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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by jacquesm on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:30AM (#34710456)
> there's an argument to be made that de-globalisation is a sure fire way to global conflict..

You could make that argument, but that is dependent strongly on everybody being rational actors and there is plenty of evidence that dictatorships are not rational actors.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by 4gotunameagain on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:33AM (#34710523)
Is the US orchestrating coup after coup all over the globe a desirable rational actor ?

The reality is that it will take multiple generations for us to get rid politicians who when zoomed out act like teenage boys, and we can argue all we want.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by actionfromafar on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:23PM (#34711391)
USA - "Hello, my name is the US of A."

Everybody - "Welcome, US of A."

USA - "Today I haven't orchestrated a coup in (checks paper)[0] ... six years?"

*applause*

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by 4gotunameagain on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:36PM (#34712590)
My money is on France for this one, but you never know..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Guinean_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...

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