31 August 2014 - illiberal precepts
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The good news is that fundamentalist terrorists, revanchist autocrats,
and a rising great power are all working independently to remake the
world according to their various illiberal precepts, this during a time
of economic fragility. The bad news is that everybody knows what to do
about it.
clue:
Pick your least favorite episode of the Cold War. That’s the last time
that the world was in such a precarious state.
take oh take this clue away