Isabella
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"The laws of the moon, a thousand year journey
To all, you may think of the chill night as infinitely far away
And now, let us go on our path of fear, doubt, and loneliness, into darkness"
To all, you may think of the chill night as infinitely far away
And now, let us go on our path of fear, doubt, and loneliness, into darkness"
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To support whoever promises them escape from the drudgery of tradeoffs is to shirk their duty
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 AM
To support whoever promises them escape from the drudgery of tradeoffs is to shirk their duty
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The US traditionally used carrots for Europe and sticks for LatAm, now they're brandishing the stick at everyone
January 20, 2026 at 7:06 AM
The US traditionally used carrots for Europe and sticks for LatAm, now they're brandishing the stick at everyone
It's an account of events that has lived on my head since as more and more democracies see themselves on the brink of disaster at the far right Internationale: "How could this have been supported?" being something sourly replied with "Nevertheless, it was."
January 20, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It's an account of events that has lived on my head since as more and more democracies see themselves on the brink of disaster at the far right Internationale: "How could this have been supported?" being something sourly replied with "Nevertheless, it was."
This one has always been fascinating to me: in Argentina there was attention paid - in history, but also in people's accounts of it - of how the 70's dictatorship, nightmarish as it became, was ushered with the support and relief of a great many of the people.
January 20, 2026 at 12:27 AM
This one has always been fascinating to me: in Argentina there was attention paid - in history, but also in people's accounts of it - of how the 70's dictatorship, nightmarish as it became, was ushered with the support and relief of a great many of the people.
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He does have one in which he says that if the People elect a dictator and that dictator goes on to do evil things then the blame still lies with the people who put the dictator in power. He says "The sin of dictatorship is that people push the failures of government onto one man"
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 PM
He does have one in which he says that if the People elect a dictator and that dictator goes on to do evil things then the blame still lies with the people who put the dictator in power. He says "The sin of dictatorship is that people push the failures of government onto one man"
Coincidentally to this point, the atlanticism discourse among Europeans is acquiring a particularly familiar LATAM tone.
(Explaining the Greenland situation to friends from there had a "Isn't that what the US always does?" tenor to it which is exactly the sort of intergenerational consequence)
(Explaining the Greenland situation to friends from there had a "Isn't that what the US always does?" tenor to it which is exactly the sort of intergenerational consequence)
January 19, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Coincidentally to this point, the atlanticism discourse among Europeans is acquiring a particularly familiar LATAM tone.
(Explaining the Greenland situation to friends from there had a "Isn't that what the US always does?" tenor to it which is exactly the sort of intergenerational consequence)
(Explaining the Greenland situation to friends from there had a "Isn't that what the US always does?" tenor to it which is exactly the sort of intergenerational consequence)
Sure, it is brought forth by the American far-right but it is still starting when measures had to be taken and after an immense of tension in the continent regarding whether or not conflict was to happen.
If it is defused, then it is after some cold assessments of who lives and who dies were made.
If it is defused, then it is after some cold assessments of who lives and who dies were made.
January 19, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Sure, it is brought forth by the American far-right but it is still starting when measures had to be taken and after an immense of tension in the continent regarding whether or not conflict was to happen.
If it is defused, then it is after some cold assessments of who lives and who dies were made.
If it is defused, then it is after some cold assessments of who lives and who dies were made.
Quite frankly there seems to be a lot as if these things were part of internal ideological politics of "Aren't we all threatened by the far right" when there what is being spoken about is the threat of war.
"Oh, but he backed away" and still! One's country threatening war will have consequences.
"Oh, but he backed away" and still! One's country threatening war will have consequences.
January 19, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Quite frankly there seems to be a lot as if these things were part of internal ideological politics of "Aren't we all threatened by the far right" when there what is being spoken about is the threat of war.
"Oh, but he backed away" and still! One's country threatening war will have consequences.
"Oh, but he backed away" and still! One's country threatening war will have consequences.
To be fair part of this mess also is that the GOP is massively irresponsible and the ones setting policy have been MAGA, crowding out the rest; therefore this would've been an inevitable clash at some point.
The GOP decided to be a hostile enemy to all of us, whether they realized so or not.
The GOP decided to be a hostile enemy to all of us, whether they realized so or not.
January 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
To be fair part of this mess also is that the GOP is massively irresponsible and the ones setting policy have been MAGA, crowding out the rest; therefore this would've been an inevitable clash at some point.
The GOP decided to be a hostile enemy to all of us, whether they realized so or not.
The GOP decided to be a hostile enemy to all of us, whether they realized so or not.
