@GenStilicho

Jacob Urowsky Professor of Strategic Studies at Hustlers University. Former CIA station chief for the Heard and MacDonald Islands.

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A thread with excerpts from The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess Mitchell:
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France was one of the first states to embrace espionage as a profession, to be carried out by permanent state bureaucracies, as the Third Republic reorganized its military after its crushing defeat by Prussia in 1870-71.
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ukrainian FPV operators work 1-3 miles behind porous, unstable front lines in entrenched positions they must walk up to 10 miles under heavy load to reach. they stay at these positions for days without relief, hunted by both enemy FPVs and small groups of infantrymen acting as
Richard โ€œBeeboโ€ Russell
@proverbs_14_23Oct 19
The black rifle coffee alpha male takes a sip from his thermos and looks out from the bunker to the battlefield, itโ€™s hell out there. โ€œPerfectโ€ He thinks He adjusts the sights on his custom-built 16-inch 6mm ARC AR-15 with a Proof Research carbon-fiber barrel, JP Enterprises silent captured spring system, and a Geissele Super Dynamic Enhanced two-stage trigger. He picked it because the trigger felt smooth against his $350 carbon fiber combat gloves, and the alloy magazines were 20 grams lighter against his $2200 Kevlar vest. He mindlessly feels at his tactical pouch, he has a 10 year supply of testosterone cypionate in it, just in case the pharmacies get hit. He smirks, โ€œDaddy needs his combat fuel.โ€ Heโ€™s been on TRT for 7 years, his testes have cobwebs on them. He steps out of the bunker, heโ€™s spent years training for this moment, doing weighted carries, getting โ€œdonโ€™t tread on meโ€ tattoos, bow hunting, having a beard. โ€œItโ€™s fuckin showtime.โ€ He announces. Just then he feels something lightly tap his leg. He glances down. Itโ€™s a 17 dollar drone off temu. It has a decal on it. โ€œIs thatโ€ฆ hentai?โ€ His legs are blown smooth off. 12 miles away in a disgusting room illuminated only by the degenerate glow of purple LED strip lighting, a 17 year old leans back in his cum stained gamer chair. Heโ€™s grown so frail and sickly his friends and family keep mistaking him for Asmongold. He grabs another 30mg vyvanse and washes it down with a cold chicken nugget. โ€œGG faggotโ€ Heโ€™s killed 500 men.
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As Hรผlegรผ's armies met the walls of Baghdad winter 1257-58, it was not just an encounter between the Mongols and Abbasid Caliphate, but of the human, financial, material, and technological resources of north China, central Asia, Russia, the Caucasus, and Iran against those of Iraq.
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Benito Mussolini:
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steve jobs and robert moses would do this too, it's a habit of highly effective people that no one is brave enough to write a book about
New Left EViews
@NewLeftEViewsOct 19
One of Bismarckโ€™s trademark habits was to openly weep and wail and threaten to resign, harm or kill himself when he was not getting his way with the Kaiser. He would genuinely throw tantrums and cry and on one such occasion walked up to an open window and threatened to jump.
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Great to see her abiding by the Sharia in respect of the new local government.
Emmaโ€™s gallery-worthy
@HollywoodladyyOct 14
Jennifer Lawrence out in NYCโ€ฆ.This is how you do cozy off duty dressing.DAMN!!
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"Don't worry guys, we still have allies"
Ragฤฑp Soylu
@ragipsoyluOct 18
Netanyahu apparently displayed this map as part of his national security policy presentation.
