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Caro Flores Hine<p>Ex-Costa Rica president says US visa revoked after criticism of Trump</p><p>"Former Costa Rican president and Nobel winner Óscar Arias said on Tuesday that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like “a Roman emperor”".</p><p>"His statements came after the US withdrew visas from three Costa Rican lawmakers who opposed Chaves’s decision to exclude Chinese firms from participating in the development of 5G in the country, following US demands. On Tuesday, another opposition lawmaker was also stripped of her US visa"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/costa-rica-oscar-arias-visa-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/01/costa-rica-oscar-arias-visa-trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cr/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cr/tags/TrumpDictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cr/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a></p>
Anthony David<p>A number of my friends and acquaintances are dawning to the realisation that the world will not be going back to how it was a few months ago.<br>We are in a seismic shift in alignments: economically, geopolitically, and militarily.</p><p>The US is hurtling in a new direction and is proving once again, that it is not a reliable partner.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/geopol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uyghurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghurs</span></a></p><p>(5/5) </p><p>... arguing that the deportees will almost certainly face persecution, arbitrary detention, or worse under the Chinese government.</p><p>"The deportations come at a time when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beijing</span></a> has been actively seeking to deepen its ties with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bangkok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bangkok</span></a>, particularly over the vast cyberscam industry that has infected most of Thailand's neighbors." </p><p>//</p><p>Do read the excellent article for free:</p><p><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/thailands-uyghur-deportations-balancing-china-and-the-west/a-72028596" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dw.com/en/thailands-uyghur-dep</span><span class="invisible">ortations-balancing-china-and-the-west/a-72028596</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uyghurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghurs</span></a></p><p>(4/n) </p><p>... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PaetongtarnShinawatra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaetongtarnShinawatra</span></a> — economic growth. "Right now, that is more likely with China than that of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>,"..." </p><p>"... a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thai</span></a> analyst and columnist, told DW. "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> is playing its usual balancing act and, in this case, it is simply prioritizing immediate interests." </p><p>The United States and several human rights organizations had spent months warning against such a move,...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uyghurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghurs</span></a></p><p>(3/n) </p><p>... think tank, this case marked an 👉 "inflection point" in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a>'s geostrategic balancing."👈</p><p>"Thailand now is an open pawn in the US-China conflict," he told DW. "👉The big geostrategic danger is that the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thai</span></a> elite facing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> sanctions now move ever closer into China's orbit and compromise Thailand's once-famous balancing act."👈</p><p>"Instead, it is thinking about the one thing that matters most to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thai</span></a> Prime Minister...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uyghurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghurs</span></a></p><p>(2/n) </p><p>... global audience sees on a daily basis that decades old military (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a>) and economic allies (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mecico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mecico</span></a>) are left hanging in the cold from one day to another. The arcane and insane <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mercantilist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercantilist</span></a> trade policies with aggressive, crippling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> will lead to less trade with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. </p><p>Via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidHutt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidHutt</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dw_innovation</span></a></span></p><p>"For <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThitinanPongsudhirak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThitinanPongsudhirak</span></a>, a senior fellow at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstituteOfSecurityAndInternationalStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InstituteOfSecurityAndInternationalStudies</span></a>, a...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dw_innovation</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uyghurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghurs</span></a></p><p>(1/n) </p><p>*"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thai</span></a> authorities deported a group of 40 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uyghur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghur</span></a> men to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> last month"..."the hell those 40 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uyghurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uyghurs</span></a> will face back in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xinjiang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xinjiang</span></a>"* <br>The last time <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bangkok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bangkok</span></a> did this was in 2015.</p><p>👉It is possible to see this as a precursor to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>' waning geopolitical influence, as the disastrous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foreign</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economic</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> policies of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericaFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericaFirst</span></a>.👈 The...</p><p><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/thailands-uyghur-deportations-balancing-china-and-the-west/a-72028596" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dw.com/en/thailands-uyghur-dep</span><span class="invisible">ortations-balancing-china-and-the-west/a-72028596</span></a></p>
ℵ₀ 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️<p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6fALsenmw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6fALse</span><span class="invisible">nmw</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RuthBenGhiat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBenGhiat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ruspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gerpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chilepol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chilepol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QandA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QandA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldaffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldaffairs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
jbz<p>🐧 An EU Linux Distro For The EU Public Sector <br>— <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@BrodieOnLinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BrodieOnLinux</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu3S2A02FFc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Bu3S2A02FF</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/geopol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopol</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Free_Press</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarInUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarInUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p><p>Exactly.</p><p>s/: BTW, excerpts of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> transcript have already surfaced:/s</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114182920465027713" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1141</span><span class="invisible">82920465027713</span></a></p>
CM Thiede<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://evil.social/@ferricoxide" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ferricoxide</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@spaf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>spaf</span></a></span> or it becomes like Mad Max out there. Life imitating art, art/life, eh? What's in that Vegemite sandwich? Who can it be now?</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/SECVGN4Bsgg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/SECVGN4Bsgg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MuzakLessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuzakLessons</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MenAtWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MenAtWork</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WhoCanItBeNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhoCanItBeNow</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AUKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AUKUS</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MadMax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadMax</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a></p>
