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The New American Empire

The New American Empire

How to satisfy the masses. A hybrid theory.

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Dec 29, 2024
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Part One: Why Empire is Inevitable

Human beings are territorial. Human tools are rules-based. Humans evolve slowly. Human tools evolve quickly.

These premises are some of the basic fundaments that convince me, when it comes to matters of war and peace, something that is elementary in the following aphorism. “It makes no sense to believe our next war is g…

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