Chris ÁBRÁHÁM
@abraham.su
Existential Pragmatist with Nihilist Overtones.
I'm sure it'll be a totally smooth process and not continue to steer Europeans towards populist nationalist nativism.
> The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction
> The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction
The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot
These are the facts: plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapse, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I'm sure it'll be a totally smooth process and not continue to steer Europeans towards populist nationalist nativism.
> The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction
> The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction
Like always: not hating Trump enough means loving Trump, not supporting Ukraine enough means loving Russia, and American isolationism will always look like betrayal. I mean, our spooks and State department fooled Europe into provoking Russia and now we're gonna bail. Uncool.
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Like always: not hating Trump enough means loving Trump, not supporting Ukraine enough means loving Russia, and American isolationism will always look like betrayal. I mean, our spooks and State department fooled Europe into provoking Russia and now we're gonna bail. Uncool.
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Apparently Congressman Dan Crenshaw thinks it is acceptable for an elected official to threaten litigation to try and silence criticism. And I am glad to see Shawn Ryan not backing down.
I hope they do go to court cause I'd love to see what discovery reveals about Dan.
I hope they do go to court cause I'd love to see what discovery reveals about Dan.
🚨IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🚨 Rep. Dan Crenshaw Threatens to Sue Shawn Ryan... youtube.com/watch?v=ojGa...
🚨IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🚨 Rep. Dan Crenshaw Threatens to Sue Shawn Ryan...
Shawn Ryan has a message. Please see the links below for all references.
Link to the Cease and Desist: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1FBNqbg1a9WmbKZ4jVA-xaIn6t2P9EXQK
Tulsi Gabbard…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Apparently Congressman Dan Crenshaw thinks it is acceptable for an elected official to threaten litigation to try and silence criticism. And I am glad to see Shawn Ryan not backing down.
I hope they do go to court cause I'd love to see what discovery reveals about Dan.
I hope they do go to court cause I'd love to see what discovery reveals about Dan.
If by "descend into" Foreign Affairs means over the course of the last 75 years, I'd agree.
> The Price of American Authoritarianism www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
> The Price of American Authoritarianism www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Price of American Authoritarianism
What can reverse democratic decline?
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December 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
If by "descend into" Foreign Affairs means over the course of the last 75 years, I'd agree.
> The Price of American Authoritarianism www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
> The Price of American Authoritarianism www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
🚨IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🚨 Rep. Dan Crenshaw Threatens to Sue Shawn Ryan... youtube.com/watch?v=ojGa...
🚨IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🚨 Rep. Dan Crenshaw Threatens to Sue Shawn Ryan...
Shawn Ryan has a message. Please see the links below for all references.
Link to the Cease and Desist: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1FBNqbg1a9WmbKZ4jVA-xaIn6t2P9EXQK
Tulsi Gabbard…
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
🚨IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🚨 Rep. Dan Crenshaw Threatens to Sue Shawn Ryan... youtube.com/watch?v=ojGa...
Trump 47 didn’t mint new powers. He inherited them. From Wilson to FDR to LBJ to Nixon to Reagan, then turbocharged by G.W. Bush after 9/11 and normalized by Obama and Biden. Every president added tools. Trump just uses all of them.
December 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Trump 47 didn’t mint new powers. He inherited them. From Wilson to FDR to LBJ to Nixon to Reagan, then turbocharged by G.W. Bush after 9/11 and normalized by Obama and Biden. Every president added tools. Trump just uses all of them.
Just remember that most of the coolest young men are getting perms. That's funny.
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just remember that most of the coolest young men are getting perms. That's funny.
Homeownership never fell off a cliff; it’s hovered around 62–67 percent since the 1950s. What people feel isn’t a housing collapse but wage stagnation, credential inflation, and rising costs. The middle class hollowed out because incomes didn’t keep up. Blame wages, not square footage.
December 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Homeownership never fell off a cliff; it’s hovered around 62–67 percent since the 1950s. What people feel isn’t a housing collapse but wage stagnation, credential inflation, and rising costs. The middle class hollowed out because incomes didn’t keep up. Blame wages, not square footage.
Memory from my Hartnackschule Berlin experience. I towered above all of my classmates. They made me sit for the photo.
December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Memory from my Hartnackschule Berlin experience. I towered above all of my classmates. They made me sit for the photo.
