Mlungu 🏍️ 🇿🇦

Those who know me, know me. Fuelled by coffee. Assume sarcasm in my tweets until proven otherwise. I mute morons: MAGA idiots, Palestinian fools and others.

[Mlungu 🏍️ 🇿🇦 @incautius]

@FedixM @rodcampsbay Think about it. The 2022 census says whites are 7.3% of the population and IEC says 16 ,290,760 people voted in 2024. That's ~1,189,760 whites. Deduct the 455,657 for FF+ (likely all white) and we get ~733,568 white voters and ~10% of the 6,961,361 votes for DA. Who's the 90%?

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

D7: A New Geopolitical Player?

Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has proposed the creation of a new alliance of democracies — D7, the “Democratic Seven.” The proposed members are Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.

Together, these economies generate roughly $36 trillion in GDP — about 30% of global economic output. They possess enough economic weight to resist coercion even from the world's largest powers.

D7 is envisioned not as a closed club, but as an advanced core surrounded by concentric circles of associated members and partners. Countries could participate in specific initiatives according to their interests, creating flexible coalitions through what Rasmussen calls “variable geometry.”

The idea did not emerge by accident.

The international environment is changing rapidly. An increasingly coordinated axis of authoritarian states — Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea — is becoming more visible. The war against Ukraine has highlighted this trend: North Korean ammunition and troops, Iranian drones, and Chinese technological and economic support have all contributed to Russia’s war effort.

At the same time, U.S. foreign policy is evolving. Washington increasingly acts according to immediate strategic interests rather than as the unquestioned leader of the democratic world. Global trade disputes, sanctions, protectionism, and technological competition continue to intensify.

Against this backdrop, Rasmussen argues for a flexible coalition of advanced democracies capable of jointly protecting their economic, technological, and security interests.

In effect, D7 would represent a new architecture of democratic influence that is not entirely dependent on American leadership.

What Would D7 Do?

1. Create a democratic trade alliance.
2. Coordinate protection against economic coercion.
3. Align technology policies.
4. Invest jointly in artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and space exploration.
5. Secure access to critical raw materials.
6. Develop new defense cooperation mechanisms modeled on support for Ukraine.
7. Build an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative.

The proposal's authors openly acknowledge that D7 should be capable of functioning even without direct U.S. participation if Washington continues reducing its global leadership role. At the same time, the door would remain open. The United States could participate as an associated member in specific coalitions or eventually join the core of D7 should its political direction change.

Why Does It Matter?

The world is gradually moving away from the era of a single superpower toward a system of multiple competing geopolitical centers.

For decades, the security and prosperity of many countries were built around American leadership. Today, democracies are increasingly searching for new mechanisms to collectively defend their interests.

A particularly relevant example is the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” supporting Ukraine, initiated by the United Kingdom and France. Operating outside NATO’s traditional bureaucracy, it has demonstrated that flexible coalitions can often move faster than established international institutions.

Rasmussen proposes applying this same principle to trade, technology, investment, and geopolitics.

The Future of the Project

At present, D7 remains more of a concept than a formal organization. Yet the logic behind its emergence is highly significant.

The world is entering a period of new international blocs and coalitions. Countries are no longer aligning solely around military power but also around technology, logistics, energy, critical resources, artificial intelligence, and control of global supply chains.

If implemented, D7 could become a new center of power within the democratic world — more flexible, more technologically advanced, and more economically focused than many existing institutions.

[Mlungu 🏍️ 🇿🇦 @incautius]

@African_Spring @S_Gwiliza @SongezoZibi I have to admit that when he first launched Rise, I was hopeful but just about every decision he made after that has undermined the hope and now it's just hopeless.

[Mlungu 🏍️ 🇿🇦 @incautius]

I see witless is at it again. This must be a definition of success with which I'm unfamiliar. The man, and I hesitate to use that term, has bankrupted at least seven businesses and is well on his way to bankrupting the biggest economy on the planet.
https://t.co/ETk94HQKxX

[ThePugFather @_ThePugFather]

Certified braai area being put to use.