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Protestantism seems like the obvious confounder here but it's interesting that the Dutch Republic was such a huge exception.
nephew jonathan
@nephew_jonathanOct 17
why do early modern witch-hunts do a pretty good job of predicting early industrialization and present-day high GDP
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D.Inkwell@DownInkwellOct 16
Anti FDR cartoons go insanely hard, wtf
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Aleph
@woke8yearoldOct 16
Honestly not really, Russia has been greatly weakened in realist terms. Invading Ukraine was irrational and silly from a realist pov. It made sense if you were a romantic Russian nationalist that has been disconnected from reality for decades like Putin has
John Ganz@lionel_trollingOct 16
Well, first of all, for some reason, Mearsheimer predicted that Russia would not invade Ukraine, because it wasn't smart, which was at variance with his own model. Ukraine only abandoned non-alignment after Russian moves in Crimea and Donbas
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ืืงื“ื— ืžืขืฉืŸ: "ื”ืฉืคืขื” ื™ืฉื™ืจื” ืขืœ ื”ื—ืœื˜ืช ื—ืžืืก ืœื™ื–ื•ื ืืช ืžืชืงืคืช ื”-7 ื‘ืื•ืงื˜ื•ื‘ืจ": ื”ืžืกืžืš ืฉื›ืชื‘ื• ืื ืฉื™ ื ืชื ื™ื”ื• - ื•ืžืืฉื™ื ืืช ื”ืžืžืฉืœื” ื‘ื ื™ื’ื•ื“ ืœืงืžืคื™ื™ืŸ ืฉืžืืฉื™ื ืืช ืจืืฉื™ ืžืขืจื›ืช ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ, ืžืกืžืš ื“ืจืžื˜ื™ ืฉื›ืชื‘ื• ืื ืฉื™ื• ืื—ืจื™ ื”ื˜ื‘ื— ื—ื•ืฉืฃ ืืช ืื—ืจื™ื•ืช ื”ื“ืจื’ ื”ืžื“ื™ื ื™ ื•ื”ื”ื ื—ื™ื•ืช ืœืฆื”"ืœ ืœืคื ื™ 7/10: "ืฉื™ืžื•ืจ ื—ืžืืก ื›ื›ืชื•ื‘ืช ืฉืœื˜ื•ื ื™ืช ืืคืงื˜ื™ื‘ื™ืช, ืžืจื•ืกื ืช ื•ืžืจืกื ืช", ืœืฆื“ ื•ื™ืชื•ืจ ืขืœ ื”ื›ืจืขื” ืฆื‘ืื™ืช. ื ืชื ื™ื”ื• ื”ืžืฆื™ื ื’ื™ืจืกื”- ื•ืฉื›ื— ืฉื”ื•ืชื™ืจ ืžืื—ื•ืจื™ื• ืฉื•ืจื” ืืจื•ื›ื” ืฉืœ ืจืื™ื•ืช ืžืคืœื™ืœื•ืช ืืคืฉืจ ืœื”ื›ืจื™ืข ื‘ืงืœื•ืช ืืช ื”ื•ื™ื›ื•ื— ื‘ื™ืŸ ื ืชื ื™ื”ื• ื•ืจืืฉื™ ืงื”ื™ืœืช ื”ืžื•ื“ื™ืขื™ืŸ ื•ืžืขืจื›ืช ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ ืื•ื“ื•ืช ืžื™ ืืžืจ ืฉื”ื—ืžืืก ืžื•ืจืชืข, ืžื™ ืœื ืจืฆื” ืœื”ื›ืจื™ืข ืืช ื”ื—ืžืืก, ื•ืžื™ ืฉืืฃ ืœื”ืกื“ืจื”, ื›ื™ ื‘ื™ืงืฉ ืœื”ื•ืชื™ืจ ืืช ื”ื—ืžืืก ื›ืฉื•ืœื˜ ื‘ืขื–ื”. ืชื’ื•ื‘ืช ืžืฉืจื“ ืจืืฉ ื”ืžืžืฉืœื”, ื‘ืฉืžื• ืฉืœ ื ืชื ื™ื”ื•, ืœื˜ื™ื•ื˜ืช ื“ื•"ื— ืžื‘ืงืจ ื”ืžื“ื™ื ื” ื”ื™ื ืจืื™ื™ื” ืžืคืœื™ืœื” ื™ืฉื™ืจื” ื•ื—ื“ื” ื ื’ื“ ื”ื’ื™ืจืกื” ืฉืื•ืชื• ื ืชื ื™ื”ื• ืžื ืกื” ืœืžื›ื•ืจ ื›ืขืช. ื•ื›ืš ื ืืžืจ ืฉื, ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืฉืืจ: "ื”ื ื—ื™ื•ืช ื”ื“ืจื’ ื”ืžื“ื™ื ื™ ื‘ื ื•ืฉื ืขื–ื” ื‘ืฉื ื™ื ื”ืื—ืจื•ื ื•ืช"ื›ืœืœื•, ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ื™ืชืจ: ื“ื—ื™ื™ืช ืขื™ืžื•ืชื™ื; ื”ืกืชืžื›ื•ืช ืขืœ ื”ืžื›ืฉื•ืœ; ืžื”ืœื•ืžื•ืช ืขื™ืชื™ื•ืช; ืฉื™ืžื•ืจ ื—ืžืืก ื›ื›ืชื•ื‘ืช ืฉืœื˜ื•ื ื™ืช ืืคืงื˜ื™ื‘ื™ืช, ืžืจื•ืกื ืช ื•ืžืจืกื ืช" . ืขื•ื“ ื ืืžืจ ื›ื™ "ื•ื›ื™ ื’ื™ืฉื” ืืกื˜ืจื˜ื’ื™ืช ื–ื• ืฉืœ ืžืžืฉืœื•ืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ "ื—ืœื—ืœื” ืœืชื•ืš ื”ืชืคื™ืกื” ื”ืžื‘ืฆืขื™ืช ืฉืœ ืฆื”ืดืœ ื‘ื›ืœ ื”ื ื•ื’ืข ืœื”ื™ืžื ืขื•ืช ืžื”ื›ืจืขืช ื—ืžืืก ื•ืขื•ื“ื“ื” ื—ื™ืคื•ืฉ ืฉืœ 'ืชื—ืœื™ืคื™ ื”ื›ืจืขื”'ืด. ื•ืขื•ื“ ื ืืžืจ ืฉื ื›ื™ ื‘ื ื•ืฉื ืชืคื™ืกืช ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื—ื•ืŸ ืฉืœ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, ืขืœ ืจื‘ื“ื™ื” ืขืœืชื” ืžืกืงื ื” ืžืจื›ื–ื™ืช ื•ืœืคื™ื” ืขืงืจื•ื ื•ืช ื”ื™ืกื•ื“ ืฉื’ื•ื‘ืฉื• ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ื‘ืŸ-ื’ื•ืจื™ื•ืŸ "ื ื•ืชืจื• ืชืงืคื™ื ืืš ื‘ืคื•ืขืœ )ื”ื( ืœื ื™ื•ืฉืžื• ื‘ืฉื ื™ื ืฉืงื“ืžื• ืœึพ 7.10" ื•ื›ื™ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื”ืชืจื—ืงื” ืžื™ื™ืฉื•ืžืŸ ื‘ืžื”ืœืš ื”ืฉื ื™ื. ืœืžืฉืœ, ื‘ื›ืœ ื”ื ื•ื’ืข ืœื”ืจืชืขื” ื‘ืกื™ืกื™ืช, ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืœื ืขืžื“ื” ืขืœ ืžืกืคืจ ืžืจื›ื™ื‘ื™ื "ืฉื ืจืื” ืฉื”ื™ื• ืœื”ื ื”ืฉืคืขื” ื™ืฉื™ืจื” ืขืœ ื”ื—ืœื˜ืช ื—ืžืืก ืœื™ื–ื•ื ืืช ืžืชืงืคืช ื”- 7 ื‘ืื•ืงื˜ื•ื‘ืจ". ืขื•ื“ ืฆื•ื™ืŸ ื‘ืžืกืžืš ื›ื™ ืื—ื“ ื”ืžืจื›ื™ื‘ื™ื ื”ื ื•ื’ืขื™ื ืœื”ืจืชืขื” ื”ื‘ืกื™ืกื™ืช ืฉื™ืฉืจืืœ ื”ืชืจื—ืงื” ืžื™ื™ืฉื•ืžื• ื‘ืžื”ืœืš ื”ืฉื ื™ื ื”ื•ื "ืชืคื™ืกืช ื”ื”ื›ืจืขื” ื”ืงืœืืกื™ืช". ื™ืฉืจืืœ, ืœืคื™ ื”ืžืกืžืš, ืจื™ื“ื“ื” ื‘ืขืฉื•ืจื™ื ื”ืื—ืจื•ื ื™ื ืืช ื—ืฉื™ื‘ื•ืช ื”ืชืžืจื•ืŸ ื”ืงืจืงืขื™ ื”ื”ืชืงืคื™ ื›ืžืจื›ื™ื‘ ืœื™ื‘ื” ื‘ื”ืฉื’ืช ื”ื›ืจืขื” ื•ื™ื™ืฉืžื” ืดืชื—ืœื™ืคื™ ื”ื›ืจืขื”ืด ื‘ืกื‘ื‘ื™ื ืžื•ืœ ืขื–ื” ืžืื– ืžื‘ืฆืข ืดืขื•ืคืจืช ื™ืฆื•ืงื”ืด ื‘ืฉื ืช 2008 , ื•ื–ืืช "ืœืœื ื‘ื—ื™ื ื” ืืกื˜ืจื˜ื’ื™ืช ื‘ืืฉืจ ืœื”ืฉืคืขืช ืขื ื™ื™ืŸ ื–ื” ืขืœ ืจืื™ื™ืช ื”ืฆื“ ื”ืฉื ื™ ื‘ืืฉืจ ืœืขื•ืฆืžืช ื”ื”ืจืชืขื” ื”ื‘ืกื™ืกื™ืช ืฉืœ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื•ื ื›ื•ื ื•ืชื” ืœื”ื™ืœื—ื ืขืœ ื”ืงืจืงืข". [ืขื•ื“ ืขืœ ื”ืžืกืžืš- ื‘ืฆื™ื•ืฅ ื”ื‘ื:] ynet.co.il/news/article/b1trโ€ฆ @YRubovitch @YediotAhronot @ynetalerts
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Red flags someone is about to bullshit you "History shows..." "History teaches us..." "Historians agree..."
