I get the sentiment, but I don't believe that restricting suffrage to those with "skin in the game" is a catch-all answer, as those who are then excluded become their wards, and not everyone higher up could give enough of a shit to ensure that the proles don't rebel.
I just read this article about the Hoover Dam. What do you think about great Civilizational Architectural projects today? Do we create things anymore? Could the Americans create another Hoover Dam today?
We can't even get houses and apartments built - basic requirements for a functioning democracy in the past - due to all the bueaucracy leaping required.
Right, I see a similar thing with high speed rail projects in the US. The California High-Speed Rail network. Voter approved in 2008, this is supposed to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco by 2020. It's already $100 billion over original proposal.
We have a degrowth strategy today both nationally and globally. Our elites are trying to wind down expectations and I think standard of living will continue to decline. So no I don't think there will be any great architectural achievements in the chamber going forward.
I think DEI and ESG and all these diversity initiatives you see everywhere in the private and public sector meet with mass migration perfectly in ideological harmony. Also we see nationalism demonized to such an extent that in Canada we are apprently the first post national state. If European countries cannot hold onto their traditions even being what is referered to as the "indigenous people" of those regions what do you think will happen to Canada, Australia etc? A commenter here the other day said we are at the beginning of mass migration and I agree. The land acknowedgements etc are just priming us all for this. And as more people from poorer countries move in, our expectatons will get lower and lower of standard of liiving.
Relevant climate migration quote from John Wayne: "Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves."
The thing about colonialism of the new world was that it was an ideological migration not really a need for space. It was a case of trying to reinvent themselves away from the mother country. The people living there were an unfortunate victim of the desire for a fresh start., Of course migrations have been happening forever. That is not really a reality today's academics are willing to face.
"Climate" must be defined by recognised experts. Greta Thunberg will advocate for the climate refugees, while the NGOs apply their expertise in ensuring that the rights of the climate refugees are not violated by racists, xenophobes etc. Meghan Markle should become the UN goodwill ambassador to raise awareness of the victimisation of the planet by industry. Ta-Nehisi Coates will write a book on how climate change triggered his blood memories of environmental damage by whites. Misinformation about climate change will be prohibited by law. Those responsible will be held acccountable and could end up being hired as prison labour to atone for tge damage that they have done. Eventually TurboAmerica will apply the right to protect to ensure that the refugees are safe from harm, including further traumatisation by bad actors (those with low ESG scores).
Spot on. The Great Replacement has barely begun. It occured to me today that the 'passport bros' and other expats are the start of a major trend. White Americans will move in number to the relative safety of racial redoubts in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Southern Brazil as America browns, while Western and Northern Europeans will head to Eastern Europe as their homes become Africanized and Islamicised. Countries like Croatia will serve as sponges to soak up White Flight.
Expectations are integral to migration. People in the Global South have lower expectations, making them ideal citizens/ residents of deindustrialised basket cases in the West that can no longer meet the expectations of natives.
That's already happening in Hungary, where I live (Lots of Germans, Dutch and Scandinavians moving here) I have a feeling it's going to intensify. Apparently, Portugal has become a popular destination for Swedes. However, Eastern/Central Europe are generally more cheaper, plus many people here speak English and/or German.
Coming from an American expat in Eastern Europe, you have to learn it. You can skip it but you will end up being in contact with more of the traditional liberal expats by not absorbing some of the local culture and language.
In Budapest you can mostly get by with English. I've been in cafés, for example, where only English was spoken. It's a very multicultural city. However, even though Hungarians are very accommodating and often speak English and/or German, it's definitely worth learning the language. Yes, it's very hard (I've been here several years and still struggle, partly because I teach English, so speak English most of the day when working) I live in a small village, though, so when I am out and about, I only speak Hungarian. The locals really appreciate the effort, and many of the older ones don't speak a foreign language, so communication would be impossible where I live, without Hungarian.
18 noun cases. I struggle mostly with the verb conjugations. Apparently, there are more than 70. I make terrible grammar mistakes, but I'm thinking about getting a private tutor to help me improve. I'll be working on this language for the rest of my life!
Plus, nowadays there are more and more Hungarian language teachers, courses and schools where you can learn the language, not to mention apps, websites and youtube clips. It's way easier than it used to be.
