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The better alternative is to get government out of healthcare.
I think the fact that no professional in the political mainstream is even suggesting such a thing, explains a lot about how we got here.
I think the fact that no professional in the political mainstream is even suggesting such a thing, explains a lot about how we got here.
December 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The better alternative is to get government out of healthcare.
I think the fact that no professional in the political mainstream is even suggesting such a thing, explains a lot about how we got here.
I think the fact that no professional in the political mainstream is even suggesting such a thing, explains a lot about how we got here.
Anti-fossil fuel loons are already accepted in the mainstream, anti-vaccers are the next logical step. I think people only seeing the downfall now are very late to the party.
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Anti-fossil fuel loons are already accepted in the mainstream, anti-vaccers are the next logical step. I think people only seeing the downfall now are very late to the party.
I think these are attempts to treat warfare like it's a peacetime legal dispute. This is never going to work, and result of practicing foreign policy this way has been that the West has lost every war since WW2 (and walked into WW2 because of this too). It's basically "anti-vaccer"-level thinking.
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I think these are attempts to treat warfare like it's a peacetime legal dispute. This is never going to work, and result of practicing foreign policy this way has been that the West has lost every war since WW2 (and walked into WW2 because of this too). It's basically "anti-vaccer"-level thinking.
The US can’t defeat the Taliban, nor handle a crumbling 3rd world dictatorship, like Russia. The US gov is in the hands of the Trump family, and there’s zero checks and balances. We have an unprecedented crisis of expertise in politics. So, yea, I think our professors have a lot of explaining to do.
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The US can’t defeat the Taliban, nor handle a crumbling 3rd world dictatorship, like Russia. The US gov is in the hands of the Trump family, and there’s zero checks and balances. We have an unprecedented crisis of expertise in politics. So, yea, I think our professors have a lot of explaining to do.
Are you saying the West’s foreign policy is as competently under control as the rest of our politics in general?
Losing to the Taliban, no idea how to handle Russia, Trump in a second Presidency, etc, etc.
You guys are just crushing it, huh?
Losing to the Taliban, no idea how to handle Russia, Trump in a second Presidency, etc, etc.
You guys are just crushing it, huh?
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Are you saying the West’s foreign policy is as competently under control as the rest of our politics in general?
Losing to the Taliban, no idea how to handle Russia, Trump in a second Presidency, etc, etc.
You guys are just crushing it, huh?
Losing to the Taliban, no idea how to handle Russia, Trump in a second Presidency, etc, etc.
You guys are just crushing it, huh?
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I think it’s because “war crimes” is not a valid concept, and is another symptom of how hopeless our professors are at their jobs. This is just murder on the high seas. There need to be impeachments, indictments and jail. Alas, we can’t do this any more than we can define ”war” or “crime” correctly.
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I think it’s because “war crimes” is not a valid concept, and is another symptom of how hopeless our professors are at their jobs. This is just murder on the high seas. There need to be impeachments, indictments and jail. Alas, we can’t do this any more than we can define ”war” or “crime” correctly.
Imagine grown men, in 2025, typing about “pagan logic” in total seriousness.
All while working on electronic devices, to publish on the internet.
You can’t really make this stuff up…
All while working on electronic devices, to publish on the internet.
You can’t really make this stuff up…
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine grown men, in 2025, typing about “pagan logic” in total seriousness.
All while working on electronic devices, to publish on the internet.
You can’t really make this stuff up…
All while working on electronic devices, to publish on the internet.
You can’t really make this stuff up…
Made possible by professors like Tom Nichols…
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Made possible by professors like Tom Nichols…
If you couldn’t impeach and convict for Jan-6 then Presidents in the US can no longer be impeached for anything. This is just another aspect of the spiralling Constitutional crisis inflicted on us by the complete lack of expertise of anyone in the field of politics.
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you couldn’t impeach and convict for Jan-6 then Presidents in the US can no longer be impeached for anything. This is just another aspect of the spiralling Constitutional crisis inflicted on us by the complete lack of expertise of anyone in the field of politics.
But merely resigning also doesn’t work. Getting competent officers to leave, only to be replaced with loyalist hacks is all textbook transition to authoritarianism.
December 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
But merely resigning also doesn’t work. Getting competent officers to leave, only to be replaced with loyalist hacks is all textbook transition to authoritarianism.
But Western foreign policy has always been so incompetent that it’s not clear what would be much different if not for Trump anyway. As awful as MAGA is, foreign policy is one area which they are not the root issue.
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
But Western foreign policy has always been so incompetent that it’s not clear what would be much different if not for Trump anyway. As awful as MAGA is, foreign policy is one area which they are not the root issue.
But it's also important. I think the biggest issue we face in politics today is that no one in the mainstream can really be described as in the right. This is an unprecedent crisis of expertise.
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
But it's also important. I think the biggest issue we face in politics today is that no one in the mainstream can really be described as in the right. This is an unprecedent crisis of expertise.
And who would you replace him with? If Western foreign policy experts had any idea how to handle Russia then they would've done so long ago. European countries can handle this right now if they really wanted to. They don't need the US. The West has big issues with foreign policy.
