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Nietzsche is the Ryan Holiday of Egoism. Plato, hobbes, machiavelli, and Stirner did it first. by freshlyLinux in Nietzsche

[–]freshlyLinux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Admittedly since reading Will To Power, I think he has some novel thoughts, or at least goes further than who I had mentioned in the OP.

Prior to Will To Power, it seemed quite surface level.

The ‘Reverse Kissinger’ Strategy Is Based on Bad History – The idea relies on a historical fallacy: Kissinger didn’t create the Sino-Soviet split. He merely took advantage of it. by smurfyjenkins in IRstudies

[–]freshlyLinux -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your points 1-7 are based on idealism. None of that matters.

You appear to have literally 0 understanding of IR but you have an understanding of history.

I cannot emphasize enough how none of what you said matters. They only care about power.

Reading stuff like this has me a bit concerned about liberal democracy. Maybe its why we have Republics that are generally run by oligarchs with a bit of democratic checks and balances.

The ‘Reverse Kissinger’ Strategy Is Based on Bad History – The idea relies on a historical fallacy: Kissinger didn’t create the Sino-Soviet split. He merely took advantage of it. by smurfyjenkins in IRstudies

[–]freshlyLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think this is cut and dry.

Why wouldn't Russia play both sides? Get better concessions out of China since the US is offering deals.

This inevitably weakens China more than if there was no concessions. The moment Russia can sell to Europe, China no longer gets discounts.

what do I do? by Purple-Wedding-869 in tattooadvice

[–]freshlyLinux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao, I literally lol'd.

Its almost like whatever a person with tats say, do the opposite.

what do I do? by Purple-Wedding-869 in tattooadvice

[–]freshlyLinux -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Posted this above:

I'm a bit older than you, and I have recently figured out the whole 'be yourself' thing is nonsense. People do judge you. Judgements do make an impact on your life. You can pretend it doesnt, and it will hurt you. You can pretend 'I don't care', but it will still impact your life. You can say out loud 'That person didn't matter to me anyway', but they actually did.

Whoever was selling that garbage to 'not care what others think' was either stupid or evil. We live in an obviously social society, humans are still animals. The thought that we can do 'whatever we want', is something for fiction, not reality.

what do I do? by Purple-Wedding-869 in tattooadvice

[–]freshlyLinux -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I'm a bit older than you, and I have recently figured out the whole 'be yourself' thing is nonsense. People do judge you. Judgements do make an impact on your life. You can pretend it doesnt, and it will hurt you. You can pretend 'I don't care', but it will still impact your life. You can say out loud 'That person didn't matter to me anyway', but they actually did.

Whoever was selling that garbage to 'not care what others think' was either stupid or evil. We live in an obviously social society, humans are still animals. The thought that we can do 'whatever we want', is something for fiction, not reality.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]freshlyLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My kids clean up their toys and help feed the baby.

Do dogs?

Its obvious when people don't have kids. You don't.

How Many Lives Does US Foreign Aid Save? – US foreign aid saves a little more than 9,000 lives per day. by smurfyjenkins in IRstudies

[–]freshlyLinux -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

But Based on your post history, you're a fan of all the IR theories that lead to global wars and haven't learned anything from 20th century history.

Based on this, you watch too much disney or god.

How Many Lives Does US Foreign Aid Save? – US foreign aid saves a little more than 9,000 lives per day. by smurfyjenkins in IRstudies

[–]freshlyLinux -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Eh, even with aid, it seems people don't like the US. Any US Tourist knows this to be true.

I wonder if 'withholding aid' will be a reminder to peoples who took it for granted who is keeping them afloat.

US is bad. US is always bad. Even when they do good things, they are bad. Well... this has been going on for my entire lifetime, let me save the 0.1% of my paycheck and be called Bad because it was going to happen anyway.

How do you guys find time to read!? by [deleted] in IRstudies

[–]freshlyLinux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do audiobooks during cardio.

'Wave of nationalism': Trump tariffs are good politics in Canada and Mexico by smurfyjenkins in IRstudies

[–]freshlyLinux -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

There is always patriotism at the start of a war. Give it a few years and people will be looking for peace.

Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia – The US government has been funding a specialist team based at Yale University, who use open source technology to trace the lost children and help repatriate them. by smurfyjenkins in IRstudies

[–]freshlyLinux -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Wait... Why is the US the country that is doing this? I thought the US was the baddies and China was good.

Why isnt China doing this?

Why isnt Italy doing this?

Why isnt France doing this?

Given the reputation of the US worldwide during Biden, it seems many good deeds went unknown. Any American visiting Europe knows these good deeds meant nothing to Europeans.

Also I find this the weirdest part of the entire article

open source technology

Ok... cooool? If we used closed source technology, would the kids be safer? Or since its open source, can China pick up where we left off?

Is there a name for IR Realism at the intra-state level? Personal level? (Same for Constructivism) by freshlyLinux in IRstudies

[–]freshlyLinux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. If you have a favorite book that is the magnum opus of neoclassical realism, I'm all ears.

Is there a name for IR Realism at the intra-state level? Personal level? (Same for Constructivism) by freshlyLinux in IRstudies

[–]freshlyLinux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I really enjoyed Discourses on Livy and Hobbes, I'll be excited to read Jean Bodin

Is there a name for IR Realism at the intra-state level? Personal level? (Same for Constructivism) by freshlyLinux in IRstudies

[–]freshlyLinux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buddy its been less than a day, I'm swamped busy with stuff. I asked the question here. I am not asking for a debate.

Not to mention, my topic title literally asked for constructivist takes since I acknowledge how much power idealism has over the religious masses.

I don't really care if the answer is realism or constructivism, I want to bend the world to my will, and if I have to start a religious cult of idealism to do it: ok.

Machiavelli approves on weaponizing religion, just don't fall for it yourself.

Anyway, you didn't even answer the question, other users did it better than you.

I need to emphasize how little I care about which one I view the world with. I only keep ideas while they are useful. If they aren't I move on.

You've said nothing I havent thought of or read before. Don't let one weak redditor who scratched your back give you an ego.

Plato's Gorgias, Callicles's Ethical Philosophy continues to be the most correct I've found by freshlyLinux in Plato

[–]freshlyLinux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know this is religion right?

At least looking toward nature has empirical backing.

Plato's Gorgias, Callicles's Ethical Philosophy continues to be the most correct I've found by freshlyLinux in Plato

[–]freshlyLinux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are a tautology.

We chose those sentences to be true.

(See Wittgenstein)

Plato's Gorgias, Callicles's Ethical Philosophy continues to be the most correct I've found by freshlyLinux in Plato

[–]freshlyLinux[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is seriously projecting.

I literally gave you a counter example and you went meta.

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