Massolit cafe is a great little coffee shop with books. I used to live 5 minutes from it and would spend my weekends there. And tik tak hummusz is one of the best spots for hummus and falafel in the world! Really recommend :)
I only spent 6 months in Budapest but I go back as often as I can and it really grew on me more than I had expected
Thanks. It all kind of makes sense. With global communications, travel and finance being what they are those with the cash can go wherever they like, Italy could be the New Florida for US retirees, while the continental US necomes a patchwork quilt of high tech industry, favelas, hillbilly badlands and rust belts soaking up the surplus population of Latin America, Africa and the Muslim world.
Any sane young American paleface today should learn a language, acquire a STEM or trade skill and set off for greener pastures which, by definition, means any economy that does not apply DEI o t any region where diversity is held in check. The fix was in the moment Trump picked Vance. There is no way that a ma111qqqn with mixed race kids will mitigate, still less, revoke, the DEI caste privileges that benefit his family.
Nationalism is criminalised for whites but networked enclaves could form, especially Iif they are discrete. And the US enclaves will form the Turbo Archipelago of exiles, dissidents and thought criminals. Interesting times ahead.
Ya Vance is therein compromised. It sounds rather old fashioned to see skin as a determinant. I think what you cleverly and incisively describe is correct but it may just be an interim measure before the complete collapse of the old paradigm of European heritage. They are going to eliminate this heritage. It’s done .
The future is going to be very messy. As the skilled and semi-skilled labour of the Global South replace entire classes of whites we will see a racialised caste system take hold. The ethnic and class privileges involved will be legitimised by new iterations of Woke. The white helots will be pauperised and criminalised. Whatever survives of the white middle class will be obsequious and conspicuously Woke.
Attitudes to skin colour will become super complex, with the anxieties and hypocrisies of Latin America blending with the obsessions of South Asia and the Middle East.
Crazy that people think importing folks from MENA, Africa, India, and China will increase the respect for the so-called "indigenous" people of Canada or their land.
How strong is the environmental protection in those other four places? How do people in those places treat folks of different ethnicities?
I say no to most invites as I tend to be selective when it comes to podcasts that I appear on. At present, none in the works, but these things usually go in cycles. Everyone is focused on the US election right now.
The three of us were very hungover when we recorded the Red Scare episode. I had no idea what the subject matter would be, and their voices are a natural Xanax, meaning that I couldn't be as animated as I usually am.
I've known the RWA guys for years and Nikolai (pigdog) has a wicked sense of humour.
I have been told repeatedly that my appearance on Red Scare is considered to be the worst episode ever by the fans of the show over at the Red Scare subreddit.
Would like to know a bit about life in Split. What is the real estate market like? What are the price ranges? How much to get a house with a garden? Are the locals being pushed out by tourists? Airbnb a problem?
Airbnb is not all that much of a problem, but a new law has been passed to stop the amount of rentals for tourism as it has become all a bit too much. Since COVID, real estate prices have gone through the roof, with many Europeans from outside of Croatia purchasing property here.
The market here isn't a flipper's market; people will sit on property forever. Price-wise, it's 4500 EUR/sq. m. which is too high...you have to look 10 to 15km outside of the city for more reasonable prices.
Only now is the government moving towards introducing property tax, believe it or not. There is a 1% tax at present.
Serious question - do you think liberals or leftists are eve interested in preserving or even creating an economy where we are all living a decent standard of living in the West. Or do you think they are active in our decline?
Leftists are generally Marxists/re-distributionists, so their view of what constitutes a "good economy" is quite different from most others. Liberals will tell you that the economy is already great as it is (huge generalization on my part here).
Just a Thought, I recall a couple years ago pondering that Socialism is the actual natural expression of, broadly' European Behavior for managing our respective societies, but it was a closed system, ergo only for the In-group or FRENS of the Tribe, not a universal.
How familiar are you with the daily life of Russians? Has it improved? How rampant is corruption? Is the overtures to traditionalism and religion real or fake? As such, if the west continues to decline, do you think we could see westerners take up Putin's offer of asylum (particularly those on the right, that feel most powerless in the face of this relentless "progress")?
I've seen some people posting in Telegram chats about expatting to Russia but it seems like a small trend. Some people moving and joining the military even. It's happening a little bit.
What is our best hope to put a stop to the continual destruction of countries and nations?