Vloggers, pundits, and newscasters claim objectivity, but their faces leak every contempt display — the micro-sneer, the disdain cue, the derisive lift of the lip. Their expression contradicts their script. They think they’re neutral. We can see them.
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Vloggers, pundits, and newscasters claim objectivity, but their faces leak every contempt display — the micro-sneer, the disdain cue, the derisive lift of the lip. Their expression contradicts their script. They think they’re neutral. We can see them.
Morning Bike Ride to Class at Goethe-Institut Berlin Apr 12, 2010
> "It was a glorious morning so I fancied it a perfect time to video the harrowing trip I take every morning to class along some busy Berlin-Mitte streets... sort of like Quicksilver Light :)"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVXA...
> "It was a glorious morning so I fancied it a perfect time to video the harrowing trip I take every morning to class along some busy Berlin-Mitte streets... sort of like Quicksilver Light :)"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVXA...
Morning Bike Ride to Class at Goethe-Institut Berlin
YouTube video by Chris Abraham
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December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Morning Bike Ride to Class at Goethe-Institut Berlin Apr 12, 2010
> "It was a glorious morning so I fancied it a perfect time to video the harrowing trip I take every morning to class along some busy Berlin-Mitte streets... sort of like Quicksilver Light :)"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVXA...
> "It was a glorious morning so I fancied it a perfect time to video the harrowing trip I take every morning to class along some busy Berlin-Mitte streets... sort of like Quicksilver Light :)"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVXA...
Priceless:
Prank with Amanda Sloat: Biden's special adviser at the US National Security Council Amanda Sloat admits: «Refusal to join NATO in 2022 would have prevented the destruction and loss of lives in Ukraine».
rumble.com/v72u39m-pran...
Prank with Amanda Sloat: Biden's special adviser at the US National Security Council Amanda Sloat admits: «Refusal to join NATO in 2022 would have prevented the destruction and loss of lives in Ukraine».
rumble.com/v72u39m-pran...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Priceless:
Prank with Amanda Sloat: Biden's special adviser at the US National Security Council Amanda Sloat admits: «Refusal to join NATO in 2022 would have prevented the destruction and loss of lives in Ukraine».
rumble.com/v72u39m-pran...
Prank with Amanda Sloat: Biden's special adviser at the US National Security Council Amanda Sloat admits: «Refusal to join NATO in 2022 would have prevented the destruction and loss of lives in Ukraine».
rumble.com/v72u39m-pran...
ContraPoints was prescient AF (this is 8 years ago)
> "This is a fictional dialogue between characters created for philosophical and artistic purposes. I do not necessarily endorse the viewpoints of any of the characters involved."
youtu.be/QuN6GfUix7c?...
> "This is a fictional dialogue between characters created for philosophical and artistic purposes. I do not necessarily endorse the viewpoints of any of the characters involved."
youtu.be/QuN6GfUix7c?...
The Left | ContraPoints
YouTube video by ContraPoints
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December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
ContraPoints was prescient AF (this is 8 years ago)
> "This is a fictional dialogue between characters created for philosophical and artistic purposes. I do not necessarily endorse the viewpoints of any of the characters involved."
youtu.be/QuN6GfUix7c?...
> "This is a fictional dialogue between characters created for philosophical and artistic purposes. I do not necessarily endorse the viewpoints of any of the characters involved."
youtu.be/QuN6GfUix7c?...
Bike-lane entitlement cracks me up. I rode cities for decades as a messenger and commuter, and you’re basically a soft bag of bones on a metal twig trusting that distracted pilots of rolling fortresses don’t erase you. Ride defensive or you’re doing trust falls with trucks.
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bike-lane entitlement cracks me up. I rode cities for decades as a messenger and commuter, and you’re basically a soft bag of bones on a metal twig trusting that distracted pilots of rolling fortresses don’t erase you. Ride defensive or you’re doing trust falls with trucks.
Contrapoints is so awesome!
> How Contrapoints Presaged the Conclusion of the Culture Wars
> How Contrapoints Presaged the Conclusion of the Culture Wars
How Contrapoints Presaged the Conclusion of the Culture Wars
Maybe stop being unfair.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Contrapoints is so awesome!
> How Contrapoints Presaged the Conclusion of the Culture Wars
> How Contrapoints Presaged the Conclusion of the Culture Wars
The Holy Family Was Not Refugees: Why the Nativity Cannot Be Drafted Into Modern U.S. Immigration Politics: Rome guarded its borders like a modern state, but Jesus, Mary, and Joseph moved only within Rome. Their flight wasn’t refugee migration at all.
chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-holy-f...
chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-holy-f...
The Holy Family Was Not Refugees: Why the Nativity Cannot Be Drafted Into Modern U.S. Immigration Politics
Rome guarded its borders like a modern state, but Jesus, Mary, and Joseph moved only within Rome. Their flight wasn’t refugee migration at all.
chrisabraham.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Holy Family Was Not Refugees: Why the Nativity Cannot Be Drafted Into Modern U.S. Immigration Politics: Rome guarded its borders like a modern state, but Jesus, Mary, and Joseph moved only within Rome. Their flight wasn’t refugee migration at all.
chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-holy-f...
chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-holy-f...
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Were Never Refugees A Historical and Terminological Clarification of Movement Within the Roman Imperial System
chrisabraham.substack.com/p/jesus-mary...
chrisabraham.substack.com/p/jesus-mary...
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Were Never Refugees
A Historical and Terminological Clarification of Movement Within the Roman Imperial System
chrisabraham.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Were Never Refugees A Historical and Terminological Clarification of Movement Within the Roman Imperial System
chrisabraham.substack.com/p/jesus-mary...
chrisabraham.substack.com/p/jesus-mary...
Deep thought: market manipulation is the market.
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Deep thought: market manipulation is the market.
What do you fancy the outcome will be?
> Supreme Court takes case that would have recently been unthinkable. slate.com/news-and-pol...
> Supreme Court takes case that would have recently been unthinkable. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court Just Took a Case That Would Have Only Recently Been Unthinkable
The case will be heard early next year.
slate.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What do you fancy the outcome will be?
> Supreme Court takes case that would have recently been unthinkable. slate.com/news-and-pol...
> Supreme Court takes case that would have recently been unthinkable. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The outrage isn’t that Americans can’t afford housing — it’s that they can’t afford housing in the most desirable cities while maintaining the most desirable lifestyles. Big cities are the new theme parks: great to visit, expensive to live in, and never designed for everyone.
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The outrage isn’t that Americans can’t afford housing — it’s that they can’t afford housing in the most desirable cities while maintaining the most desirable lifestyles. Big cities are the new theme parks: great to visit, expensive to live in, and never designed for everyone.
Everyone’s acting like high rent is a brand-new cruelty. For most people, the “middle class” used to mean a small house, one car, home-cooked food, one cheap road trip a year, almost no eating out, no flights, no debt. You didn’t get a solo apartment and a lifestyle. You picked.
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Everyone’s acting like high rent is a brand-new cruelty. For most people, the “middle class” used to mean a small house, one car, home-cooked food, one cheap road trip a year, almost no eating out, no flights, no debt. You didn’t get a solo apartment and a lifestyle. You picked.
Fascinating...
> We are witnessing the collapse of a secular religion
> We are witnessing the collapse of a secular religion
We are witnessing the collapse of a secular religion
Nobody loves explaining how society is nested in a secular religion called the Post-War Consensus or Post-World War 2 Consensus.
Timestamps:
0:00 The Post-War Consensus
0:46 Morality depends on a…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Fascinating...
> We are witnessing the collapse of a secular religion
> We are witnessing the collapse of a secular religion
Agricultural subsidies aren’t socialism. Farmers stay privately owned and operated. The U.S. has long subsidized agriculture for food security and price stability, especially during global disruptions when rebuilding farming capacity isn’t fast or guaranteed.
December 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Agricultural subsidies aren’t socialism. Farmers stay privately owned and operated. The U.S. has long subsidized agriculture for food security and price stability, especially during global disruptions when rebuilding farming capacity isn’t fast or guaranteed.
Hot take: The most dangerous word of the last 50 years is “deserve.” It makes tradeoffs feel like injustice, self-denial feel like oppression, and delayed gratification feel like punishment. “Deserve” is how we turn lifestyle preferences into crises and math into outrage.
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hot take: The most dangerous word of the last 50 years is “deserve.” It makes tradeoffs feel like injustice, self-denial feel like oppression, and delayed gratification feel like punishment. “Deserve” is how we turn lifestyle preferences into crises and math into outrage.