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MINERVAE wasn't created overnight.

For years, we consumed politics the way most people do: one headline after another, one controversy replacing the last.

Over time, something changed.

The more we read, the less interested we became in reacting to the next headline. We wanted to build something rather than simply react.

That search led us beyond daily politics and into history, philosophy, literature, architecture and the great books that shaped the West. And Minerva’s owl seemed like the right companion for that journey.

MINERVAE grew out of that realization and is our attempt to build the kind of publication we were looking for but couldn't find.

If any part of that story sounds familiar, welcome.

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@PolymarketFC This is a clear racist attack on a minority.

Shame on this German bigot white supremacist for attacking this poor black man son of an immigrant.

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@visegrad24 This is a clear racist attack on a minority. Shame on all the bigots for attacking this poor black man.

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@dw_sports This is a clear racist attack on a minority. Shame on you bigots for attacking this poor black man.

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@ReversedCharon This just means they'll flood the West even more under "humanitarian aid". It's the refugee scam all over again.

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@Italian347 I don't even know what's this about but I support this message

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@Templarpilled Very soon they'll start using Gaza's playbook on Haiti. There are already people calling the gangs "civilians".

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10/ Perhaps the most revealing aspect of Bukele's intervention is the reception he has received from some Haitians.

A foreign president is being welcomed for confronting armed groups that their own institutions have struggled to contain.

What does national sovereignty mean to citizens when the state claiming to represent them cannot protect their lives and streets?

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1/ In an unprecedented development, El Salvador is projecting power in the Caribbean.

In Haiti, people have taken to the streets in support of President Nayib Bukele, even as questions mount regarding the legality and consequences of his intervention.

But how did a mission to rescue four missing soldiers turn into a military campaign abroad?

[Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele]

Pou chèf gang yo ak manm gang yo k ap kenbe kat konpatriyòt nou yo an otaj ann Ayiti:

Mesye nou kidnape yo pa konbatan. Yo se teknisyen nan domèn avyasyon ki fè pati misyon nou ann Ayiti, nan kad yon misyon entènasyonal. Misyon nou an gen sèlman pilòt ak pèsonèl teknik, ki gen kòm travay prensipal fè evakyasyon medikal epi sove lavi moun, pa fè lagè.

Men, nou te kidnape yo yon fason lach pandan yo t ap retounen apre yo te fin achte manje nan yon makèt nan zòn nan.

Se poutèt sa, jodi a nou te lanse yon operasyon militè pou pote yo sekou. Nou gen yon sèl objektif: fè kat konpatriyòt nou yo retounen lakay yo vivan, san okenn mal.

Men, mwen vle pou nou menm, chèf gang yo, konprann yon bagay byen klè: atak jodi a pa anyen devan sa k ap vini si nou pa remèt toule kat otaj yo vivan.

Epi pa pran pawòl nou yo pou menas san fondman. Nou deja fini ak gang yo nan El Salvador, e nou kapab fini ak nou tou.

Nou toujou gen tan pou evite sa.

Remèt nou kat konpatriyòt nou yo vivan, san okenn mal, epi tout bagay ap retounen jan sa te ye anvan kidnaping lan.

Desizyon an nan men nou.

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9/ Haiti has been independent since 1804. Across the same island, the Dominican Republic has followed a markedly different trajectory.

Both countries endured colonial rule, foreign intervention and political instability.

Yet their economic and institutional outcomes diverged dramatically. An IMF study found that policy decisions and political stability played central roles in that divergence.

How much of Haiti's present crisis can reasonably be explained by events two centuries ago?

[Templarpilled @Templarpilled]

>gangs run wild for years
>control large areas of Haiti
>billions of dollars are spent with no result
>one man decides to do something about it
>NGOs get alarmed

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@ricardovalp Ultimately, what you're essentially advocating is maintaining the status quo in Haiti, keeping the kidnapped Salvadorans, and letting the Haitian people suffer.

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@DoDeportations I heard a guy named Raj was Washington's actual right-hand man and he did that every time.

If you don't believe me than you're a bigot. These people are the true Americans.

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@MarkMondegreen @kangminlee Yes