How China checkmated Western economies
And what we can do about it.
Politics
How France Is Failing
Slovakia is on the same trajectory but from a worse baseline.
The Decline of Deviance
Let’s get weird. “Science requires deviant thinking. So it’s no wonder that, as we see a decline in deviance everywhere else, we’re also seeing a decline in the rate of scientific progress. New ideas are less and less likely to… Read More »The Decline of Deviance
Europe is under siege
And it is time we start act accordingly. “The Deluge shows that power and independence are not permanent. If you are surrounded by hostile powers, and if you don’t have the ability to guard yourself against those powers, no amount… Read More »Europe is under siege
USA Weren’t United
It happened only later on.
Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta, Part V: Spartan Government
Having an assembly does not mean you have democracy. “I want to note this up front because it is important to recognize that the existence of a popular assembly does not make a Greek polis a democracy, nor does the… Read More »Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta, Part V: Spartan Government
Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. Part I: Spartan School
It was worse than in the movie. “This is perhaps the most glaring way that 300 sugar-coats the agoge. In the film, Leonidas graduates by slaying a wolf that was hunting him. But it is almost certain that the real… Read More »Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. Part I: Spartan School
Collections: A Trip Through Thucydides (Fear, Honor and Interest) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
State craft in old Greece. “Consider modern nuclear deterrence theory as an extreme example – deterrence is maintained not by launching nuclear weapons, nor by being willing to to do, but by the belief of other states that you will… Read More »Collections: A Trip Through Thucydides (Fear, Honor and Interest) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
Great Depression Explained
A lot of new info I did not know about.
Falling Off the Map
States are not permanent. “Of the 207 states that existed in 1816, sixty-six had died by 2000, most of them violently, from external conquest, revolution, civil war, or coup. “ https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/11/20/falling-off-the-map-how-states-die/