Gordon of Khartoum

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.

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First real Substack article

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@Igi_POLCOM He let the greatest expansion in public education in Russian imperial history. And thanks to investment from the French Russia was building more rail than any other country.

It was catching up, that’s why Germany got spooked in 1914.

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@kriiger_tyto @aqx0c It’s bizarre how much hatred he gets still for how diminished he is both physically and reputationally. He’s a shell of himself.

But then online “fights” hinge on winning. So attacking a target to weak to defend himself is standard MO.

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@wessex_girlie Frenchie always gets the girl.

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@CivicChronicle1 @Homiedino The two state solution can’t work. The West Bank is too intermixed with the settlements. Many Palestinians will always feel aggrieved, and always atleast one Muslim nation will give them weapons.

Just pull the bandaid quick and deport them all throughout the Mid East.

[𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖊 🕯 @atlanticesque]

This sort of “economic efficiency, trust the experts” thing is true, but it’s also a handwave. It’s passing the buck. You have to go deeper.

Property taxes are good because productivity is good. Because stagnancy and recluses are bad. Land and men alike must work, or must die.

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@LeBolshevikman You picked one of the few Frenchmen who doesn’t look Arab.

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@Gaismair Is this just a me opinion? I really loved Perlstein’s books Nixonland is phenomenal. But his latest book Reaganland (the only one post 2016) wasn’t great and felt a lot less nuanced and biased than his other books.

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@clemm1928 @ValeriaFishback My face when dairy

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@Vasyl0451 @DerekPederson3 At least initially the deal with NK was they could provide rear security and the territory of Russia. They weren’t supposed to fight in the frontlines of Ukraine (of course this may have changed)

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@Peter_Nimitz Even the Soviets collapsed eventually.

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@DerekPederson3 The recent war had empowered hyper nationalist a lot.

That’s partially the cause of the idiotic invasion of Kursk. Which used up valuable Uk. Equipment while allowing Russians to use NK and conscript troops who weren’t allowed to fight in Ukraine proper.

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@NigBaby69 Please let’s crowdfund this match for charity. It’ll be amazing.

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@JohnWakefieId Vladivostok looks so much like a foot. Great map design.

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@SidKhurana3607 This is what it feels like to win Jeopardy.

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@NukeBushwick @SidKhurana3607 Lots of Czechs in Ohio?

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@avrilbradley23 I want her to win, purely out of sympathy for how frustrating it must be.

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@Rachelphile @beenvril There are @DayDreamHetero everywhere for those with the eyes to see

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@White_Janissary In a more civilized country, Mamdani would've hired him to take out a criminal lord.