Anatoly Karlin
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September 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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"Antifa" is to Trump's America as "International Satanism" or the "LGBT movement" is to Putin's Russia. Neither actually exist as legal or unitary entities, so can be used to criminalize anyone or anything at all.
Which is the point.
MAGA total fascism needs to be confronted!
Which is the point.
MAGA total fascism needs to be confronted!
September 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
"Antifa" is to Trump's America as "International Satanism" or the "LGBT movement" is to Putin's Russia. Neither actually exist as legal or unitary entities, so can be used to criminalize anyone or anything at all.
Which is the point.
MAGA total fascism needs to be confronted!
Which is the point.
MAGA total fascism needs to be confronted!
Some of you may be surprised why things ended up the way they did between Trump and Musk.
The reality is they could have hardly ended any other way and I said as much even before Trump got elected.
The reality is they could have hardly ended any other way and I said as much even before Trump got elected.
June 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Some of you may be surprised why things ended up the way they did between Trump and Musk.
The reality is they could have hardly ended any other way and I said as much even before Trump got elected.
The reality is they could have hardly ended any other way and I said as much even before Trump got elected.
Looks like systematic defamation and banning victims on false charges of sockpuppetry whenever they try to appeal via RationalWiki's procedures might finally have consequences. FAFO! 😘
April 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Looks like systematic defamation and banning victims on false charges of sockpuppetry whenever they try to appeal via RationalWiki's procedures might finally have consequences. FAFO! 😘
Russia's Presidential Administration allegedly prepping governors on how to portray the SMO as a victory to the vatnik majority, and giving them targets for the 2026 Duma elections (55% for United Russia on 55% turnout).
December 3, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Russia's Presidential Administration allegedly prepping governors on how to portray the SMO as a victory to the vatnik majority, and giving them targets for the 2026 Duma elections (55% for United Russia on 55% turnout).
Latakia and Tartus should declare independence from the failed Syria project and reconstitute the Alawite State.
Aim for cosy $10k GDPpc tourism hotspot with 2M people.
Getting subjugated by Islamists cynically cosplaying libs for the moment isn't going to be an improvement from Assad for them.
Aim for cosy $10k GDPpc tourism hotspot with 2M people.
Getting subjugated by Islamists cynically cosplaying libs for the moment isn't going to be an improvement from Assad for them.
December 1, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Latakia and Tartus should declare independence from the failed Syria project and reconstitute the Alawite State.
Aim for cosy $10k GDPpc tourism hotspot with 2M people.
Getting subjugated by Islamists cynically cosplaying libs for the moment isn't going to be an improvement from Assad for them.
Aim for cosy $10k GDPpc tourism hotspot with 2M people.
Getting subjugated by Islamists cynically cosplaying libs for the moment isn't going to be an improvement from Assad for them.
Terminally dysfunctional state that was bailed out by Iranian militias, Hezbollah, and Russian air power eight years ago. Now Hezbollah was wrecked by Israel, and Russia has all its attention occupied by Ukraine.
The HTS success is surprising, but not that surprising in context.
The HTS success is surprising, but not that surprising in context.
November 30, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Terminally dysfunctional state that was bailed out by Iranian militias, Hezbollah, and Russian air power eight years ago. Now Hezbollah was wrecked by Israel, and Russia has all its attention occupied by Ukraine.
The HTS success is surprising, but not that surprising in context.
The HTS success is surprising, but not that surprising in context.
Why was the HTS surprise assault on a city of 2 million people - that's well more than 10% of Syria's population - not noticed?
Well, it seems it kind of was. Perhaps two months ago. Relaying it up the "power vertical" that's unaccountable and doesn't care is another matter.
Well, it seems it kind of was. Perhaps two months ago. Relaying it up the "power vertical" that's unaccountable and doesn't care is another matter.
November 30, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Why was the HTS surprise assault on a city of 2 million people - that's well more than 10% of Syria's population - not noticed?
Well, it seems it kind of was. Perhaps two months ago. Relaying it up the "power vertical" that's unaccountable and doesn't care is another matter.
Well, it seems it kind of was. Perhaps two months ago. Relaying it up the "power vertical" that's unaccountable and doesn't care is another matter.
In contrast, it was 19% in MENA as a whole (obviously a pretty corrupt region).
And it seems to have become worse after the civil war began (2018 report).
And obviously neither Russia nor Iran probably had a salubrious influence...
And it seems to have become worse after the civil war began (2018 report).
And obviously neither Russia nor Iran probably had a salubrious influence...
November 30, 2024 at 1:19 AM
In contrast, it was 19% in MENA as a whole (obviously a pretty corrupt region).
And it seems to have become worse after the civil war began (2018 report).
And obviously neither Russia nor Iran probably had a salubrious influence...
And it seems to have become worse after the civil war began (2018 report).
And obviously neither Russia nor Iran probably had a salubrious influence...
Important thing about the Assad regime is that it presides over a very, very corrupt state.
In the first (and only) World Bank Enterprise Survey in 2009, 84% of Syrian firms reported needing to pay bribes to "get things done" with public officials.
In the first (and only) World Bank Enterprise Survey in 2009, 84% of Syrian firms reported needing to pay bribes to "get things done" with public officials.
November 30, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Important thing about the Assad regime is that it presides over a very, very corrupt state.
In the first (and only) World Bank Enterprise Survey in 2009, 84% of Syrian firms reported needing to pay bribes to "get things done" with public officials.
In the first (and only) World Bank Enterprise Survey in 2009, 84% of Syrian firms reported needing to pay bribes to "get things done" with public officials.