in thread "States are tools and territory for peoples, not magical repositories of real interest": For some reason you continually handwave the criticism that any negative traits these outlier foreigners carry will ALSO have outsized effect. I would be exceptionally careful dealing with the "elite" of countries which have been stagnant hellholes for act... 8mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5 5 2 2 For some reason you (view hidden) log in to judge received 5 5 2 2 The problem is that these people seem to have no feeling of connection to heartland America. They are, to varying degrees, obsessed with a laughably idealistic postracial-technocratic utopian vision. You are appealing to instincts and goals that do not exi... 8mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5 5 The problem is that (view hidden) log in to judge received 5 5