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It's become clear over the past week that MAGA is about returning to a world in which the US is the hegemonic capitalist power. But back in the Good Old Days, there was no economy big enough to challenge the US. Now there's China and their rise has spooked America into self-harming policy decisions
April 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
It's become clear over the past week that MAGA is about returning to a world in which the US is the hegemonic capitalist power. But back in the Good Old Days, there was no economy big enough to challenge the US. Now there's China and their rise has spooked America into self-harming policy decisions
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this attitude — paperwork is for sissies, real wars are won by Big Strong Men — is traditionally a harbinger of ruinous for defeat for everyone who holds it
Bureaucracy, famously not important in war
February 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
this attitude — paperwork is for sissies, real wars are won by Big Strong Men — is traditionally a harbinger of ruinous for defeat for everyone who holds it
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February 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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According to this article, Trump said that Canada should be absorbed into the US because it would be better for America's national security. That's more of less what Putin said about Ukraine.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | Trump is starting a trade war. If he wants to absorb Canada, what comes next will be worse | CBC News
The first shots of the trade war between the United States and Canada have been fired. Whether it escalates beyond the planned 25 per cent tariff into a wider economic war depends upon how genuinely s...
www.cbc.ca
February 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
According to this article, Trump said that Canada should be absorbed into the US because it would be better for America's national security. That's more of less what Putin said about Ukraine.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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"Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you're operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you're willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
english.elpais.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you're operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you're willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
Welcome to the Orange age of America!
Nothing golden about it.
Nothing golden about it.
January 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Welcome to the Orange age of America!
Nothing golden about it.
Nothing golden about it.
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Nyummmmmm coffee.
Ok it was a nibble of a cream bun.
Ok it was a nibble of a cream bun.
January 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Nyummmmmm coffee.
Ok it was a nibble of a cream bun.
Ok it was a nibble of a cream bun.
The power of the treat.
January 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The power of the treat.
Higgins feeling festive
December 28, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Higgins feeling festive
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
December 14, 2024 at 7:31 AM
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
House Speaker Mike Johnson wants Ethics panel to keep Matt Gaetz report secret
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November 16, 2024 at 2:41 AM
House Speaker Mike Johnson wants Ethics panel to keep Matt Gaetz report secret
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