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Morgan Fletcher :vbike:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> Umm, no.</p><p>“He has three advisers,” Lavrov replied, according to the oligarch. “Ivan the Terrible. Peter the Great. And Catherine the Great.”</p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/80002564-33e8-48fb-b734-44810afb7a49" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/80002564-33e8-4</span><span class="invisible">8fb-b734-44810afb7a49</span></a></p><p>I'm just getting through the Muscovy/ Russias section of the excellent <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/empirepoduk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>empirepoduk</span></a></span> , and good gravy, these people were *brutal,* especially Peter the Great. Great as in MAGA. Greatly horrible, terribly brutal. </p><p>I think that any cease fire will be considered a pause. </p><p>I'm hoping Ukraine achieves victory, but America's defection is going to be hard to survive. Putin really does see himself as an emperor / caesar / czar / military and political leader, and he longs to stitch Russia back together. History is helpful, here.</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/czars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>czars</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/caesars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caesars</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/emperors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emperors</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empire</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a></p>
Ethan<p>Monday Miscellany!</p><p>This week:<br> - <a href="https://bibletalk.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> as <a href="https://bibletalk.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a><br> - <a href="https://bibletalk.social/tags/Hatred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hatred</span></a> of the world<br> - <a href="https://bibletalk.social/tags/Ezra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ezra</span></a><br> - <a href="https://bibletalk.social/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a> readings<br> - Persian <a href="https://bibletalk.social/tags/griffins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>griffins</span></a><br> - Book reviews: Epistle of <a href="https://bibletalk.social/tags/Barnabas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barnabas</span></a>, Roman <a href="https://bibletalk.social/tags/emperors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emperors</span></a> </p><p>Please read, share, and subscribe!</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/deverbovitae/p/monday-miscellany-a72?r=14n9qk&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/deverbov</span><span class="invisible">itae/p/monday-miscellany-a72?r=14n9qk&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a></p>
News & Opinions<p>All Empires Decline Eventually</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decline</span></a> is inevitable, not just real. All powers are subject to adjustment and stagnation.</p><p>For one thing, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/empires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empires</span></a> need <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/emperors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emperors</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s earliest executive orders testify far more to the desire to be powerful, and exude power, than to any credible policy agenda that could achieve the restorationism he so clearly desires.</p><p>It is a fool’s errand to reverse any empire’s relative decline, and rank immorality to try. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/trump-wants-to-reverse-americas-decline-good-luck" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jan/27/trump-wants-to-reverse-americas-decline-good-luck</span></a></p>
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