monopoly of oil production over there, consequential development of a bourse, and new petro-currency, and the military buildup such an event would permit, and the creation of a wealthy military empire – and instead, he’s doing the obvious that’s been recommended by the generals which is to eliminate any islamic state’s expansionism, preserve egypt, the kingdoms, in the south, israel in the center, and the existing high-violence states in the north. (syria, iraq, iran, pakistan). The assumption at present is that Turkey and Iran will form power centers, and that Turkey will return to the islamic civilization and leave the european civilization and thereby cease being a ‘torn country’. The Palestinians have institutionalized rebellion so everyone is waiting them out. And they’re done for the simple reason that israel will eventually fail demographically about the same time that Palestinians are integrated in the region. So the only remaining problem in this plan is replacing the iranian regime and eliminating it’s nuclear (if not military capacity) and as far as I know, given rates of protest, and the public’s intolerance for more economic suffering due to military expansionism, that’s going to happen.
TRUMP IS DOING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO IN HIS CAMPAIGN. The only thing he isn’t is whatever he can’t because it’s blocked by congress.
Source date (UTC): 2018-05-09 08:15:00 UTC
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THE GRAND STRATEGY OF THE IRAN MOVE As German defense minister said “Iran is on
THE GRAND STRATEGY OF THE IRAN MOVE
As German defense minister said “Iran is on our doorstep so…” meaning that they are afraid because europe is weak. and so they will cave. Meanwhile Trump is trying to force Europeans to redirect their capital to the military which would neutralize their trade advantage with the USA. These things are quite simple as a business person, incomprehensible as a moralist, and inconceivable as an ideologist/theologist.
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Cliffsnotes Version:
by Steven Kolpek
– USA interventionism allowed allies to reduce their military spending
– allies with reduced military spending were able to use funds to leverage trade over US
– US begins to pull out from important areas in middle east
– allies forced to spend more in military
– ally trade leverage reduced due to forced redirection of funds
– MAGA
Source date (UTC): 2018-05-09 08:15:00 UTC
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The left will continue to double down. The right will say ‘enough’. It’s not com
The left will continue to double down.
The right will say ‘enough’.
It’s not complicated.
Source date (UTC): 2018-05-08 22:18:05 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/993978369120358402
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“When leaders again run the real risk of execution, we will again let them reign
—“When leaders again run the real risk of execution, we will again let them reign as kings.”— Steve Pender
(warranty = skin in the game)
Source date (UTC): 2018-05-08 21:11:37 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/993961645889277954
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If you ever ran a company of any scale at all the last thing you would want is v
If you ever ran a company of any scale at all the last thing you would want is voters controlling the decisions.
There is a reason CEO’s exist.
And there is a reason Kings existed.
It’s one thing to collectively fire a ceo or execute a king.
It’s quite another to suggest any form of democracy is a good thing.
Source date (UTC): 2018-05-08 18:34:00 UTC
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The left will continue to double down. The right will say ‘enough’. It’s not com
The left will continue to double down.
The right will say ‘enough’.
It’s not complicated.
Source date (UTC): 2018-05-08 18:17:00 UTC
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Retweeted Outsideness (@Outsideness): If you think unchecked Mega-Leviathan is a
Retweeted Outsideness (@Outsideness):
If you think unchecked Mega-Leviathan is a small price to pay for a marginal improvement in the quality of tacos you’re probably a mainstream American libertarian.
Source date (UTC): 2018-05-08 17:40:00 UTC