Source date (UTC): 2018-04-28 17:38:00 UTC
Category: Politics, Power, and Governance
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TRUMP’S UNIT OF MEASURE —“When I look at the numbers in Germany – and some oth
TRUMP’S UNIT OF MEASURE
—“When I look at the numbers in Germany – and some other countries, they may not like Donald Trump. But you have to understand, that means I’m doing a good job because I’m representing the United States,”— Trump
Source date (UTC): 2018-04-28 08:51:00 UTC
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I SUPPORT UKRAINE FOR PERSONAL REASONS TOO I do my job counter-signaling russian
I SUPPORT UKRAINE FOR PERSONAL REASONS TOO
I do my job counter-signaling russian propaganda, and supporting the people I care for, in the country I call home, and in which I base my little organization. If you don’t like it I”m sorry, but it is not just part of my job, not just my conviction, but the means by which I can pay back a little for everything Ukraine has done for me. People I care about suffer every day that Russia interferes with their escape from russian conquest. I want a free, conservative, familial intermarium where the people of eastern europe like the people of germanic europe, like the people of catholic europe, fulfill their cultural ambitions.
No monopolies anywhere but reciprocity. Let a thousand nations bloom.
Source date (UTC): 2018-04-28 08:08:00 UTC
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OUR STRATEGY IS LIMITED BY THE COMMAND AND CONTROL STRUCTURES When there is chao
OUR STRATEGY IS LIMITED BY THE COMMAND AND CONTROL STRUCTURES
When there is chaos the opportunist wins, which is why politicians do not operate like Trump, while entrepreneurs and soldiers do.
In other words, we all use the strategy that our command and control structure tolerates.
This is why democratic polities are a disaster.
They are only even marginally possible in periods of windfall wealth and safety.
Russians are exceptional at this technique, but they have very poor unit cohesion.
We have the opposite problem.
Source date (UTC): 2018-04-28 08:04:00 UTC
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The world doesn’t need American leadership. It needed our defense from european
The world doesn’t need American leadership. It needed our defense from european imperialism, Communism, and from Communism’s heir, Islamic Fundamentalism. What the world needs is to take on our responsibilities and continue to build the international order of finance and trade.
Source date (UTC): 2018-04-28 02:00:38 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/990048112046723072
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IT’S NOT 4D CHESS, IT’S JUST USING HUMAN NATURE (INCENTIVES). —“The South Kore
IT’S NOT 4D CHESS, IT’S JUST USING HUMAN NATURE (INCENTIVES).
—“The South Korean middle class was more afraid of Trump than they were of Kim, and this fear of the US, gave an unusually dovish South Korean government the political cover it needed to approach DPRK without being called ‘traitors’. If Trump actually understands what he did, then sure: he’s cosmic-brain-4th-dimensional-chess-deal-artist-God-Emporer.”— James Brittingham
You don’t have to be that thoughtful, as much as just understand human nature. Trump is sensitive to status signals himself, and so he knows how to use them to influence others. In this case I suspect that his intuition was right and he simply collected enough information (or had it forced upon him by the general staff) and used people’s fear of his ‘uncertainty’.
He is player. He plays people. It’s not complicated.
I mean, “Listen, China, we don’t want our troops there any longer. I want to shrink the US presence abroad. If we come here and have to fix this problem, we’re gonna stay, and we’re gonna blame you for making us come here. So either fix this problem or have us on your fucking doorstep with everything we’ve got.”
The chinese increase sanctions, trump doesn’t ‘disrespect’ kim by accepting a meeting with him (which is what kim wants, status), and the south koreans have to seize the opportunity because they’re afraid if they don’t Trump will simply be ‘unpredictable’ (which in east asian parlance is a very evil word).
The south koreans and kim as actors, they get the ‘face’, (credit), the koreans show they are in control of their destiny, trump gets his win, and gets to be fawningly appreciative of all sides, and say it was always possible if his predecessors were f–ckheads.
I mean, that’s the game.
(I think very similarly, because I have read a great deal of military history and grand strategy, and applied it in business the same way he has – albeit at a much smaller scale. )
Source date (UTC): 2018-04-27 22:11:00 UTC
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The world doesn’t need American leadership. It needed our defense from european
The world doesn’t need American leadership. It needed our defense from european imperialism, Communism, and from Communism’s heir, Islamic Fundamentalism. What the world needs is to take on our responsibilities and continue to build the international order of finance and trade.
Source date (UTC): 2018-04-27 22:00:00 UTC
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We Have The Opposite Problem
OUR STRATEGY IS LIMITED BY THE COMMAND AND CONTROL STRUCTURES When there is chaos the opportunist wins, which is why politicians do not operate like Trump, while entrepreneurs and soldiers do. In other words, we all use the strategy that our command and control structure tolerates. This is why democratic polities are a disaster. They are only even marginally possible in periods of windfall wealth and safety. Russians are exceptional at this technique, but they have very poor unit cohesion. We have the opposite problem.
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We Have The Opposite Problem
OUR STRATEGY IS LIMITED BY THE COMMAND AND CONTROL STRUCTURES When there is chaos the opportunist wins, which is why politicians do not operate like Trump, while entrepreneurs and soldiers do. In other words, we all use the strategy that our command and control structure tolerates. This is why democratic polities are a disaster. They are only even marginally possible in periods of windfall wealth and safety. Russians are exceptional at this technique, but they have very poor unit cohesion. We have the opposite problem.
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Ukraine? It’s Personal.
I SUPPORT UKRAINE FOR PERSONAL REASONS TOO I do my job counter-signaling russian propaganda, and supporting the people I care for, in the country I call home, and in which I base my little organization. If you don’t like it I”m sorry, but it is not just part of my job, not just my conviction, but the means by which I can pay back a little for everything Ukraine has done for me. People I care about suffer every day that Russia interferes with their escape from russian conquest. I want a free, conservative, familial intermarium where the people of eastern europe like the people of germanic europe, like the people of catholic europe, fulfill their cultural ambitions. No monopolies anywhere but reciprocity. Let a thousand nations bloom.