What has legitimacy got to do with it? The point is that entities (whether people, companies or countries).don't usually try and maximize this week's outcome at the expense of future outcom… (View Post)

Well, Europe has no interest in projecting power; the vast bulk of any defence capability is going to be land based, and defensive. The goal is to deter Russia (or someone else) from fucking around a… (View Post)

We get everywhere, you know. We're like cockroaches. Only without the dress sense. (View Post)

I see someone has managed to get Grok to spill its system prompt: (View Post)

It is fascinating, and (I suspect) is behind Thiel's comments about how the expansion of the franchise to women has contributed to the "decline of democracy". (View Post)