brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Yeah, but more like re-started, or never really went away. Prof Pitney went for the term as his title in 2020:
Is America heading towards dictatorship?
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Counting from all the posts I’ve made since forums started about 25 years ago, I’m well ahead.A veritable cornucopia of post-nominals - in order to show your sheer brilliance.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
That's undoubtedly the most condescending and patronising post on urban.I read your posts and, for some unknown reason, this always pops into my head:
pompous
1. too serious and full of importance: 2. too serious and full of importance…dictionary.cambridge.org
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
A clue
I don’t know you or you me, yet, you decide to bully me on the internet. Why?
8ball
#notallwomenz
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Don’t be ridiculous; that’s standard fare for P&P and funny to boot. Did you TV people come on here with a game amongst yourselves to see who could be the most preposterous snowflake?
"German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said "the principle of the inviolability of borders applies to every country... no matter whether it's a very small one or a very powerful one".
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said "there is obviously no question that the European Union would let other nations of the world attack its sovereign borders".
Germany and France warn Trump against taking over Greenland
The EU's two leading members were reacting to the US president-elect's plans to acquire Denmark's autonomous territory.
www.bbc.com
What are you talking about? What’s TV people? I’m not playing games, I’m trying to debate. So if someone defends themselves from abuse they’re a snowflake. That’s playground talk.
Derek S-H
Klaatu. Barada. Nikto.
Rompipalle
“Mad as hell & I’m not going to take this anymore”
So much limp willy waving in this thread.
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
Greenland left the EU in 1985 after a referendum because they didn't like the Common Fisheries policy, so whilst it is part of the Danish Realm it presumably isn't within the sovereign borders of the EU."German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said "the principle of the inviolability of borders applies to every country... no matter whether it's a very small one or a very powerful one".
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said "there is obviously no question that the European Union would let other nations of the world attack its sovereign borders".
Germany and France warn Trump against taking over Greenland
The EU's two leading members were reacting to the US president-elect's plans to acquire Denmark's autonomous territory.www.bbc.com
Derek S-H
Klaatu. Barada. Nikto.
I suppose the Right/Far Right push democracy to its absolute limits.
We had the Tories deny, lie and gaslight for 14 years. Nige is taking his opportunity not to respect the importance and influence of Parliamentary representation, but to further his own kingmaker (and money) ambitions. Tommy Manynames is currently banged up for being a moron, but he'll be back out and spreading his poison again soon enough. Badenoch appears to be indirectly exposing Tory incompetence and failure by pointing out all the UK's failings during her tenure as a Minister. And Social Media has rapidly become a cesspool owned by irresponsible and greedy individuals who seem to care nothing about its consequences.
Meanwhile, supporters of this descent into madness appear not to recognise lies, being manipulated and told exactly what they want to hear. I have yet to read nor hear anything from a MAGA voter that makes rational sense, a bit like Get Brexit Done, I suppose.
What can we do? Not much as the US don't take us very seriously. Trump may not be a dictator yet, but that certainly would appear to be the direction of travel, so perhaps his administration will test the boundaries whilst in office. They've certainly mastered the art of creating an alternative narrative and definitions of what constitutes good governance and it seems to appeal to his myopic fanbase.
But as big and powerful as America is, it doesn't exist in isolation (much as his supporters would like to claim it does); it does need collaboration and cooperation, to work with other countries. So threats of expansion and chest-beating feels all a bit performative in public for the fanbase, behind the scenes you would hope they'd exhibit a bit more rationality and political nous.
We had the Tories deny, lie and gaslight for 14 years. Nige is taking his opportunity not to respect the importance and influence of Parliamentary representation, but to further his own kingmaker (and money) ambitions. Tommy Manynames is currently banged up for being a moron, but he'll be back out and spreading his poison again soon enough. Badenoch appears to be indirectly exposing Tory incompetence and failure by pointing out all the UK's failings during her tenure as a Minister. And Social Media has rapidly become a cesspool owned by irresponsible and greedy individuals who seem to care nothing about its consequences.
Meanwhile, supporters of this descent into madness appear not to recognise lies, being manipulated and told exactly what they want to hear. I have yet to read nor hear anything from a MAGA voter that makes rational sense, a bit like Get Brexit Done, I suppose.
What can we do? Not much as the US don't take us very seriously. Trump may not be a dictator yet, but that certainly would appear to be the direction of travel, so perhaps his administration will test the boundaries whilst in office. They've certainly mastered the art of creating an alternative narrative and definitions of what constitutes good governance and it seems to appeal to his myopic fanbase.
But as big and powerful as America is, it doesn't exist in isolation (much as his supporters would like to claim it does); it does need collaboration and cooperation, to work with other countries. So threats of expansion and chest-beating feels all a bit performative in public for the fanbase, behind the scenes you would hope they'd exhibit a bit more rationality and political nous.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
‘Tamed the West’ is an interesting way of describing colonial genocide.
Nylock
I hate 'these days'...
Someone who is truly an expert in something recognises the limitations of their knowledge and is unlikely to fall victim to the conceits of the 'novice' end of the Dunning-Kruger effect (the idea they know-it-all and no longer need to keep learning)...
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Never had that crown, never will now you've shown levels of patronising and condescension I can only marvel at rather than hope to emulate
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isvicthere?
a.k.a. floppybollocks
I agree with this. In ancient Rome, long after it had become an empire, its leaders often invoked the republic and even claimed, at least nominally, that it still existed.
What you suggest here is similar and plausible.
Someone posted they want experts posting. They said they were old and waving their fist at the sky. I’m probably older than them and I don’t get angry and wave my fist at the sky. Interesting post btw.
The lectures are uncalled for. Is it wise to lecture someone you know nothing about?
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
There's this which I'm just finishing which goes into the reasons for Rome's decline and makes some comparisons with the US.
Why Empires Fall
What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist, both experts in their field, investigate Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced...
www.penguin.co.uk
Novara interview with the authors here...
Is the West Heading for Civilisational Collapse? | Novara Media
What historians have got wrong about the collapse of the Roman Empire sheds much light on the current state of western civilisation, according to the authors of How Empires Fall.
novaramedia.com
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
What do you think such a deal would be composed of to have this sort of cartoon chest beating as cover ?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
It’s a good question and, really, who knows what Trump might think he’s achieving. I suppose, trying to rationalise the madness, maybe he thinks that normalising imperial ambitions might soften up domestic/world opinion for the inevitable concessions to Putin?
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Derek S-H
Klaatu. Barada. Nikto.
Oh no, you've had years of practice and are a highly skilled proponent, I am a mere novice in comparison.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
You're no novice in self-referential thread wrecking, though; why does everything have to be about you? Try engaging with thread content, eh?
I tried that, it didn’t work.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
FFS, cut the whingeing and post on thread or just stick to joke threads, eh?
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