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@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social

Uphold Thucydidian-Clausewitzian-Hegelian-Fukuyamist thought. https://othermeans.substack.com/

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That's not true. The book ends with the Athenians making an all-time comeback. It's looking up for them

27.11.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Review: This thing was a tome, but I saw it on the shelf in my boss' office and thought 'why not?' Pretty fun to see where all the Dr. Strangelove jokes came from. Basic takeaway? We should definitely have a thermonuclear war.

27.11.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope Graham Allison is mentioned

27.11.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'I kind of feel betrayed': ICE arrests military spouses at San Diego green card interviews As ICE continues to arrest people in San Diego during their green card interviews, the final step in a legal pathway, some of the people taken into custody have been spouses of military members and ve...

β€˜I kind of feel betrayed': ICE arrests military spouses at San Diego green card interviews
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...

27.11.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

I don't really mind, it's not like PTA claimed he was directly adapting it

27.11.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

One day. One day I'll experience my magnum opus

27.11.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Inherent Vice also rocked. Let me be clear

27.11.2025 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Boogie Nights is my favorite film, so I'm obscenely biased in this

27.11.2025 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The entire sequence was peak tbh

27.11.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Look I wanted PTA tracking shots and I got PTA tracking shots

27.11.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No but it rocked

27.11.2025 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

After having watched One Battle After Another, I am happy to say it's the best film that's been made since Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

I won't be taking further questions.

27.11.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely awful to see innocent National Guard soldiers gunned down in a terrorist attack, prayers for them and their families in this horrible moment

27.11.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Almost certainly a targeted attack at two people who had basically nothing to do with the moment and would have preferred to be home with their families. Compounded tragedy.

26.11.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

lmao

26.11.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Many people are saying!

26.11.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Clausewitz was the only trve liberal

26.11.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh fuck

26.11.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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America Unbound in the Caribbean The real costs of Washington’s use of force.

Pleased to share my new essay in @foreignaffairs.com on the broader implications of the Trump administration’s killing spree at sea.

www.foreignaffairs.com/central-amer...

26.11.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

We need nukes chat

26.11.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 349    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 5

It's not even really implicit! He very explicitly says you have no obligation to the State if the State is going to deprive you of your life!

26.11.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The gaslighting will continue until morale improves

26.11.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

It appears there's only one way to fix TikTok influencers

26.11.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tbf Hobbes also articulates that and he never gets any credit for it

26.11.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No no no no. We still have Man's Best Friend. The lights haven't completely gone out just yet

26.11.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've honestly never been a huge Locke fan ngl

26.11.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bro thinks I don't know classical Greek lore

26.11.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No, okay, but did you hear how awful the Charli Wuthering Heights soundtrack is so far

26.11.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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