Reconstructionist
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So what is (DVTL) Double Victory?
It is my world-building and alternative history project, intended to culminate in a series of full-length novels!
TLDR: The Final Countdown with zoomers, crank to 11, and mix in heaping doses of Matterhorn, Red Storm Rising, and the Death of Stalin.
It is my world-building and alternative history project, intended to culminate in a series of full-length novels!
TLDR: The Final Countdown with zoomers, crank to 11, and mix in heaping doses of Matterhorn, Red Storm Rising, and the Death of Stalin.
i am being normal
December 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
i am being normal
fascinating that Sylver VLS cells are 24x22 cells
December 31, 2025 at 1:19 AM
fascinating that Sylver VLS cells are 24x22 cells
also honestly not enough is said that Trump's political strength (which is really a low ceiling and high floor imo) is sourced from DECADES of being directly associated with opulence and business success, which is not replicable
Trump as the first fandom president makes a lot of sense to me
It's just that as we lurch further into fandom politics we don't have the institutional glue to create and sustain majorities so instead the lockout is really a bank shot about negatively polarizing a critical mass of voters against the other guy
December 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
also honestly not enough is said that Trump's political strength (which is really a low ceiling and high floor imo) is sourced from DECADES of being directly associated with opulence and business success, which is not replicable
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It’s possible for two things to be true, and I believe they are:
1. Many terrible things have happened and will continue to, bc a razor-thin majority of voters chose an authoritarian racist.
2. The hoped-for authoritarian consolidation will almost surely fail, even if scars will be long-lasting.
1. Many terrible things have happened and will continue to, bc a razor-thin majority of voters chose an authoritarian racist.
2. The hoped-for authoritarian consolidation will almost surely fail, even if scars will be long-lasting.
December 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It’s possible for two things to be true, and I believe they are:
1. Many terrible things have happened and will continue to, bc a razor-thin majority of voters chose an authoritarian racist.
2. The hoped-for authoritarian consolidation will almost surely fail, even if scars will be long-lasting.
1. Many terrible things have happened and will continue to, bc a razor-thin majority of voters chose an authoritarian racist.
2. The hoped-for authoritarian consolidation will almost surely fail, even if scars will be long-lasting.
if we're lucky suburban american ends up as homogenously blue as rural/exurban america is red, which seems to be the process slowly churning in fits and starts
i think a big issue with american politics is pundits have predicted 11 of the last 2 realignments, which people have taken to mean that realignment is actually impossible and the status quo is eternal
I think broadly the two most likely scenarios for American politics are a continued enshitification ratchet or a lockout realignment
December 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
if we're lucky suburban american ends up as homogenously blue as rural/exurban america is red, which seems to be the process slowly churning in fits and starts
i think a big issue with american politics is pundits have predicted 11 of the last 2 realignments, which people have taken to mean that realignment is actually impossible and the status quo is eternal
I think broadly the two most likely scenarios for American politics are a continued enshitification ratchet or a lockout realignment
yeah i think the issue here is now not so much a successful consolidation under Trump/Vance (short of a Yoon moment, I don't think they have the juice): it's the fact that the underlying energy behind Trumpism is likely going to turn the future GOP into even more of a nightmare
December 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
i think a big issue with american politics is pundits have predicted 11 of the last 2 realignments, which people have taken to mean that realignment is actually impossible and the status quo is eternal
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This was a pretty good one
December 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This was a pretty good one
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Very military professionalism, very apolitical
December 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Very military professionalism, very apolitical
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Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
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The most interesting thing about Trump, contra Kat Rosenfeld, is that he shows no loyalty to anyone and keeps selling out everyone he steps on to get where he wants and whenever one of his stepping stones like MTG get the temerity to think they have a reciprocal relationship they're all surprised!
December 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The most interesting thing about Trump, contra Kat Rosenfeld, is that he shows no loyalty to anyone and keeps selling out everyone he steps on to get where he wants and whenever one of his stepping stones like MTG get the temerity to think they have a reciprocal relationship they're all surprised!
I think broadly the two most likely scenarios for American politics are a continued enshitification ratchet or a lockout realignment
yeah i think the issue here is now not so much a successful consolidation under Trump/Vance (short of a Yoon moment, I don't think they have the juice): it's the fact that the underlying energy behind Trumpism is likely going to turn the future GOP into even more of a nightmare
One bad post-Trump future is that there are no longer free elections. Another, and much more likely, bad future is that elections continue to be held under more or less the same rules as before and Dems win about half of them, but the essential elements of Trumpism become bipartisan consensus.
