—This aligns nicely with the post war world order: an end of history, promise of unlimited growth… “when globalism is complete, our debts will be paid”—Bill JoslinUpdated Apr 21, 2020, 11:50 AM
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-21 11:50:00 UTC
Theme: Crisis
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“HOPIUM” by Will Benge I just realized why the Roman system experienced its firs
“HOPIUM”
by Will Benge
I just realized why the Roman system experienced its first minor slippage – which led to the major, and then collapse: the great minds had, perhaps desperately, assumed ( by wishful thinking) their globetrotting would furnish requisite precious metals or equivalent.
And thusly their money “issues” would absolve. And they’d escape the creditor vice, the pike and the jailor.
Which explains why they sent their army to so many formidable places, as warranty for the same.
Hopium: The drug of the desperate.
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The celts were not poor.
They were metalworkers, and lived well.
And therefore the celtic holocaust.
The Carthaginians were not poor.
They were merchants, with a navy, and lived well.
And therefore the carthaginian holocaust.
The Greeks were not poor.
They were Merchants and Warriors, and lived well.
And therefore the Greek conquest.
The Middle Eastern aristocracy was not poor.
They were despots that taxed production and trade, and lived well.
And therefore the conquest of the Persian empire.
etc.
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-21 09:08:00 UTC
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If you mean do I understand the saudis are trying to undermine american oil prod
If you mean do I understand the saudis are trying to undermine american oil production, and the russian alliance with iran, but will this destabilize anything? I kind of doubt it.
What’s going to go to war is our citizenry.
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-20 20:09:13 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1252328488436187137
Reply addressees: @Scott24470633
Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1252325895706161153
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Revolution comes. All revolutions are suspect in prospect and deterministic in r
Revolution comes.
All revolutions are suspect in prospect and deterministic in retrospect.
Some of us understand the causes of the cycles of history – and plan for them. Others are surprised by them.
The century of social pseudoscience is over.
The world returns to normal.
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-20 00:40:18 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1252034321587847169
Reply addressees: @JonHaidt
Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1251471791207460866
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mean, I couldn’t have written a script for revolution this perfectly… Apr 19,
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-escalates-culture-war-virus-182617656.htmlI mean, I couldn’t have written a script for revolution this perfectly…
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-escalates-culture-war-virus-182617656.htmlUpdated Apr 19, 2020, 9:18 PM
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-19 21:18:00 UTC
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photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_kg5QueHwVw/93795925_261247458606748_3241060253743185920_n_261247455273415.jpg I’M A PRACTITIONER OF CYCLES
—“Curt, What do you think of Peter Turchin’s Work”—
Well I’m a practitioner, right? So I don’t know how to make a higher endorsement than that.
Turchin, Kondratiev, Strauss and Howe, Caroll, Toynbee, Spenger, Durant … I mean, my model is a little lower level, meaning military, economic, and demographic, rather than statistical, so I tend to think in supply demand curves rather than statistical correlations, but I’m not just a follower but a practitioner.I’M A PRACTITIONER OF CYCLES
—“Curt, What do you think of Peter Turchin’s Work”—
Well I’m a practitioner, right? So I don’t know how to make a higher endorsement than that.
Turchin, Kondratiev, Strauss and Howe, Caroll, Toynbee, Spenger, Durant … I mean, my model is a little lower level, meaning military, economic, and demographic, rather than statistical, so I tend to think in supply demand curves rather than statistical correlations, but I’m not just a follower but a practitioner.
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-19 08:17:00 UTC
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@JonHaidt @SamHarrisOrg You want to end the worst civil war for control of a rev
@JonHaidt @SamHarrisOrg
You want to end the worst civil war for control of a revolutionary war in human history? you need to contact those few thousand people you bragged about Sam. Because if you don’t, history is going to repeat itself, and rebalance the numbers. Quickly.
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-18 21:01:58 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1251616986783789056
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“I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think
—“I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg.”— Neil Blomkamp
Exactly.
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-18 18:25:00 UTC
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Told ya so. “As long as he thinks he can win he will try to govern. If he thinks
Told ya so. “As long as he thinks he can win he will try to govern. If he thinks he can’t win he will try to rule. We only need to answer his opportunity”
Escalation from here I assume? https://t.co/9GXHZE8sn1
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-17 22:57:40 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1251283717626253318
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photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_kg5QueHwVw/93970393_259968195401341_777333619663306752_o_259968192068008.jpg Told ya so. “As long as he thinks he can win he will try to govern. If he thinks he can’t win he will try to rule. We only need to answer his opportunity”
Escalation from here I assume?Told ya so. “As long as he thinks he can win he will try to govern. If he thinks he can’t win he will try to rule. We only need to answer his opportunity”
Escalation from here I assume?
Source date (UTC): 2020-04-17 18:57:00 UTC