Afghanistan as an entity has never been a unitary state. At best, it was a collection of fiefdoms paying tribute to a titular king. To the extent that rural Afghans have an identity, it is to family … (View Post)

Besides which, contrarian is wrong. All those pandemic policies he describes originated from renaissance Venice, not communist China. (View Post)

In my life, I have done both. And both were a surprise to me. (View Post)

I am trying to imagine neon-fascists. The swastika in fluorescent lime green and orange? (View Post)

Not exactly comparable situations, though (View Post)