Short list skipping South America and Africa: Palestine, Korea, Viet Nam, Lebanon, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Palestine, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Palestine, Ukraine, Armenia, Palestine. Russian, Iran and China are all on the current target list.
Palestine is on the list several times as these unfortunate people get whacked again every time there's a large conflict. Some countries are not on the list but probably should be as all independent political will has been eviscerated and have effectively become vassal states: Japan, Australia, Canada, Germany would all be on that list (in rough order of when they joined).
You're right, the question is too large. There's two smaller current questions within the big question.
1. How can we stop the massacre and ethnic cleansing in Palestine and Lebanon?
2. How do we stop the march to continent wide war in Europe, a.k.a. the Banderist misadventure?
The bigger issue is that just analysing and complaining about it is not enough. Human toad Karl Rove quite deftly mocked Western intelligentsia already in 2004:
"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."
He's not wrong, and collectively, we have to do something. Since one question per commenter is a reasonable limit, I'll confine myself to the more acute issue:
**What can we do to stop the massacre and ethnic cleansing in Palestine and Lebanon?**
Hopefully someone has a better plan or a bigger plan for protests, as simple protest has not slowed down the war crimes or ethnic cleansing, which has been escalating for 365 days.
Neither the Democrats nor the GOP want to stop Israel. China and Russia recognize Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon as within the US Zone of Influence. Arab states by and large are unwilling to act on behalf of the Palestinians.
While what you say may be true, it's not an action plan. It's simply defeatist rhetoric.
The world faces the greatest war crimes since 1945 (the Koreans, Vietnamese and Cambodians might have something to say about the chemical warfare and carpet bombing they experienced, but I digress). To stand and mutely stare is complicity. To stand, and murmer inaudibly is only marginally better.
Jill Stein has pledged to halt US policy in this conflict. Gather as many influencers as possible and hold large rallies, or simultaneous rallies. Then perhaps more people might be inclined to vote for Jill Stein / Green Party candidates.
Forming coalitions is as big as it gets in politics. Another approach is to call for a general strike. What's left of the union movement would be instrumental to this, as well as the ability to organize wildcat strikes by non-union workers.
I was reading your break up of Yugoslavia piece and I wanted to ask how you are able to write fairly about Serbia and its history? Do you hold any resentment?
I have a lot of Serbian readers and subscribers, and all of them are here because they appreciate how I try to the best of my ability to be as objective as is humanly possible.
The reason why I think I am able to do so is due to the fact that in order for me to champion my own side, I had to be able to understand as fully as possible the issues, concerns, views, positions, etc. of the other side. I can argue the Serbian (or Bosnian Muslim) position all day long, and like every issue, there is no black and white.
Resentment? I don't have any towards the Serbs...but this is made easier by the fact that we won our war in Croatia. I do not like Vucic, but I do not feel the need to meddle in Serbia's internal affairs either. What is theirs is theirs.
I get the sentiment, but I don't believe that restricting suffrage to those with "skin in the game" is a catch-all answer, as those who are then excluded become their wards, and not everyone higher up could give enough of a shit to ensure that the proles don't rebel.
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Have you been to Marijanci, Croatia?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijanci
I have never been that far northeast. That is in Slavonia, the country's breadbasket.
10 more months! Would be nice to be there without having to elbow check a thousand tourists to get through an ally.
Lemme know when you will be here as you approach the date.
I just read this article about the Hoover Dam. What do you think about great Civilizational Architectural projects today? Do we create things anymore? Could the Americans create another Hoover Dam today?
https://im1776.com/requiem-for-the-hoover-dam/
Could? Technically, of course.
Feasible? It takes years and years of environmental feasibility studies/permitting/etc. that balloon the costs.
We can't even get houses and apartments built - basic requirements for a functioning democracy in the past - due to all the bueaucracy leaping required.
Right, I see a similar thing with high speed rail projects in the US. The California High-Speed Rail network. Voter approved in 2008, this is supposed to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco by 2020. It's already $100 billion over original proposal.
Meanwhile, the Japanese...
We have a degrowth strategy today both nationally and globally. Our elites are trying to wind down expectations and I think standard of living will continue to decline. So no I don't think there will be any great architectural achievements in the chamber going forward.
Who is the tallest man you've ever met?
