Sun Tzu: 1) “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”, and 2). “Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
Our President has already defeated the enemy. They have not yet realized that checkmate happened many, many moves ago.
Same points used for Covid. “Please agree to unconditional surrender with zero resistance before the fighting begins.” So far, we’ve mostly said yes. People are finally figuring out that perhaps they should be saying no.
At this point I find it very profitable to consider the Melian Dialogues as well.
PS. Machiavelli wasn't an evil asshole; he was a very heartbroken, disillusioned idealist...people should really read more than just "The Prince" so as to provide proper context for that far more subtle and sophisticated work than what is often given
You are 100% correct.
Civil war 2.0 meet Revolution 2.0 meet WorldWar 3.0 meet Cold War 2.0
FTFY.
When we win all three, there will be peace, built on the backs of many good commies.
Good commies?! The only good commie is a - oh.
The very best commies (believe me)
I want a house made out of their skulls!
Normally I would be all for this, but I don’t want the lefties that close to me. Even dead. They don’t deserve to be that close to happiness
It'll be hard to find that many still intact. 5.56mm makes a mess of em.
because we need lots of bicycle racks as well
Prison food
Find a way to make fuel with it or stop growing it I hope.
BINGO! and Bingo was his name Ooo
Sun Tzu: 1) “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”, and 2). “Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
Our President has already defeated the enemy. They have not yet realized that checkmate happened many, many moves ago.
Same points used for Covid. “Please agree to unconditional surrender with zero resistance before the fighting begins.” So far, we’ve mostly said yes. People are finally figuring out that perhaps they should be saying no.
At this point I find it very profitable to consider the Melian Dialogues as well.
PS. Machiavelli wasn't an evil asshole; he was a very heartbroken, disillusioned idealist...people should really read more than just "The Prince" so as to provide proper context for that far more subtle and sophisticated work than what is often given
Thucydides is fascinating. Damn that was a fun read. Except for Syracuse and all that.
Checks notes, yup, he signed that EO 2 years ago about foreign interference but that shit never got covered.
Meet MEME WAR 2.0
"The Great Conflict"