Quercus ⚫🟣⚪🟡<p>The family group/tribe is built on mutual support, but the modern conservative version is transactional, based on membership and loyalty. Actions that look like kindness are in reality actions to reinforce tribal loyalty. I think this is why so many people in conservative communties, who are trapped in entirely conservative information spaces, have a hard time breaking free. They see examples of community support as affirmations of their community goodness, and this narrative is drummed into them constantly. Conservative leaders have the advantage of labeling any disruptive people or ideas as 'foreign' and a threat, even if from within the community, so that they never even have to engage with new ideas on merit.</p><p>Kindness isnt a relevant trait to their tribal functioning, because the ability to be unkind and cruel to people who arent toeing the tribal line is necessary to upholding 'family law'. Kindness in others undermines their attempts to police peoples behavior (this is why its so important that men are in charge). Therefore, not only is kindness devalued, it is actively persecuted as a threat to conservative values. And that is only treatment of your in-group. If you reject kindness internally, imagine how easy it is to subject an out-group to cruel inhumanity. You can literally justify anything. What is horrifying is the degree to which everyday members of conservative communities have become willfully blind to the terrible treatment of others in order to hang on to an image of community goodness. I have witnessed far too much of this in my life.</p><p>Its worth stating that the left has its own, different kind of tribalism. They embrace kindness but there is a lot of pressure to prove the right kind of worth. It has a distinctly multicultural, anti-authoritarian tribalism, where the rules of the tribe are under constant negotiation. This makes communicating a platform challenging. Its a lot simpler for conservative platforms whose rules come from demagogues and an old book.</p><p>The flaw of designing a system without compassion is that the cruelty eventually becomes impossible to hide from the tribe, and the cruelty comes for everyone. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/geopol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopol</span></a></p>
CM Thiede<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ManyRoads" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ManyRoads</span></a></span> visuals are great, would be nice to see hectares called out and critical minerals plotted for a better reflection of the state of global affairs. Can't keep doing "business" with the Reds until they've been given a swift introduction to the broadside of a 2 x 4. The US will be too busy "infighting" for at least the next 4 years to be of any real service to anyone else. The 50 US States are not properly represented in that map. There's Red, Blue &amp; Purple. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a></p>
CM Thiede<p>Welcome to the Megalomania Age</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/zu2aX_597PQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/zu2aX_597PQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/MuzakLessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuzakLessons</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BlackSabbath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackSabbath</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Megalomania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Megalomania</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@EUCouncil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCouncil</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CEUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEUM</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CETA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CETA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTradeWars</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CANpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CANpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a></p><p>(9/n)</p><p>...latest utterance must be viewed with suspicion:</p><p>"The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’s (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkish</span></a> expert <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinaCiddi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinaCiddi</span></a> writes that under President Recep Tayyip <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a>, 👈“<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ankara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ankara</span></a> is not only distancing itself from the West, but consciously working to undermine its core security interests.” 👈...</p><p><a href="https://m.jpost.com/opinion/article-830560" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.jpost.com/opinion/article-83</span><span class="invisible">0560</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MAKS23</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTradeWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p><p>(2/2)</p><p>... waging a war against the "internal enemy," the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> "DeepState," aka the federal agencies, through.. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>.</p><p>All this real insanity can easily be explained:<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tRump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tRump</span></a> is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAsset</span></a> 2)</p><p>Then, suddely all pieces fall into place. Even the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MassDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportations</span></a>: they strain relations with neighboring countries while also robbing the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>' economy of one of its key success factors: cheap immigrant labor.<br>//</p><p>2)<br><a href="https://youtu.be/YsIntuxmXf0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/YsIntuxmXf0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MAKS23</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTradeWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p><p>(1/2)</p><p>No, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tRump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tRump</span></a> is destroying the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> at the behest of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putler</span></a>, e. g. by declaring a tradewar against almost everyone, starting with his closest allies in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerica</span></a>.</p><p>If a trade-war with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, is a "...very dumb thing to do! " 1) (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JustinTrudeau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinTrudeau</span></a> this week), how is a war on several fronts to be classified?</p><p>Simultaneously, he is... </p><p>1)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114117427200013920" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1141</span><span class="invisible">17427200013920</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Snowshadow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Snowshadow</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CETA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CETA</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CANpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CANpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a></p><p>You are very welcome.</p><p>Do you think such a Euro-North-American <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeTradeArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTradeArea</span></a>, omitting the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAmerica</span></a>, would get a majority in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>?</p><p>My idea is to start deepening it towards a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefenseUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefenseUnion</span></a> and other areas, similar to precursors of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114117727396917718" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1141</span><span class="invisible">17727396917718</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Lassielmr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lassielmr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@EUCouncil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCouncil</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a></p><p>(3/3)</p><p>... must switch to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WartimeProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WartimeProduction</span></a>👈 to stand a chance in a military conflict with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russiamforves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russiamforves</span></a></p><p>//</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Lassielmr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lassielmr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@EUCouncil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCouncil</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeoPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a></p><p>(2/3)</p><p>... certain, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> surely does not want to be left out alone in the cold when the remaining 27 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> members (26?--<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HUN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HUN</span></a>) all regroup under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NuclearUmbrella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearUmbrella</span></a> to <br>finally form a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EuropeanDefenseForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefenseForce</span></a>.</p><p>That must be equipped and financed. A "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefenseUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefenseUnion</span></a>' is indispensable now.</p><p>Also, in economic terms, as I don't disagree with your current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> assessment, and as I do believe that 👉ALL European countries...</p>