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@Kasparov63
Sep 4 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
When a formerly mainstream figure like Tucker chases money & power into the darkest places, like Holocaust denial, it makes those ideas more acceptable to a broader audience.
Broadcasting abhorrent, refuted propaganda isn’t okay just because you call it free speech or sharing ideas. Evil is evil. And it doesn’t much matter if amplifiers like Musk are evil or just morons for spreading it with faux innocence. "Interesting"? No, it’s not. It’s vile.
If your moral compass is so shattered that you cannot distinguish hateful, historically illiterate propaganda with a clear agenda from provocative or contrarian research, at least have the good sense or good friends to stop you from exposing everyone else to your idiocy.

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Aug 29
Emphasizing that part of this WH fallacy is the idea there is a "Russia" at all on a strategic decision-making level. It’s a one-man dictatorship. There are no core interests except for Putin's. Only when he sees leaving Ukraine as better for his survival than war will he stop.
You cannot negotiate out of a crisis with someone whose survival depends on the crisis continuing. Either Russia destroys Ukraine with massive material and strategic gains, with NATO next, or continuing becomes a threat to Putin’s grip on power so he declares victory & leaves.
This piecemeal support from the West drags it out. Putin is happy to continue the war at this level and escalate opportunistically. He couldn’t care less about Russian lives or the Russian economy or anything else "Russia". Only the threat of an undeniable defeat will stop him.
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Aug 28
Ukraine is again proving they know how to fight a dictatorship—with surprise & aggression that creates doubt and fear in the dictator. Meanwhile, its allies continue the failed model of appeasement and diplomacy, which only emboldens the dictator. Read:
Novelty & attack are key. They force decisions all the way up to the dictator & paralyze the power vertical. In a dictatorship, everyone from conscript to general is terrified of making a decision. If it’s business as usual, the behemoth can function. Anything novel is crippling.
Decisions going to Putin is slow & produces cautious reactions. Dictators are fearful; it’s how they survive. Loss of control means death, so they only act aggressively when they are sure of a positive result. They can be wrong, of course, with disaster. So deterrence is vital.
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Aug 12
Putin has been looting Russia for over 20 years; this is just doing it on a more personal level.
Societal apathy and corruption are useful for sustaining a dictatorship. Civil society is erased and the people collectively have no power, no stake, no interests beyond survival. But that lack of resistance applies to everything, including foreign invasion.
Ukrainians would be justified in seeking out every form of revenge on Russian soil after what Russia has done to them for 10 years. Torture, rape, murder of friends and family, entire cities destroyed. But their entire value system is different. Democratic, Western.
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Aug 6
My thoughts on the Harris VP choice haven't changed now that it's been made. Walz may be charming, but not picking Shapiro reflects tactical & strategic misjudgment. Locking up PA was critical, as was having a fighter who could go toe-to-toe with the vicious attacks to come. 1/4
The honeymoon is over & it's not a primary. Shapiro would counter Harris's woke ballast. But Harris wasn't comfortable with his abilities, another poor indicator. You can't be comfortable and beat Trump. He lies, cheats, and steals. It's a street fight. 2/4
With Shapiro, I'd have bet heavily on Harris to win, maybe even a landslide. Trump will keep talking, Vance will keep doing whatever it is he does, and the Biden map was in easy reach. Now I'm not so sure. Not just because of Walz, but what it says about the Harris campaign. 3/4
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Aug 1
It's a wonderful day when friends and allies are released from Putin's gulag and able to see their families again. But do not forget that exchanging regime murderers & spies for innocent hostages & political prisoners promotes Russia's production of both. 1/6
I'm especially happy to see my friend @vkaramurza again, and for @ekaramurza, whose work and dreams are coming true. That good people like Volodya and journalists like Gershkovich are turned into subjects of torture and pawns to trade by Putin's dictatorship is abhorrent. 2/6
Those cynically rating this deal ignore that it serves Putin's interests or he wouldn't do it. He killed Navalny so he wouldn't be part of it and now he confirms to his cadres of spies and thugs that they will not suffer punishment for crimes they carry out for him. 3/6
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Jul 25
Yesterday saw two related events, Biden's Oval Office withdrawal speech and the defacing of US symbols by violent mobs in DC. They are reflections of US weakness, invitations to US enemies to go on the attack because America is unwilling or unable to defend itself. 1/8
Biden's withdrawal was long overdue; I called for it in the WSJ in October. This appearance made it clear it's gone beyond that. He should step down asap. I can hardly be called a Harris fan, but no one could watch Biden yesterday and think he is running the country. 2/8
Biden should be treated with due respect. But the most powerful nation on Earth needs a leader, not a figurehead. Despite what he said, the US *is* at war right now, a war against dictatorships & terrorists intent on reshaping the world order, with the US as enemy number one. 3/8
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