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.
I'd agree in that I think he was the most consequential
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.
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.
That's a given, pendulum swings, universe expands and contracts yadayada...
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.
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.