Empire came up in my piece on Wednesday, as the model that best describes foreign relations - at least according to that hippy dippy leftist, Henry Kissinger.
Imperialist nationalism routinely has me down, but I recognize that in my humanism I am in the vocal minority. The vocal majority loves state projects more than anything else - and so we have wars of empire all over, including this one with the UAE in Sudan - and no hope of anything better arising in our lifetimes.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/24/uae-sudan-war-peace-emirates-uk-us-officials
A good day to our Latin America correspondent @MLClark !
If you haven’t already been exposed, and I bet you have, you might find Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins informative.
I have indeed, but talking about that work is a GREAT idea for a future Monday Media Review. 👌🏻 Thanks for the nudge!
And a good day to you, too! What "beat" would you like to be known as a correspondent of? 👀
@MLClark H.L. Mencken and Ambrose Bierce beat me to it with their being born well before me. 😉
@CanisPundit
!!! I would read a Sarcastic Optimism section for DAYS!
😎 Perfect department, no notes!