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Paul
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Zachtwerkende Nederlander. Paris & Berlin, previously in The Hague and Rabat. Views mine

Scribbles at chipsgunsandmoney.substack.com
Okay fair enough it's literally in the first line
January 15, 2026 at 4:12 PM
But it's not just the civil servants. @simonkuper.bsky.social It stretches all the way to the top of the main political parties. They're just weak, soft people, who don't have the strength to beat the extremist far right and make Europe a superpower again...
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The weak left has also itself to blame
January 15, 2026 at 12:57 PM
De politieke realiteit in een multi-etnische republiek in Centraal-Azië met duizenden jaren politieke autocratische geschiedenis is gewoon net even anders dan die in bv Utrecht of Barneveld
January 15, 2026 at 10:52 AM
The left needs to get rid of all these softies
January 15, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Because the FT assumes you have half a brain, as opposed to most other finmedia
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 AM
And his money guys are all just thugs and crooked billionaires who want to turn the country into their fiefdom. Bad for Europe!
January 15, 2026 at 9:22 AM
My bet is on early Saturday morning again (EST)
January 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM
If you want to know how Ukraine ended up with so much corruption, which is pretty interesting from a historical / sociological perspective, do give this piece a read chipsgunsandmoney.substack.com/p/why-ukrain...
Why Ukraine should tread carefully with post-war liberalizations
Rapid privatizations in post-conflict settings can have unexpected consequences
chipsgunsandmoney.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM
And for creative thinking and so on
January 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM