Kingmaker

Grand strategy, energy, and industrial power. Who's gaining, who's slipping, and why.

[Kingmaker @totalvictorynow]

Most people watch the news.

I watch power: who has it, who is gaining it, and what they intend to do with it.

[Kingmaker @totalvictorynow]

@nfergus The Greeks never considered that a population could be half over 65s when they invented democracy

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@unusual_whales This is against their interests and I get that. Many people will become redundant due to AI.

But this is the power that could cure cancer, send human civilizations on other planets, and create a new world of abundance.

Seems pretty worth it to me

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@ianbremmer Brazil has different subcultures and factions with different interests just like any other large country.

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@MorseReport I find it harder to believe that it is more expensive. It is typically far less expensive to ship large amounts of heavy goods via water than air.

Ships also have a much higher capacity than planes.

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@adonispara Look the truth is it is easier to govern a city with the extreme speed that Singapore does, but would not be possible to govern a continent sized country like the US, Russia, or China in the same way

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@shraddhs @George_Friedman I agree with you on its constraints but I still think a fully functioning state needs a functioning military. Israel has a strong military and it routinely takes actions that the Arab neighbors don't like. This leaves the Arab states less ability to assert their interests

[Kingmaker @totalvictorynow]

@RichardHanania Fantastic Fermi-ization Richard

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@SAAD141600 @George_Friedman I see you deleted your previous AI generated comment that I ignored and replaced it with a new one. Great job and magnificent insight.

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@WSJ The therapists want control and permanent patronage from their clients

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@WarMonitor3 Where is he going to find all those soldiers?

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@JasonYanowitz Interesting to consider all the implications of the efficiency Muse is going to bring to everyone's lives.

[Kingmaker @totalvictorynow]

@Deancain I hate to break it to you but... Macklemore is the one giving her the lashes

[Kingmaker @totalvictorynow]

@anabology Me ever since you posted this

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@thinkingwest Its ours for the taking if we decide it.

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@punished_casa Japan

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

holy shit
i asked claude to make a video on western civiization

[Kingmaker @totalvictorynow]

Muse is everything Siri should have been.

[Kingmaker @totalvictorynow]

Pakistan always genuinely impresses me with its lack of oversight over its own population.

Its like a version of Mexico with nuclear warheads.

[Hariprasad Ramanathaganesan @TheHariprasad]

As the late Stephen P Cohen would often say, this is the only country that negotiates with the world with a gun to its own head.

[Kingmaker @totalvictorynow]

Genuinely amazing and shocking

[More Births @MoreBirths]

Hours ago, Mexico reported new birth data, and fertility in 2024 was a shocking 1.23 births per woman, lower than any US state.

Mexico City's fertility was 0.79 and several regions had a TFR of around 1.0. The least fertile US state is Vermont at 1.30.

New map by @FamStudies.