Michael Shanahan
@o-shenanigans.bsky.social
Retired financial journalist. An avid reader of spy fiction, rugby fan and into
anything horse related. I have been attempting to dance Argentine tango for many years.
anything horse related. I have been attempting to dance Argentine tango for many years.
@thetimes app totally screwed today. Many stories not loading.
March 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
@thetimes app totally screwed today. Many stories not loading.
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Kemi Badenoch says sandwiches are what people eat for breakfast (via Spectator)
December 12, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Kemi Badenoch says sandwiches are what people eat for breakfast (via Spectator)
Reposted by Michael Shanahan
A friend points out that dictatorships, nowadays, also fail because they run out of money. They can't steal enough from the state to pay loyalists, wind up relying on narcotics trade or international crime (true of both Syria and Venezuela, for example) and then their soldiers stop fighting
Why dictatorships fail gradually, and then suddenly www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Sudden Collapse of Bashar al-Assad
The fall of the Russian- and Iranian-backed regime in Syria offers the possibility of change.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:21 AM
A friend points out that dictatorships, nowadays, also fail because they run out of money. They can't steal enough from the state to pay loyalists, wind up relying on narcotics trade or international crime (true of both Syria and Venezuela, for example) and then their soldiers stop fighting