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Aug 22, 2023Liked by Rurik Skywalker

"America, after all, is not a country, but a business"

When you understand that most of the colonies (i.e. Virginia the most important one) started as companies, America makes a lot more sense.

"that is to say, it is an oligarchy, unfortunately"

America grew out of an oligarchic spat the exact same way the CSA did. It's hard to think of a war that wasn't an outgrowth of an inter-oligarchic conflict.

Rolo, I feel like your perspectives have taught me more about American history than anything lol.

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But the American people really did want to become a nation, they yearn for it, despite the best efforts of the oligarchy.

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We are a nation under an Oligarchy, and it actually devolved to one in our lifetime.

Under an Oligarchy, America’s a Federation and has always been from the Iroquois to the Internet.*

* yes the Internet is the latest American Federation, read up on BGP and the IETF.

Under, not they’re running things, they aren’t very good at running things, just looting what others built. They won’t last.

Now you have Heuristics and bullet points so you don’t need to read... uh huh. So America’s an Oligarchy blah blah - true on the surface. True of a few million of 330 million. The other 300+ million have other agendas.

Bullet points and Heuristics- That’s like posting on Substack or a blog and knowing nothing about code. Or caring. Or about electricity or networks. It is fun, facile and you can earn a living on it being glib.

It is not essential work.

It doesn’t sustain life or the economy.

But it’s Entertaining!

The Americans have just become aware of their plight and are very slowly converging to the necessity of solution and what that solution is.... Federations converge very slowly like the Internet for example.

Good info on Slav world though.

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It's just been rumoured that Prigozhin and Utkin were killed in an air crash at Tver, maybe shot down by the Russian air defences. Hmmmmmmm......

https://southfront.press/breaking-prigozhin-reportedly-killed-in-business-jet-that-crashed-in-russia-18/

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absolutely bizarre that the day after rolo's account is written 'Today is dedicated to Wagner and Prigozhin’s bright future as a powerful PMC … in Africa,' Prigozhin's plane crashes.

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Treachery by the Kremlin! Just for a change.

Prig must have thought he had solid support to do the mutiny thing.

It appears now he would have been better to follow through and done a purge of his own. The Long Knives will be being driven home.

One does not embarrass VVP and his inner circle in Russia and expect to remain healthy. Prig did not read the room at all well.

I confess I was puzzled Prig wasn't taken care of sooner but it is oddly reassuring that objective reality coincides with my internal model!

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Those Russian generals look like low level street thugs, not the supremely intelligent and skilful paragons of military science that Martyanov would have us believe them to be. Reality can be depressing.

Regarding Russian ambitions in Africa, Semiogogue recently did a two hour talk on the instability of thr countries of the Sahel, and how Russia may be attempting to slowly occupy it from the Red Sea, thereby cutting off Europe from African resources.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQl0unZsXjE

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seems to me like Russia is putting its bets on the poorer, less populous, inland countries with no sea ports. an africa war will just lead to more refugees heading north, of course.

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Despite the noise about BRICS and a multipolar world, it looks depressingly like a continuation of the Cold War bribing of the Third World, with the change that the Russians now give better bribes and American threats are less convincing, so all the beggars of the world unite in singing the praises of Xi and Putin for as long as the bribes flow.

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With 200 dollars a month, you can buy any locals... They will die with pride and certainty of good outcome in the "afterworld" because they were doing it to feed their mothers and siblings...

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The main resources that flow from Africa to Europe through the Sahel are hard drugs and low-IQ brutes. Anything else is sent by ship or boards a plane.

Russia is in Africa because France and England have grown weak and their influence is on the wane; the USA is unreliable; the Chinese have behaved worse than the Europeans of the great grabbing era so they are no longer a wished-for alternative to France and England. Cuba also intervenes in Africa.

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You know what you are talking about Man. Cuba has indeed been intervening for decades , mostly with doctor's brigade who have been doing a very good work. They actually saved my first premature daughter...

When France started Barkane, the Chinese started a military hospital in Gao which was open for the population...

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Couldn't agree more on the Russian General thing. Even when "edgy" pro Russia meme accounts try to compare the globohomo US/NATO militaries to Russia, they memes fail horribly as soon as they do any comparison above the rank of Colonel (although they largely succeed before that rank). Russian upper military staff look mostly fat, unhealthy, and contemptible. A couple notable exceptions though.

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Remarkably bad timing for this article, Prigozhin got killed within 24 hours...

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Re the truce or surrender I think that will suit both sides. Russia and Ukraine need to recuperate and rearm ready for round two.

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Another fine piece.

Question: as you see Russia devolving into warlordism/civil war, what of NATO and the West? Do you think the big globohomo institutions will also collapse under their own weight and ineptitude?

Would love to see you apply your critical thinking towards the west, or the US. Would be a real treat, even if you just did it occasionally.

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No, I think globohomo will only be strengthened. I fail to see how they are weakening at all. Sure, like all parasites, eventually the host will collapse, perhaps killing the parasite, but thats just as bleak a prospect.

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“We are working. Temperature +50°. Everything we love. The Wagner Group conducts reconnaissance and search activities. Makes Russia even greater on all continents! And Africa even more free. Justice and happiness for the African peoples. Nightmare of "ISIS", "Al-Qaeda" and other gangsters. We hire real heroes and continue to fulfill the tasks that were set and to which we made a promise that we would cope.”

The recording must have been made in the early morning... Otherwide Prigo would be sweating all the water of his body...

50°? Everything a Russian love?... Bullshit! Unless they hired Africans or Arabs, which might be very probable, no East European could stand the heat, especially with the clothing Prigo wears. I Know what I am writing since, as some now, I spent some times in the area. I have also have talked with French soldiers who had suffered in Barkane).

It is just impossible to locate the place (I mean which official country "owning" it, since unofficially it it a land where Bedouin Arabs and Tamasheks Berberes have been roaming) where the picture has been taken. Could be Mali, Niger, Algeria, Mauritania... Algeria must certainly play a role in helping for the logistic for PMC.

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"Learn these perennial patterns and many truths about this world are revealed to you."

So very true.

As to the Anglo-"Satanist"...Hum. Maçons/Mytraïsts/ Watcher's worshipers most probably and according to Knowles's work, since Satanism is according, to Mark Passio, low level on the oligarch's pyramid of power:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUDdOR618xE

Thank you!

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I think prigozhin may be experiencing some unexpected health issues rn

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