(Which is, of course, hogwash, but the exact sort of rhetoric I would expect from this administration)
January 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
(Which is, of course, hogwash, but the exact sort of rhetoric I would expect from this administration)
I would suppose this given how common of a far-right dogwhistle is that European hate speech laws are fascistic in their nature.
Of course, then they want to implement lèse-majesté, but it is consistent in their "Our racism is just us being able to speak the truth"
Of course, then they want to implement lèse-majesté, but it is consistent in their "Our racism is just us being able to speak the truth"
January 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I would suppose this given how common of a far-right dogwhistle is that European hate speech laws are fascistic in their nature.
Of course, then they want to implement lèse-majesté, but it is consistent in their "Our racism is just us being able to speak the truth"
Of course, then they want to implement lèse-majesté, but it is consistent in their "Our racism is just us being able to speak the truth"
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The US is effectively doing an even stupider Falklands War in Greenland, except instead of one country they're picking a fight with an entire continent.
January 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The US is effectively doing an even stupider Falklands War in Greenland, except instead of one country they're picking a fight with an entire continent.
(This is something to be found on the foreign conversations of what if it comes down to a firefight and making the regime suffer for it - and this is something to be found in the domestic conversations of what if the regime escalated further domestically and militant resistance is required)
January 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
(This is something to be found on the foreign conversations of what if it comes down to a firefight and making the regime suffer for it - and this is something to be found in the domestic conversations of what if the regime escalated further domestically and militant resistance is required)
That is quite understandable, and I suspect it also is something generally shared amongst all that are in the blast radius of Trump's actions one way or the other: it is unsustainable and spiraling out of control unpredictably, all the while those subject to those whims deeply desire to retaliate.
January 15, 2026 at 11:56 AM
That is quite understandable, and I suspect it also is something generally shared amongst all that are in the blast radius of Trump's actions one way or the other: it is unsustainable and spiraling out of control unpredictably, all the while those subject to those whims deeply desire to retaliate.
I think it also is part of a bitterness to "Your deterrence will fail!" with an implicitly no other nation has agency v. USA
It really is not all too unlike conversations I've had in LATAM with people who likely are very, very, amused at myself now that things have shaped this way.
It really is not all too unlike conversations I've had in LATAM with people who likely are very, very, amused at myself now that things have shaped this way.
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I think it also is part of a bitterness to "Your deterrence will fail!" with an implicitly no other nation has agency v. USA
It really is not all too unlike conversations I've had in LATAM with people who likely are very, very, amused at myself now that things have shaped this way.
It really is not all too unlike conversations I've had in LATAM with people who likely are very, very, amused at myself now that things have shaped this way.
Which also has the corollary of they shoot at someone and you get Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany or Canada facing soldiers dying at American hands over an imperial annexation of theirs, which I am certain would go most smoothly.
January 14, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Which also has the corollary of they shoot at someone and you get Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany or Canada facing soldiers dying at American hands over an imperial annexation of theirs, which I am certain would go most smoothly.
I must admit that while initially my worries were that nothing would be done, the more the situation has shaped, the more I think Americans are dancing with a massive miscalculation regarding "the EU will simply fold." Directives alone mean they might get shot at and who knows what'll happen then.
January 14, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I must admit that while initially my worries were that nothing would be done, the more the situation has shaped, the more I think Americans are dancing with a massive miscalculation regarding "the EU will simply fold." Directives alone mean they might get shot at and who knows what'll happen then.
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this is also how you should think about the boat strike war crimes imo: a small evil that gets the people uncomfortable with those things out of the ranks in preparation for a greater one.
January 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM
this is also how you should think about the boat strike war crimes imo: a small evil that gets the people uncomfortable with those things out of the ranks in preparation for a greater one.
It had been a musing of mine with the Maduro kidnapping: that by going against a someone that was difficult to publicly defend, it would be the first steps to normalizing policy when more difficult targets came.
(I was then quite surprised by the sharp escalation as I expected a slower buildup)
(I was then quite surprised by the sharp escalation as I expected a slower buildup)
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM
It had been a musing of mine with the Maduro kidnapping: that by going against a someone that was difficult to publicly defend, it would be the first steps to normalizing policy when more difficult targets came.
(I was then quite surprised by the sharp escalation as I expected a slower buildup)
(I was then quite surprised by the sharp escalation as I expected a slower buildup)
When I asked you, a few days ago of the rationale, I wondered what you were seeing on the horizon. In the span of four days, I've very much had to start contending with the same myself; it is a spinning plate off-balance, and at some point the inertia of it will send it flying sooner than later.
January 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM
When I asked you, a few days ago of the rationale, I wondered what you were seeing on the horizon. In the span of four days, I've very much had to start contending with the same myself; it is a spinning plate off-balance, and at some point the inertia of it will send it flying sooner than later.