Lars Christian Smith
@larssmith.bsky.social
Evolutionary and historical anthropology
Reposted by Lars Christian Smith
Caselli and Morelli is a classic paper along these lines: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Bad politicians
We present a simple theory of the quality (competence and honesty) of elected officials. Our theory offers three main insights. Low-quality citizens h…
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April 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Caselli and Morelli is a classic paper along these lines: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Lars Christian Smith
The lesson from 2021-22 is that when a leader with contempt for rules & law tells you plainly and repeatedly that they do not believe that another country is sovereign & that they intend to seize it, it is a good idea to take the threat seriously.
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More deranged, dangerous threats. "We need Greenland for national security & international security...we'll go as far as we have to go. We need Greenland. And the world needs us to have Greenland, including Denmark. Denmark has to have us have Greenland" abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland
President Donald Trump said the U.S. will "go as far as we have to go" to get control of Greenland, ahead of a planned visit to the Arctic island by the vice president.
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March 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The lesson from 2021-22 is that when a leader with contempt for rules & law tells you plainly and repeatedly that they do not believe that another country is sovereign & that they intend to seize it, it is a good idea to take the threat seriously.
bsky.app/profile/shas...
bsky.app/profile/shas...