Ah yeah he’s a bit obscure but he’s been pushing this American Monarchism angle for a long time. Absolutely bizarre entry into the culture wars, decades later I can’t tell if he’s a really an American monarchist or just providing cover and beliefs to help totalitarian fascists.

Normally I’d apologise for making people aware of him but as you’re a mod on a big forum you sadly probably do need to know who he is

Curtis yarvin is a slime

if it annexes Ukraine it it has multiple new NATO countries at its land border.

The idea of this strategic depth is, ultimately, an excuse. Poland didn’t join NATO because it wanted to be a war torn wreck protecting Germany from suffering if Russia tries to invade.

The NATO countries bordering Russia aren’t disposable. Bordering super powers is actually fine, if you’re not a psycopath

It’s a bit of an exaggeration right now, but I see this as two Chinese client states co-operating.

With how dependent Russia is on China it won’t be much of an exaggeration for long

Russia can stop being at war at any second, if it chooses to

An unconventional response? Like, giving a load of idiots by the world’s most used shipping lane weapons to blow up shipping whenever they want?

Absolutely they’ve been doing this for ages. Fuck them and fuck netanyahu

They’re good it’s just hard to believe

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2743:_Hand_Dryers

The us, and perhaps the west in general, hasn’t really used red lines since Obama threatened Syria if they used chemical weapons and then didn’t follow through.

The electric cars are powered by gas and coal in the uk. We are a long way from pure renewable electricity and between mining and shipping metals, steel, and tyres they’re not quite the perfect green vehicles they’re presented as.

It’s not campaign costs that are the issue. You’re working full time on a campaign, you really have to quit or take six weeks off with your boss being ok with you never coming back.

Many people work jobs where this would be seen as a great thing for the firm, many do not

So how do you stand for election with no income for months on end?