It's either a Franciscan Priest from my home county, or an architect from Westchester County in NY State. Both are 7'2".
Also, hi Zeb
Almost got to your neck of the woods in 2019, was looking forward to a catch up.
We must do it again.
Hey Zeb. Been a while.
ST!
I think DEI and ESG and all these diversity initiatives you see everywhere in the private and public sector meet with mass migration perfectly in ideological harmony. Also we see nationalism demonized to such an extent that in Canada we are apprently the first post national state. If European countries cannot hold onto their traditions even being what is referered to as the "indigenous people" of those regions what do you think will happen to Canada, Australia etc? A commenter here the other day said we are at the beginning of mass migration and I agree. The land acknowedgements etc are just priming us all for this. And as more people from poorer countries move in, our expectatons will get lower and lower of standard of liiving.
"Climate Migration" is the next big thing.
And clinate hysteria is almost completely a fascination with the well off. It's also a way to centralize power globally.
It's an excuse to hold on to power as civilization declines.
Relevant climate migration quote from John Wayne: "Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves."
The thing about colonialism of the new world was that it was an ideological migration not really a need for space. It was a case of trying to reinvent themselves away from the mother country. The people living there were an unfortunate victim of the desire for a fresh start., Of course migrations have been happening forever. That is not really a reality today's academics are willing to face.
I think Bob’s comment is accurate. I’ve never thought about it that way.
Red: a John Wayne quote, love it, that is a first for me.
When you're being accused of selfishly keeping land for yourselves, WATCH OUT
"Climate" must be defined by recognised experts. Greta Thunberg will advocate for the climate refugees, while the NGOs apply their expertise in ensuring that the rights of the climate refugees are not violated by racists, xenophobes etc. Meghan Markle should become the UN goodwill ambassador to raise awareness of the victimisation of the planet by industry. Ta-Nehisi Coates will write a book on how climate change triggered his blood memories of environmental damage by whites. Misinformation about climate change will be prohibited by law. Those responsible will be held acccountable and could end up being hired as prison labour to atone for tge damage that they have done. Eventually TurboAmerica will apply the right to protect to ensure that the refugees are safe from harm, including further traumatisation by bad actors (those with low ESG scores).
Or dud
Spot on. The Great Replacement has barely begun. It occured to me today that the 'passport bros' and other expats are the start of a major trend. White Americans will move in number to the relative safety of racial redoubts in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Southern Brazil as America browns, while Western and Northern Europeans will head to Eastern Europe as their homes become Africanized and Islamicised. Countries like Croatia will serve as sponges to soak up White Flight.
Expectations are integral to migration. People in the Global South have lower expectations, making them ideal citizens/ residents of deindustrialised basket cases in the West that can no longer meet the expectations of natives.
That's already happening in Hungary, where I live (Lots of Germans, Dutch and Scandinavians moving here) I have a feeling it's going to intensify. Apparently, Portugal has become a popular destination for Swedes. However, Eastern/Central Europe are generally more cheaper, plus many people here speak English and/or German.
How do they cope with the language?
Coming from an American expat in Eastern Europe, you have to learn it. You can skip it but you will end up being in contact with more of the traditional liberal expats by not absorbing some of the local culture and language.
In Budapest you can mostly get by with English. I've been in cafés, for example, where only English was spoken. It's a very multicultural city. However, even though Hungarians are very accommodating and often speak English and/or German, it's definitely worth learning the language. Yes, it's very hard (I've been here several years and still struggle, partly because I teach English, so speak English most of the day when working) I live in a small village, though, so when I am out and about, I only speak Hungarian. The locals really appreciate the effort, and many of the older ones don't speak a foreign language, so communication would be impossible where I live, without Hungarian.
How many cases does it have? I vaguely remember someone citing what seemed like a miraculous number.
18 noun cases. I struggle mostly with the verb conjugations. Apparently, there are more than 70. I make terrible grammar mistakes, but I'm thinking about getting a private tutor to help me improve. I'll be working on this language for the rest of my life!
Plus, nowadays there are more and more Hungarian language teachers, courses and schools where you can learn the language, not to mention apps, websites and youtube clips. It's way easier than it used to be.
Massolit cafe is a great little coffee shop with books. I used to live 5 minutes from it and would spend my weekends there. And tik tak hummusz is one of the best spots for hummus and falafel in the world! Really recommend :)
I only spent 6 months in Budapest but I go back as often as I can and it really grew on me more than I had expected
I don't think I've ever been there but I'll try to check it out the next time I'm in Budapest. Yes, the café culture is fantastic there.
Philip, oh my that’s delicious. I really enjoyed that.
Thanks. It all kind of makes sense. With global communications, travel and finance being what they are those with the cash can go wherever they like, Italy could be the New Florida for US retirees, while the continental US necomes a patchwork quilt of high tech industry, favelas, hillbilly badlands and rust belts soaking up the surplus population of Latin America, Africa and the Muslim world.
Any sane young American paleface today should learn a language, acquire a STEM or trade skill and set off for greener pastures which, by definition, means any economy that does not apply DEI o t any region where diversity is held in check. The fix was in the moment Trump picked Vance. There is no way that a ma111qqqn with mixed race kids will mitigate, still less, revoke, the DEI caste privileges that benefit his family.
Nationalism is criminalised for whites but networked enclaves could form, especially Iif they are discrete. And the US enclaves will form the Turbo Archipelago of exiles, dissidents and thought criminals. Interesting times ahead.
Ya Vance is therein compromised. It sounds rather old fashioned to see skin as a determinant. I think what you cleverly and incisively describe is correct but it may just be an interim measure before the complete collapse of the old paradigm of European heritage. They are going to eliminate this heritage. It’s done .
The future is going to be very messy. As the skilled and semi-skilled labour of the Global South replace entire classes of whites we will see a racialised caste system take hold. The ethnic and class privileges involved will be legitimised by new iterations of Woke. The white helots will be pauperised and criminalised. Whatever survives of the white middle class will be obsequious and conspicuously Woke.
Attitudes to skin colour will become super complex, with the anxieties and hypocrisies of Latin America blending with the obsessions of South Asia and the Middle East.
Crazy that people think importing folks from MENA, Africa, India, and China will increase the respect for the so-called "indigenous" people of Canada or their land.
How strong is the environmental protection in those other four places? How do people in those places treat folks of different ethnicities?
Next podcast? Enjoyed RWA and BAP show, when is next?
I say no to most invites as I tend to be selective when it comes to podcasts that I appear on. At present, none in the works, but these things usually go in cycles. Everyone is focused on the US election right now.
The RWA episode was really good. I also relistened to his Red Scare appearance which had me in tears laughing
The three of us were very hungover when we recorded the Red Scare episode. I had no idea what the subject matter would be, and their voices are a natural Xanax, meaning that I couldn't be as animated as I usually am.
I've known the RWA guys for years and Nikolai (pigdog) has a wicked sense of humour.
The AIDs segment on RS was some of the funniest shit I’ve ever heard. And the ‘pour me a glass of water Dasha’ was powerful.
Big fan of the RWA lads. A round table with you and Big Serge would be bueno
I have been told repeatedly that my appearance on Red Scare is considered to be the worst episode ever by the fans of the show over at the Red Scare subreddit.
Would like to know a bit about life in Split. What is the real estate market like? What are the price ranges? How much to get a house with a garden? Are the locals being pushed out by tourists? Airbnb a problem?
Airbnb is not all that much of a problem, but a new law has been passed to stop the amount of rentals for tourism as it has become all a bit too much. Since COVID, real estate prices have gone through the roof, with many Europeans from outside of Croatia purchasing property here.
The market here isn't a flipper's market; people will sit on property forever. Price-wise, it's 4500 EUR/sq. m. which is too high...you have to look 10 to 15km outside of the city for more reasonable prices.
Only now is the government moving towards introducing property tax, believe it or not. There is a 1% tax at present.
Serious question - do you think liberals or leftists are eve interested in preserving or even creating an economy where we are all living a decent standard of living in the West. Or do you think they are active in our decline?
Leftists are generally Marxists/re-distributionists, so their view of what constitutes a "good economy" is quite different from most others. Liberals will tell you that the economy is already great as it is (huge generalization on my part here).
Just a Thought, I recall a couple years ago pondering that Socialism is the actual natural expression of, broadly' European Behavior for managing our respective societies, but it was a closed system, ergo only for the In-group or FRENS of the Tribe, not a universal.
