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you’re off by a couple of thousand years. Source date (UTC): 2026-02-18 05:05:53 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023987311113863489
(Greece and rome built western civilization, and the rest was germania in general (holy roman empire) and england in particular (the modern rule of law state).) Source date (UTC): 2026-02-18
It’s neither false nor retarded.There is no reason we didn’t hit the industrial revolution well before the year 1000, and we didn’t recover from the christian destruction of the ancient
That’s false. Before christianity was imagined we had conquered the despotisms of the middle east. It was our foolish tolernance of an effeminate superstition that prevented our recovery from invasion
Two Words: “Valentina Shevchenko”. … OMG… Source date (UTC): 2026-02-17 19:24:42 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023841052025909606
France is perhaps the least aligned country in europe – seeking control over it as much as the russians do. Yet both french policy and russian policy has led to
The Trump Strategy is to respect rulers so that negotiation and trade is possible. This strategy is profoundly successful worldwide – even if, in the case of hostiles like putin,
Human Rights as Anti-Imperial, Anti-Communist, Anti-authoriatarian postwar statecraft. “No more (a) empires and (b) european wars, and (c) no more word wars (d) take adam smith’s advice, (e) end empires
(NLI)From Volume 3 Chapter 5:–“In institutional systems, clearing capacity consists of monitoring, enforcement, and reciprocity mechanisms. When temptation load exceeds clearing capacity, defection becomes the lowest-cost strategy. Closure dissolves.”– Source
Agreed. Very much so. Source date (UTC): 2026-02-16 19:37:33 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023481896639099263
Flawless… Source date (UTC): 2026-02-16 19:32:03 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023480513940648182
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Exactly. Smile and nod is usually enough. Source date (UTC): 2026-02-16 19:23:08 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023478270898172395
MY HERO.I count Scalia as the equivalent of Hayek, Jefferson, Blackstone, and Aristotle in forming my understanding of the ‘holes’ in the law – holes that are simply unstated principles.
ExpositionAt its core, this is about how societies manage the trade-offs between fostering large-scale cooperation and protecting against exploitation. Western systems, according to this view, create “trust discounts” that make
Brilliant. As usual. Thank you. 😉 Source date (UTC): 2026-02-15 18:38:22 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023104617261973629
(NLI HUMOR) Source date (UTC): 2026-02-15 17:14:35 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023083530218254458
(NLI HUMOR)Brad suggested that at our next conference we should dress up as Gopniks in track suits and sneakers (trainers). I”m ok with it, but I don’t think I can
Perfect for you is not the same as best that is possible. The perfect for you is the enemy of the good for all of us. Source date (UTC): 2026-02-15
(Not clear vance can win, though we will see by the end of next year. I think Rubio can win. ) Source date (UTC): 2026-02-15 02:41:33 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022863825775558755