Dead Carl
@deadcarl.bsky.social
www.deadcarl.com
Writer on Clausewitz, international relations, and German history. Words in American Purpose.
Writer on Clausewitz, international relations, and German history. Words in American Purpose.
I have contingencies
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I have contingencies
Letting off shots to keep the rent down
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Letting off shots to keep the rent down
World where the US saves the Russian provisional government and ensures the KMT wins the civil war
November 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
World where the US saves the Russian provisional government and ensures the KMT wins the civil war
Returning to this, the author direly misunderstands their oath to the Constitution. If the civic order collapses, it is the responsibility of the armed forces to restore it. Your loyalty is to the order, not a profession.
October 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Returning to this, the author direly misunderstands their oath to the Constitution. If the civic order collapses, it is the responsibility of the armed forces to restore it. Your loyalty is to the order, not a profession.
“Experience suggests that if men cannot struggle on behalf of a just cause because that just cause was victorious in an earlier generation, then they will struggle against the just cause. They will struggle for the sake of struggle. They will struggle, in other words, out of a certain boredom”
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“Experience suggests that if men cannot struggle on behalf of a just cause because that just cause was victorious in an earlier generation, then they will struggle against the just cause. They will struggle for the sake of struggle. They will struggle, in other words, out of a certain boredom”
I think this is spot on for what’s needed on the policy side of things. We’ve had many decades where modifications to this process have been purely additive, in the interest of inclusion. In reality, this has made it Byzantine, opaque, and cumbersome and so more exclusionary.
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I think this is spot on for what’s needed on the policy side of things. We’ve had many decades where modifications to this process have been purely additive, in the interest of inclusion. In reality, this has made it Byzantine, opaque, and cumbersome and so more exclusionary.
You might be wondering: who needs a theory of war?
October 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
You might be wondering: who needs a theory of war?
Having SS tattoos should get you canceled.
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Having SS tattoos should get you canceled.
They’re not mincing words in Concord
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
They’re not mincing words in Concord
Inspired by this poster, and once again painted by my talented girlfriend, who posts other art here: www.instagram.com/caseysmithst...
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Inspired by this poster, and once again painted by my talented girlfriend, who posts other art here: www.instagram.com/caseysmithst...