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
And who would you replace him with? If Western foreign policy experts had any idea how to handle Russia then they would've done so long ago. European countries can handle this right now if they really wanted to. They don't need the US. The West has big issues with foreign policy.
I think there's a big difference between businessmen like Gates, Bezos, etc, vs "businessmen" like Musk, Trump, etc.
December 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I think there's a big difference between businessmen like Gates, Bezos, etc, vs "businessmen" like Musk, Trump, etc.
But people are starving and out of a job *because* of a lack of economic freedom. Misrepresenting the issue to justify even more violation of economic freedom is how you then get full dictatorships.
November 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
But people are starving and out of a job *because* of a lack of economic freedom. Misrepresenting the issue to justify even more violation of economic freedom is how you then get full dictatorships.
This is more like preparing for inevitably surrendering to Russia. NATO needs to be far more active and do its job. Russia is a crumbling 3rd world dictatorship. I think our foreign policy experts should be facing some very hard questions about their capabilities.
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is more like preparing for inevitably surrendering to Russia. NATO needs to be far more active and do its job. Russia is a crumbling 3rd world dictatorship. I think our foreign policy experts should be facing some very hard questions about their capabilities.
We keep looking for ideas about politics in all the wrong places.
No, there are no answers in Hitler’s couch, nor in his DNA. We have a real crisis of expertise among political professionals. Most are politically illiterate and reject even basic reason. I think that’s what gives rise to Hitler-types
No, there are no answers in Hitler’s couch, nor in his DNA. We have a real crisis of expertise among political professionals. Most are politically illiterate and reject even basic reason. I think that’s what gives rise to Hitler-types
November 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
We keep looking for ideas about politics in all the wrong places.
No, there are no answers in Hitler’s couch, nor in his DNA. We have a real crisis of expertise among political professionals. Most are politically illiterate and reject even basic reason. I think that’s what gives rise to Hitler-types
No, there are no answers in Hitler’s couch, nor in his DNA. We have a real crisis of expertise among political professionals. Most are politically illiterate and reject even basic reason. I think that’s what gives rise to Hitler-types
But “improved vetting” is also wrong, and agrees with the nativist premise. The function of government is to protect rights, which means immigration (an act that doesn’t violate rights) should be free of gov involvement.
I think our issue is a lack of expertise in mainstream political discourse.
I think our issue is a lack of expertise in mainstream political discourse.
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
But “improved vetting” is also wrong, and agrees with the nativist premise. The function of government is to protect rights, which means immigration (an act that doesn’t violate rights) should be free of gov involvement.
I think our issue is a lack of expertise in mainstream political discourse.
I think our issue is a lack of expertise in mainstream political discourse.
But I think one begets the other. We’ve had a real issue with expertise in politics for a long time, and this has given rise to the college dropout activists taking over the political discourse.
Until we address the issue of political literacy among professionals in the field, it’ only get worse.
Until we address the issue of political literacy among professionals in the field, it’ only get worse.
November 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
But I think one begets the other. We’ve had a real issue with expertise in politics for a long time, and this has given rise to the college dropout activists taking over the political discourse.
Until we address the issue of political literacy among professionals in the field, it’ only get worse.
Until we address the issue of political literacy among professionals in the field, it’ only get worse.
But China is in the grip of an authoritarian government, so it won't be producing much for long anyway.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
But China is in the grip of an authoritarian government, so it won't be producing much for long anyway.
NATO considering doing it’s job? Better late than never, but how serious are they really?
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
NATO considering doing it’s job? Better late than never, but how serious are they really?
Because Russia needs to be militarily defeated. It's not going to stop fighting on its own. A lot more active work from NATO, whose bungling in foreign policy is responsible for this invasion in the first place, is needed. Even the pro-Ukrainian commentators aren't calling for actual victory.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Because Russia needs to be militarily defeated. It's not going to stop fighting on its own. A lot more active work from NATO, whose bungling in foreign policy is responsible for this invasion in the first place, is needed. Even the pro-Ukrainian commentators aren't calling for actual victory.
Well, Trump forced a bad peace deal on Israel anyway without help, but then so has every US President, which is why the whole world now has to deal with Islamic terrorism. The West has been utterly hopeless at foreign policy long before Trump came along.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Well, Trump forced a bad peace deal on Israel anyway without help, but then so has every US President, which is why the whole world now has to deal with Islamic terrorism. The West has been utterly hopeless at foreign policy long before Trump came along.
If there's some mainstream foreign policy expert calling for defeating Russia, I've yet to hear it.
The sad reality is that his was always going to end with Ukraine being forced to surrender and Russia winning. The West is utterly incompetent at foreign policy, and this long predates Trump.
The sad reality is that his was always going to end with Ukraine being forced to surrender and Russia winning. The West is utterly incompetent at foreign policy, and this long predates Trump.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If there's some mainstream foreign policy expert calling for defeating Russia, I've yet to hear it.
The sad reality is that his was always going to end with Ukraine being forced to surrender and Russia winning. The West is utterly incompetent at foreign policy, and this long predates Trump.
The sad reality is that his was always going to end with Ukraine being forced to surrender and Russia winning. The West is utterly incompetent at foreign policy, and this long predates Trump.