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A thread with excerpts from War and Society in Early Rome: From Warlords to Generals by Jeremy Armstrong:
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During the early iron age (specifically 850-730 BC) Latin society began to split into two strata - an agrarian lower class rooted in specific settlements and a more mobile martial elite defined by clan identity. This parallels early medieval Europe.
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Regal and early Republican Roman warfare was waged by clan warbands. Settlements and their assemblies gave the leaders of these warbands imperium - ritual permission to conduct violence on their behalf - but did not control them.
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John Ma's Polis argues for a similar process in Archaic Greece - a struggle by settled communities to create institutions which could control elites and their warbands.
Stilicho@GenStilichoOct 15
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Early Rome was defined by conflict between a settled urban population and the warbands of its mobile aristocratic clans (gentes); later Roman writers inaccurately saw this in terms of the patrician/plebian devide of their own times.
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The story of Gautama Buddha made its way into the hands of a Georgian monk, who rewrote it into a Christian story of "Barlaam and Josaphat." The story spread throughout Christendom, ultimately being translated into English by the Parliamentary General Thomas Fairfax.
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William the Conqueror, who won the Battle of Hastings on this day in 1066, is depicted on this silver penny. This coin was struck at the Hastings mint within two years of the decisive battle that bears the townโ€™s name (1066-1068). From the Hunterian collection.
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Mariam@GaismairOct 13
Fukuyama description of the gulf resonates with me: a society who skips 2-3 levels of development is a husk. You have never heard of a Kuwaiti political theorist, or a Qatari writer, or an Emirati noble peace prize winner. Theyโ€™re stage sets impersonating nations.
Ryo เฃช๐–ค@wondassieOct 13
The dehumanizing of any gulf people by white people just because โ€œtheyโ€™re rich and have oilโ€ needs to be studied
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