I don't think you need to assume hubris to explain China giving Putin the OK. It's ideologically consistent - big countries have legitimate spheres of interest, America should mind it's own business.… (View Post)

There was a speech in 2019 where he said "we should not allow this problem to be passed down from one generation to the next", which is pretty much exactly what Putin has been saying about … (View Post)

Under FPTP there wouldn't have been as many candidates. Since you could have plausibly won the election on 30% or 40% of the vote, Le Pen wouldn't have needed to tone the fascism down to try to reach… (View Post)

Yeah, anyhow the Ukrainians seem happy with the footage so it looks like a job well done. Sending Biden to do that is probably a bit too risky but Biden should send Kamala over, she either enhances h… (View Post)

I'm not saying the Russians are totally sane but if a NATO head of state got assassinated that would likely work out much better for Zelenskyy than Putin. Watching that video I wondered if the same t… (View Post)