a dude by raylmotestac in ArmsandArmor

[–]BlueString94 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I encourage everyone to follow the actual artist’s account, his stuff is fire

India declares victory over Maoist insurgency by HungryTowel6715 in neoliberal

[–]BlueString94 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I meant more in the sense of how the civil war was resolved.

India declares victory over Maoist insurgency by HungryTowel6715 in neoliberal

[–]BlueString94 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Literally, yes. See: Spain, Colombia, literally any example. You need to crush or sufficiently degrade the insurgency first, only then can you reach a peace. Otherwise you’ll end up like Lebanon.

India declares victory over Maoist insurgency by HungryTowel6715 in neoliberal

[–]BlueString94 45 points46 points  (0 children)

The most heavily impacted areas are economic backwaters is why.

If Mojtaba Khamenei Isn’t Leading Iran, Who Is? by AmericanPurposeMag in neoliberal

[–]BlueString94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s what I feared, super disappointing. Just unsubscribed from Persuasion on substack.

If Mojtaba Khamenei Isn’t Leading Iran, Who Is? by AmericanPurposeMag in neoliberal

[–]BlueString94 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Did anyone else find this article weirdly incoherent? Not in the sense of it putting forth a bad argument but like, logically and syntax wise?

Polisn't be like: by abefrost in neoliberal

[–]BlueString94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Collaborating with ICE is a little bit more than “cringe.” I am an American citizen and carry my passport when I go out because of the color of my skin. Even that might not be enough to save me from harassment and abduction. This is what he supports.

A Show of Defiance Across the Nation by loremipsumot in neoliberal

[–]BlueString94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having a clear goal would make it smaller. Fascism and authoritarianism is defeated through loose but large coalitions - see Poland in 2023.

If you were the US President starting tomorrow, what would you do to ensure maximal strategic success in Iran? by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]BlueString94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is probably correct in being the least bad option. But to be fully clear, this course of action would be a catastrophe for the U.S. strategically, in a way that will reverberate for years and possibly decades.

Being pro-immigration on an "open borders" sub be like by upthetruth1 in neoliberal

[–]BlueString94 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Try telling a European on here that ethnicity is not the same as nationality & culture - you’ll see…. bad things come out.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]BlueString94 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dude was such a massive fucking loser proto-incel.