I always felt it was weird how, for the past 50 years or so, every secular, left of center, and socialist force in the middle east was massacred by NATO and it's proxies. And then you had US generals supporting the PKK and telling it to rebrand into the SDF. Neither of these things never seem to feature in conversations about how Rojava is an anarchist experiment that is to be supported.

'We can't withhold votes from the Democrats since they aren't going to change anyways.'

'Yes, I think we need to save democracy. How did you know?'

I told him no and he look like I just slapped him.

please tell me you snickered at him while saying no to the creepiest conversation starter ever

BRICS IS COMMUNISM

'if only' sicko noises

Personally when realists say they have no ears in the corridors of power, I think they are failing to encapsulate the problem. The United States has a culture of liberalism, which is why it coats its actions by a liberal veneer. Some members of the elite probably believe in that liberalism, but likely not most of them. When someone like Mearsheimer says that Ukraine is a waste and that the US should focus on China instead, he's not necessarily disagreeing with liberals and non realists. He's failing to convince the hegemonists.

A person can be a realist and believe all the axioms of realist international theory, but also believe that the US is the greatest economy and military power and that the US losing face is a danger to the world. Therefore the US has to (and can) act against China, Russia, Iran, the resistance in Palestine, left-liberals in South America, all at the same time. This might sound insane but even if the average elderly politician in the US can be convinced otherwise, it's much easier for them to kick the can down the road than it is to confront new realities.

We'll see what the american elites do once Joe Biden's generation is fully retired. Hell, the millenials who made it in politics probably don't disbelieve in enough tenets of american hegemony either. Once enough time passes we'll see a renewal period has a lot of potential.

Not argentinean, but as a brazilian I straight up assume their loyalty can be bought by raises which offset inflation. Would be kinda funny if there weren't any.

this is gabe newell's fault

It's hard for me to conjecture on the significance of this because I don't speak ukrainian and I don't know the media group involved. But I would like to point out that it wasn't the politician who brought it up, but the interviewer. And that Ukraine doesn't have much in place of opposition. Bringing this up, right now, is part of a coordinated effort. Propaganda is not just about lies or omission, its about emphasis. And someone chose to emphasize, on ukrainian media, that there was a peace agreement and that it was the West which ordered Zelensky to nick it.

its only a cali burrito if it comes from the cali region of nafta. otherwise its a hamas taco.

this all began when antifa thug nelson mandela normalized rudeness

i assume its about glowing red eyes

for all that is holy please start commuting again we promise to build another car lane