Political theorist. Rewriting the global history of political thought from the perspective of bureaucrats, 3000 BCE to the present.
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Doug Thompson
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Finally, @michaelhobbes.bsky.social is being recognized as part of the “Western canon.” Frankly, it’s his due.
To revisit the political theory ‘canon’ after immersing oneself in scholarship in history (esp. economic history), comparative politics, sociology, archaeology, and other fields is to see *everything* with new eyes.
Though Locke’s (Lockes’?) ‘do is a bit more generous here.
The odds of a US murder-suicide nuclear strike against Iran as things get worse has to be >0.
A malignant narcissist wants to be at the center of all human history, and he actually has the material means to make it happen.
How high are the odds? We have to consider this as a real possibility.
