One of Otto Von Bismarck’s greatest accomplishments was recognizing that Louis Napoleon was lowkey getting bored with it and wanted a war to Feel Something
we're seeing more and more reports of regular people getting AI-induced psychosis but nobody is talking about how the engineers and CEOs behind it have had the same thing for years now
Biden, thank you for not allowing Ukraine to use ATACMS to strike over 100 Russian Su-34, Su-35, and other fighter jets within ATACMS range in 2022, 2023 and 2024, allowing Russia to build shelters and bring most jets out of range
Now it’s 10 times harder to strike such aircraft
One of my favorite things to do when talking about politics in real life is to "code mix:" take one position on an issue while consistently using the other side's language. Like being very pro-Ukraine but insisting on referring to the invasion as the "Special Military Operation"
@_____newt I might be showing my ass but I really don't see why "great man" and mass movement would be inherently incompatible.
Why wouldn't a competent person taking advantage of historical circumstances or a mass movement lead to a different result than a less capable person?
@_____newt the real way they Get You is by having you implicitly assume Great Man Theory is incompatible with materialist theories or theories of mass social change when in reality, everything is perhaps a little bit of both