pelopidas

in thread "Patchwork city states ?":

Most frequently, a centralized declining empire will stagnate for a very long time—there's a lot of ruin in a nation. Then eventually it's weak enough that someone from outside can knock it over, like Alaric or Alexander or the East India Company. 2mo ago

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in thread "What longform piece is missing from the Mass Deportation/Remigration discussion?":

Sure, sounds worth writing. You should go for it.... 2mo ago

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in thread "The case for Trump's deficit-reciprocal tariff plan":

I have seen intellectuals propose quite a few different galaxy-brain explanations for why a philosopher-king might do something like Trump's tariffs. Each of these explanations is internally coherent, but they're quite different from each other and often c... 3mo ago

I have seen intellec

The logic could just as easily be "This keeps the media reactive and confused and keeps me driving the news cycle". Or "I'll be able to use this to negotiate concessions and I don't have to go through with it for very long". Or "I liek tariffs". Or "I told... 3mo ago

The logic could just