This contains a level of bias not befitting HN: A political article that presumes a governance of ‘baddies’ vs ‘goodies’. His analysis is not necessarily wrong, it’s only 50% complete. It wouldn’t be hard for him to complete it; fundamentally his ‘goodies’ operate in the same fashion as his ‘baddies’ (he just likes them more).
strep_viridans · 58m ago
I don't think there are any baddies or goodies in the analysis, but a focus on systemic mechanics of indirect state capture
strep_viridans · 1h ago
There is a tiny little bit of irony in this being posted on a ycombinator site. More to the point though, I think it’s a pretty fantastic synthesis, I do enjoy the forward thinking.
anovikov · 2h ago
One weak point here is that US is intrinsically interested in fossil fuels, because it has a lot of them and it's natural to use them as a control tool. US is a major fossil energy exporter. There's nothing pro-Russian in any US force in pushing fossil fuels.
nabla9 · 2h ago
You did not read the article right.
Economic Nationalism ----> Heritage Foundation, in the graph.
The "substrate": beliefs and ideology are also strongly in play. Russian is meddling hard, not single cause.
Economic Nationalism ----> Heritage Foundation, in the graph.
The "substrate": beliefs and ideology are also strongly in play. Russian is meddling hard, not single cause.