December 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I think broadly the two most likely scenarios for American politics are a continued enshitification ratchet or a lockout realignment
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one decade of donald j. trump, politician 😐
In 2028, it will be the first non trump presidential election for everyone under 35!
December 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
one decade of donald j. trump, politician 😐
Would be interesting to see how the seating math works out with ACV with "just" 13 seats I guess means you need extra Vics to carry HQs and weapons team
December 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Would be interesting to see how the seating math works out with ACV with "just" 13 seats I guess means you need extra Vics to carry HQs and weapons team
Tummy horts but I'm being brave about it
December 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Tummy horts but I'm being brave about it
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gotta be the time I enjoyed cheese
December 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
gotta be the time I enjoyed cheese
i feel like the story of this moment is that tail risks are real risks and its best to spend upfront to reduce them, but no one really wants to do that
Just to build on this, I don’t think we are hurdling towards a crisis in the near term, the US has a decade (if not *much* more) fiscal space available to it, but I also don’t think that $77/2wks is a particularly high price for people to pay to future-proof the USD’s exorbitant privilege
Some people are responding to this with "actually we can keep borrowing at high levels with no adverse consequences because we've been doing so forever," but I think they are missing 1. how high the levels have gotten & 2. how difficult that makes it to deal with a real economic emergency these days
December 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
i feel like the story of this moment is that tail risks are real risks and its best to spend upfront to reduce them, but no one really wants to do that
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Just to build on this, I don’t think we are hurdling towards a crisis in the near term, the US has a decade (if not *much* more) fiscal space available to it, but I also don’t think that $77/2wks is a particularly high price for people to pay to future-proof the USD’s exorbitant privilege
Some people are responding to this with "actually we can keep borrowing at high levels with no adverse consequences because we've been doing so forever," but I think they are missing 1. how high the levels have gotten & 2. how difficult that makes it to deal with a real economic emergency these days
So, of these four options, we have:
1. Economic collapse
2. financial engineering (that probably won’t work, and even if it does still wouldn’t be great)
3. Eliminate at least part of the American welfare state
4. Increase the average families taxes by $77 every two weeks ($5.50 a day).
hard choice
1. Economic collapse
2. financial engineering (that probably won’t work, and even if it does still wouldn’t be great)
3. Eliminate at least part of the American welfare state
4. Increase the average families taxes by $77 every two weeks ($5.50 a day).
hard choice
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just to build on this, I don’t think we are hurdling towards a crisis in the near term, the US has a decade (if not *much* more) fiscal space available to it, but I also don’t think that $77/2wks is a particularly high price for people to pay to future-proof the USD’s exorbitant privilege
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2 party systems are bad but it’s not great that people think that a multiparty system would be “there will be a boutique party that agrees with you on most issues” rather than “coalition management becomes more explicit between a left and right wing coalition”
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
2 party systems are bad but it’s not great that people think that a multiparty system would be “there will be a boutique party that agrees with you on most issues” rather than “coalition management becomes more explicit between a left and right wing coalition”
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“Mr. President. This is a covert action finding. It means you cannot disclose the involvement of the United States in this activity to anyone or it will gravely harm US national security”
A random used car salesman with a talk show at 7 am in the morning:
A random used car salesman with a talk show at 7 am in the morning:
December 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“Mr. President. This is a covert action finding. It means you cannot disclose the involvement of the United States in this activity to anyone or it will gravely harm US national security”
A random used car salesman with a talk show at 7 am in the morning:
A random used car salesman with a talk show at 7 am in the morning:
thats a lot of missile
USAF MQ-9A Reapers are Carrying Up to Ten AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles in the Caribbean
At least nine MQ-9s are deployed to Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernández Airport, each carrying between six and ten AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/12/29/u...
At least nine MQ-9s are deployed to Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernández Airport, each carrying between six and ten AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/12/29/u...
USAF MQ-9A Reapers are Carrying Up to Ten AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles in the Caribbean
At least nine MQ-9s are deployed to Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernández Airport, each carrying between six and ten AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. U.S. Air Force
theaviationist.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
thats a lot of missile
this too is DVcore
December 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
this too is DVcore
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