#Commonwealth ch6 “We recognise the importance of maintaining the integrity of the roles of the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. These are the guarantors in their respective spheres of the rule of law, the promotion and protection of fundamental human rights and adherence to good governance.”

It’s America destroying its own best alliances, cutting itself off from its own crucial bases, making a Russian nuclear first strike on the US easier, opening Arctic territories that were once safe to Russian expansion. (2/3)

Failed Athenian military expedition to Sicily 415–413 BC lead to fiscal problems.

Athenian coup 411 BC: oligarchy overthrew democracy. Infighting broke out between the oligarchs.

Athens loses Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) to Sparta who latterly had support from Persia.

#US #Russia #China

#Trump will likely work toward something akin to non-aggression pacts with Russia and China. They will be about trying to secure resources and spheres of influence without war. They will seem attractive but have undertones of a Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia.

The appointing of “yes” men and women to the #Trump presidency will add lack of awareness and inefficiency to the administration’s qualities. #groupthink

But a dip back into X seems to show it increasingly filled with self-congratulatory unpleasantness. It is more informative as to who says what, than what is actually said.