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benjaminwittes.bsky.social • 3 days ago

What we stand for now.
A new Melian Dialogue:

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--what-america-stands-for-now

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mgolden7.bsky.social•2 days ago

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neilsuits.bsky.social•3 days ago

Of course Athens eventually lost that war.

benjaminwittes.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not to Melos!

neilsuits.bsky.social•3 days ago

Collateral damage?

If you haven’t yet, be sure to checkout the new Landmark translation of Thucydides. The Melian dialogue is chilling.

mtthucydides.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not a very reader-friendly translation for modern readers (Crawley) for that I’d go to Lattimore’s.

neilsuits.bsky.social•3 days ago

That may be Crawley. I read several versions. Not sure, but I liked it much more than Lattimore.

The Greek histories : the sweeping history of Ancient Greece as told by its first chroniclers: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch
by Romm, James S

neilsuits.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m talking about the James Romm translation. Landmark is retranslating many Greek histories and plays. Others are doing so as well.

ebarwani.bsky.social•3 days ago

I guess at this stage no one should accept a benevolent Power. Like a benevolent dictator who accumulates power the end result is a malevolent Power. I fear for the instability that comes.

mtthucydides.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thucydides shout-out! Love it!

bjornbert.nafofellas.com•2 days ago

Yeah that’s it. Thnks for expressing it.

Best case scenario: the US recovers from this. Still, their former allies will have to wonder, how many straight GOP presidential election losses do we need as a guarantee you won’t betray us again? 5? 10? And that’s not happening!

We’re all in deep trouble

bjornbert.nafofellas.com•2 days ago

I’m trying to say I only see one way of the US ever isolating their fascist wing: Reform the electoral system. No more two party system. No winner takes all. Parliamentary system. No almighty president.

You invented democracy, but since you were first, we corrected your shortcomings. Copy us

bjornbert.nafofellas.com•2 days ago

Difficult, but must be done. I guess no more than 10% of Americans are fascist. Isolate them!

The rest:
- democrat tent
- dumbasses who just wanted change
- dumbasses who didn’t vote
- republicans who can’t imagine voting Dem even though they dislike Trump

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