BIG OOGA BOOGA
I disagree
On a serious note, Maybe ''Climate Change'' is real, BUT is caused by Solar Cycles not Man? Big Thunk. Also Rhetorical it's Solar Cycles.
Also, Runes do be Cool n Stuff.
Climate change is real, is said to be caused by the burning of fossil fuels, which will continue to be burned, thus reinforcing its reality.
Solar cycles are believed to play a part in longer term climate states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_and_icehouse_Earth
Yes, just to check, my point being it has nothing to do with Human life, absolutely zero.
Anthropogenic climate change has to do with human life burning stuff, namely stored sunlight.
How familiar are you with the daily life of Russians? Has it improved? How rampant is corruption? Is the overtures to traditionalism and religion real or fake? As such, if the west continues to decline, do you think we could see westerners take up Putin's offer of asylum (particularly those on the right, that feel most powerless in the face of this relentless "progress")?
I have never been to Russia so I cannot answer those questions from a position of familiarity with Russian culture and society.
I will say that I highly doubt we'll be seeing masses of westerners moving there. Russia's soft power in the West is almost invisible.
I've seen some people posting in Telegram chats about expatting to Russia but it seems like a small trend. Some people moving and joining the military even. It's happening a little bit.
What is our best hope to put a stop to the continual destruction of countries and nations?
Short list skipping South America and Africa: Palestine, Korea, Viet Nam, Lebanon, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Palestine, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Palestine, Ukraine, Armenia, Palestine. Russian, Iran and China are all on the current target list.
Palestine is on the list several times as these unfortunate people get whacked again every time there's a large conflict. Some countries are not on the list but probably should be as all independent political will has been eviscerated and have effectively become vassal states: Japan, Australia, Canada, Germany would all be on that list (in rough order of when they joined).
This requires a long think and a book-length entry.
You're right, the question is too large. There's two smaller current questions within the big question.
1. How can we stop the massacre and ethnic cleansing in Palestine and Lebanon?
2. How do we stop the march to continent wide war in Europe, a.k.a. the Banderist misadventure?
The bigger issue is that just analysing and complaining about it is not enough. Human toad Karl Rove quite deftly mocked Western intelligentsia already in 2004:
"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."
He's not wrong, and collectively, we have to do something. Since one question per commenter is a reasonable limit, I'll confine myself to the more acute issue:
**What can we do to stop the massacre and ethnic cleansing in Palestine and Lebanon?**
Protest.
Hopefully someone has a better plan or a bigger plan for protests, as simple protest has not slowed down the war crimes or ethnic cleansing, which has been escalating for 365 days.
Neither the Democrats nor the GOP want to stop Israel. China and Russia recognize Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon as within the US Zone of Influence. Arab states by and large are unwilling to act on behalf of the Palestinians.
While what you say may be true, it's not an action plan. It's simply defeatist rhetoric.
The world faces the greatest war crimes since 1945 (the Koreans, Vietnamese and Cambodians might have something to say about the chemical warfare and carpet bombing they experienced, but I digress). To stand and mutely stare is complicity. To stand, and murmer inaudibly is only marginally better.
Jill Stein has pledged to halt US policy in this conflict. Gather as many influencers as possible and hold large rallies, or simultaneous rallies. Then perhaps more people might be inclined to vote for Jill Stein / Green Party candidates.
Forming coalitions is as big as it gets in politics. Another approach is to call for a general strike. What's left of the union movement would be instrumental to this, as well as the ability to organize wildcat strikes by non-union workers.
I was reading your break up of Yugoslavia piece and I wanted to ask how you are able to write fairly about Serbia and its history? Do you hold any resentment?
I have a lot of Serbian readers and subscribers, and all of them are here because they appreciate how I try to the best of my ability to be as objective as is humanly possible.
The reason why I think I am able to do so is due to the fact that in order for me to champion my own side, I had to be able to understand as fully as possible the issues, concerns, views, positions, etc. of the other side. I can argue the Serbian (or Bosnian Muslim) position all day long, and like every issue, there is no black and white.
Resentment? I don't have any towards the Serbs...but this is made easier by the fact that we won our war in Croatia. I do not like Vucic, but I do not feel the need to meddle in Serbia's internal affairs either. What is theirs is theirs.
Do Croats celebrate June 25 as an Independence Day? In your "My Political Journey" it seemed European recognition in January 1992 was more important.
May 30 is the big day here.