CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]

Even their doomsday ‘evil China scenario’ involves the country curing cancer.

US embassies sanctioning themselves from doing business in a foreign country (coup plotting) was too good to be true.

I think that on some level people sorta assume that someone like Jeffrey Sachs - neoliberal economist at the vanguard of pillaging the USSR - had the perfect redemption arc. You can easily imagine a true believer in neoliberal economics, but also politically reasonable in a way that he’d make suggestions that the dismantling of the USSR would never abide. It makes sense to, because that’s kinda like how Jeffrey memorializes himself. Then that person lived long enough to see China’s ascension and the US’ insanity disprove all of their fundamental beliefs in life.

The cherry on top is that same Jeffrey Sachs goes onto debate against someone like Mearsheimer on the notion that China is inevitably going to behave in the same pattern as the US and the European empires did, fundamentally on the belief that current China treasures peace more than any western elite group ever did.

i think withers look pretty realistic

what we need is a church-military complex of priests and engineers. if every body of water is either a canal or a dam then it is no longer within a natural vessel. and with enough priests we can continuously bless them all. vampirism shall then be banished unto the bottom of the seas

I assume both sides got what they wanted, which is to shore up support at home.

almoravid hackers are about to invade east portugal and you’re resorting to ad hominems

the last person to talk to trump is in full control of the united states until the next last person to talk to trump gets their turn

kamala’s influence on politics is ever present