[Marcus Lindner @mccmcc77]

@Microinteracti1 So orange leader suggests to bomb Oman into obedience, if they dont comply to US demands. He also suggested that Saudi can kiss his ass. It is becoming clearer to me now, how anyone can bankrupt two casinos.

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

For too long the Greek people have suffered with terrible food but fortunately the Americans have arrived with processed meat waste to save them.

[The Independent @Independent]

Led by Donkeys projected a big screen with the message “immigration makes Britain brilliant” at Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom march in London on Saturday (16 May).

[Love Classical Music and Movies 🎺🎻💖🎥🎬 @AlexTran677026]

Still BRILLIANT even after 50 years!!!👏😅

Monty Python’s Life of Brian is honestly decades ahead of its time.

[Andrews Sefa ⚽️ @Sefaa_b]

South Africa's Gift Leotlela stuns the men's 100m field in Shanghai's Diamond League, clocking 9.97s (0.6) to win

Ferdinand Omanyala was second in 9.98s, and Kenny Bednarek third in 9.98s.

Akani Simbine finished sixth in 10.05 while Tebogo came 7th in 10.12.

[Mlungu 🏍️ 🇿🇦 @incautius]

@glenn_tunes Very funny. Putin will be surprised.

[أمل، معلمةمن الجنوب @aml2ali3]

كاريكاتير الصحف الصينية اليوم ههههههههههههههههه هههههه 😂😂😁😁🤣🤣😄😄
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[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Activist: "Your cows are putting carbon into the atmosphere."

Farmer: "Where did they get it?"

Activist: "What?"

Farmer: "The carbon. Where did the cow get it before it put it anywhere."

Activist: "From... eating?"

Farmer: "From eating grass. And where did the grass get it."

Activist: "The soil?"

Farmer: "The air. The grass pulled it out of the air last spring. The cow ate the grass. The cow breathed some of it back out. It went back into the air it came from."

Activist: "But it's still going into the atmosphere."

Farmer: "It's going back. There's a difference between a thing going somewhere and a thing going back. You've described a circle and you're frightened of it."

Activist: "Then just don't have the cow."

Farmer: "The grass still dies in autumn. It rots where it falls. The carbon goes back into the air either way, just without anyone getting fed in the middle."

Activist: "It's not that simple."

Farmer: "It's grass, cow, breath, grass. Or it's grass, rot, air, grass. Same circle, fewer dinners. If that's complicated for you I'd stay away from the water cycle. That one's got clouds in it."

[Mlungu 🏍️ 🇿🇦 @incautius]

@TRobinsonNewEra In fairness, very few Scots can speak English. Then again, very few people across Britain as a whole have quite mastered the lingo.

[Mlungu 🏍️ 🇿🇦 @incautius]

@mikecynn1 @SternDrewCrypto Only two possibilities: either he's a moron or he's being paid to peddle garbage.

[Mlungu 🏍️ 🇿🇦 @incautius]

@SternDrewCrypto Are people actually that thick that they believe this lunacy? Wait, they elected the demented geriatric toddler you perhaps they are that thick.

[Niall Stanage @NiallStanage]

One of the best examples I’ve ever seen of an interviewer knowing when to say nothing at all.

Beautifully played by @piersmorgan.

[Brian Bakker @BrianBakker62]

It took me almost 20 years, but I finally found some time to begin turning my computer history series into a book, well, more than one is the plan. Volume (Byte) 01 is out now as an eBook in SA. Print is on Amazon in the US, UK and other places.

[Mlungu 🏍️ 🇿🇦 @incautius]

@MbuyiseniNdlozi I expected better than a nonsensical word salad from you Mbuyiseni. Your "liberal right-wing forces" a total non sequitur.

[Mlungu 🏍️ 🇿🇦 @incautius]

@otokyo 19. We didn't have Blockbuster in my country but we did have video rental and I did use our local ones. But as a good friend keeps telling me: I'm fucking old.

[Eric 𝕏 @WorldStrategist]

Singapore’s Foreign Minister on why he cannot accept negotiating with Iran for safe passage of ships. Definitely worth listening to: