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Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan
Of those Nixon seemed to be the only realist to me. The one most like Trump in the way he approached international relations. Reagan and Kennedy were far more inclined to spreading "democracy" or free trade.
Trump is far more practical and clearly doesn't base his moves on spreading democracy. I prefer that to the status quo for sure.
Bottom line though is that all non-realist seem to just making justification and all seem hypocritical to me.
It is interesting to watch and to see just how clueless most are even after 10 years of Trump on the stage. He's not that complicated.
He's not really in an ideological camp. He is practical and influenced by those around him. V2 is more interesting than V1. Clearly lessons were learned.
I just think power is gonna shift and he's gonna get checked in their next few years. There's an over-confidence.
Nixon seemed to be the only realist to me.
I'd agree in that I think he was the most consequential
not really in an ideological camp
Realist/Non-realist are ideological camps, Platonic vs. Aristotelian... there's a bi-polarity across everything. Call it left-right good-evil dark-light yin-yang, there is ideological demarcation in all things.
V2 is more interesting than V1. Clearly lessons were learned.
For conversational purposes with normies we can pretend there is a V1 and V2, but power didn't necessarily change hands just because we were told there was an election with a 4 year half-time show. The Biden presidency couldn't be more conclusively fake even if they declassified it and the JSOC literally told us so.
power is gonna shift
That's a given, pendulum swings, universe expands and contracts yadayada...
in their next few years
Power doesn't shift that quickly historically, and this is the presumption that Trump the man is the center of power. Governments vs. Shadow Governments changing seats usually takes a generation or more. Things have accelerated with technology, but that sword can cut both ways.
There's an over-confidence.
If they know things we don't, which we know they do, it's more likely that confidence is warranted and is historically a consolidation of power, not the end.
FWIW personally I'm very neutral. I know I don't know what they know. I know this is all spin and pretty much a waste of time.
My comments about the crime org are mostly framing it to NOT be this stupid spiritual / non-logical belief democratic norms or anything other than power. The world order has been shifting for a while. The post ww2 order is all but dead. I don't grieve for it. But I'm also not cheering on the new thing. Doesn't matter if I do or don't. I have zero impact on it. But I do like to have an idea where things are going so I can affect my personal situation in the right direction.
I have no faith in Trump or the powers behind him. Nor do I have any in those that are opposing him.
I'm also not cheering on the new thing ... I do like to have an idea where things are going
Let's come up with a framework then to think about that...
Is Bitcoin party to destruction of the old thing?
If yes, planners have merit, you can cheer for destruction of the old thing.
If no, then why is Bitcoin at all important?
Is Bitcoin a party to the construction of the new thing?
If yes, then its simple, trust the plan.
If no, is it at least a forcing function for thew thing to be at least somewhat better than the old thing?
That's spin. Bush/Clinton/Obama style "Regime change wars" are the contrast, trillion dollar police action / nation building quagmires half a world away are the polar opposite of what's unfolding.
Worthless virtue signal
One is a response to the other, plan speculation is the counter to the presumption there is no plan or the plan is flawed. The former is ludicrous, the latter presupposes the unknowable.
Fair to a degree, though this is merely recognition of 2 facts.
They're fools for thinking they get it, the neutral position is simply to grab popcorn and enjoy the show.
Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan
First and second took on the CIA, look how that worked out. CIA is the front door to the rest of the globe.
Reagan, fortunately survived, built up American power that was declining... collapsing the rival dujor. Though he never quite consolidated that power and therefore wasn't as transformative, but kept the fight alive.