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To be brutally frank, Chile is a small nation in the global south with a relatively tiny population. While it is true that Pinochet's regime was the originator of some aspects of neo-liberalism, this...

To me, the current state of flux being exhibited and reacted against in many countries across the world, in respect to their political structures and geographical territories, is a clear indication...

In fact there is something to the point of the US being a sort of "sick" country today, overextended and lacking a deep belief in it's national culture, divided sharply amongst political and class...

If we take a look at history, we might find some parallels; for example, when we think of European colonialism, we usually picture the white "sahib" or "bawana" living an exploitative existence and...

Living in the world's largest democracy, i see the democratic process for what it is; an imperfect methodology of choosing/changing a government without violence, war or courtly disputes. Imperfect...

Great write up and summation. In my opinion, empire is the best total war game ever made, and i've been waiting for an "improved" version/sequel from CA and SEGA for a decade now! Don't think that's...

Uh...no we didn't. Most Indians (who by the way, aren't screaming and shouting on our :wub:ed up TV networks; seriously Fox news has nothing on our guys!) are quite glad to see a Pakistani PM...

In India, unfortunately for our hard-working armed forces, defence purchases are almost never simply about increasing army/airforce/navy efficiency and capability. A hefty dose of geo-political...

Also, it is important to understand the dynamics of the incident that took place to understand why the the planes crashed in Pakistani Kashmir. Earlier, India had bombed non-military, terrorist...

Yeah, our air force is caught up in a :wub: storm of political arguments about sourcing equipment, and our own fighter industry isn't yet capable of meeting the IAFs demands. That being said, the...

The situation is very complex. The Indian "nationalist" government had been building up hysteria for the Indian elections when the Pulwama terrorist attack happened. It found itself cornered into a...

Stop them how? Bomb the US? Go to war with the US...over Iraq?!?!?! Think about the absurdity of your question...

Unfortunately, the world doesn't align with your black and white simplicity. This is not star wars, where the emperor is pure evil and the rebellion pure good. No country is "evil". Moral judgements...

For many people on this trhread, there seems to be a deep confusion between hate-filled individuals committing horrible crimes, trying desperately to justify their violence in the name of an outdated...

I think a hard look at your "developed" societies is required...what makes people in your countries so isolated and alone that they grasp at constructed ideologies to justify their violence, a...

The basic mismatch between expectations and results of free-trade economic theories in the west stems from a cultural inability to realise the economic structure of a free trade world; such a world...

The caste system in India is more than an evil tradition...it is a constantly changing and evolving hierarchy of privilege, much like "white privilege" in the west. Though progressive forces in India...

As a geo-political idea, an EU army is a great idea...but a combined armed force requires large amounts of standardisation and command unity, not to mention logistics and operational doctrine. This...

It is important to analyse the terrifying cover-all term that you have used ie: "populism"; most people/commentators are using it as a sort of stereotypical, paternalistic dismissive for "dumb mobs"...

Blank cheques are inherently dangerous...and though the one given by the US to the Saudi's might not result in the same kind of disaster as the one written for the Austrians by the Germans in 1914,...

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your point being?

Marx wrote at the height of the industrial world in europe, where the "means of production" could be narrowed down to factories and other physical manufactories etc. If we subscribe to this narrow...

There are a number of countries in the world where existant geo-political difficulties make for an aggressive, xenophobic or ethno-chauvanistic, and a "real-politik" oriented...

Well, the modern concept of freedom of speech isn't there in the bible either...you know why? Because they are not modern books!

The OP is exceedingly narrow in it's premise, first by pitting "liberals" against "conservatives", then by using the two mainstream US parties to represent them. Please understand that labelling...

To be fair, the US needs a lot more regulation on just about everything...impartial, unbiased, fair and equal regulation, so that both left and right are represented by rational, or at least...

Honestly, they should let TNG be, just as they should have not messed with the TOS timelines, both in the reboots and in Discovery...is there such a dearth of good ideas that they need to constantly...

To be fair, the last time the US did isolate itself, it created a situation which allowed it to eventually emerge dominant over the globe; namely the second world war. So whatever dream of "fifty...

Uhh...there are a few here trying to defend the indefensible...some have gone down the legalistic path of quoting the "law", others are passing the buck through classic deflection and whataboutism by...

I think, here is something Bolton and his ilk in the US should remember;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002

First of all, great bunch of questions. Now, "The West" is a historical classification, and has meant different things at different times. At the outset of the "modern" age, it excluded even most of...

Russia presents an interesting example of a "nation", distinct from both "the West" and "the East". As such, many factors combine to create a unique polity that throughout history has leveraged it's...

A lot (and i mean A LOT) of the posts here are talking about hamas or islam or "terrorists" and how "poor Israel" should possibly respond...get this in your heads; the palestinians want equal rights...

If you read what i've written you would see that i don't have a problem with..uhh, people having a problem with a black achilles, and i would, were i ever to direct a troy production, get a white guy...

Honestly, going through the posts about this has been a blast...and has thrown up a few interesting groupings of opinion. Some are worried about the historical accuracy of the actors phenotype while...

you need to pay them in excess of 200k

Hey guess what, someone wrote an article about what i was saying...happy now boyo?
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176382/tomgram%3A_dilip_hiro%2C_america_first_actually_means_china_first/#more

The best thing to do in ETW is to conquer India...gives you lots of money and a base away from Europe's powderkeg. Control trading posts and concentrate on building your army and navies first, then...

What do they want? Power. At a simple psychological level, they are repressed pathological victims, blaming the helplessness of their lives onto the "other". In the current political turmoil, they...