Davos, World War III, Essential Books, and No Swearing | GoodFellows

This installment of GoodFellows is devoted to audience questions-viewers and listeners putting Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, John Cochrane, and H.R. McMaster through their intellectual paces. Among the topics broached: a possible re-embrace of Western heritage; the same pre-World War I mentality that dismissed the likelihood of a global conflict potentially enabling a third world war; India and Pakistan’s economic and geostrategic outlooks; Donald Trump’s second-term objectives, should he be reelected; and Argentinian president Javier Milei’s pro-market “shock therapy” and his World Economic Forum “special address” dressing down Davos attendees. Viewers also asked: Why not a fellows’ blues band? Might Niall consider adding a little profanity to his profundity?
ABOUT THE SERIES
GoodFellows, a Hoover Institution broadcast, features senior fellows John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, and H.R. McMaster discussing the social, economic, and geostrategic ramifications of this changed world. They can’t banter over lunch these days, but they continue their spirited conversation online about what comes next, as we look forward to an end to the crisis.
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[@alexpaun7384]

Thank you for the clean language. Public discourse today lacks class.

[@samuelmatz]

Thomas Sowell is a good source for historical information . A real good starting point !

[@kevinjenner9502]

“At a minimum, Iraq should put an end to the notion of “nation-building,” especially nation-building on the cheap, and to the glib and heady talk of “national greatness” interventionists who were prepared to put other people’s lives on the line from the safety of their editorial offices.”

[@kay2kin92]

Conquest and Cultures is packed with so much information. A must read book from T.S......

[@richardsmith1799]

For those of us who follow world affairs, for breadth and depth, this is by far the best podcast on the net. The magnanimity of the good fellows strikes us first. Sure, I share their libertarian outlook but it is supported by a humble engagement with experience and an insistence that real knowledge doesn't come from podcasts or ideological melodrama. Hat tip to Bill Whelan who runs the programme so well that we notice how much much we don't notice him. The relative infrequency of GoodFellows adds to its power. I'm always in suspense. What thoughts will these gentlemen bring to intervening events? (General McMaster's recommendation of books about the US Presidency and Revolutionary War reminds me of how shamefully neglected Australian history is in our own schools and universities. It's time to restore a richer understanding of our young nation's past.) Looking forward to the next episode.

[@egverlander]

Well said, sir.

[@fs5775]

How can anyone not like HR? Such a likable good guy. He makes me smile every time he talks.

[@Sphere723]

When I listen to him talk it becomes painfully clear why the US military lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[@gagamba9198]

He has very pretty green eyes too.

[@kennethobrien8386]

@@Sphere723 How so? Thanks

[@pinkbike0217]

😮

[@pinkbike0217]

😡

[@patriciakimball8150]

“Things delayed are renegotiated”-wow, thanks (I can use that)! I was thrilled when I first heard of Milei and also wish him all the best.

[@russellhamilton9919]

The recommendations of sources for historical information were very important. A few decades ago I could go into a bookshop and buy history books, now I don't buy anything without a recommendation I trust.

[@umaneelakantan9327]

Absolutely agree

[@elizabethdavis6275]

Agree with Cochrane on the unwatchable debates. Sadly the behavior is on a par with the unwatchable congressional hearings, where scoring partisan political points is more important than delving into the pros and cons on the matter at hand.

[@ashleywebb2736]

Absolutely agree with Neil about using what we call in English swear words. Language is definately coarsening

[@natesenglishkameoka3728]

Great convo and great Simpsons clip usage at the end there! 😂

[@advocate1563]

This forum is becoming increasingly important in my inbox in these volatile times. A triangulated (literally) academic diacussion with trained minds that communicate with care and co siseration. They rarely misstep.

[@celtaclassroom7082]

I recommend you range a little farther afield. Once you discover some of the other discussions available out there, you may feel lukewarm about coming back to the Fellows.

[@egverlander]

@@celtaclassroom7082 Like what?

[@tuckerbugeater]

Educated people are so manipulated@@celtaclassroom7082

[@tuckerbugeater]

Mitchell Heisman@@egverlander

[@Kinging76]

We need this discussion every week.

[@jonrolfson1686]

Fifty years after the first time I read War & Peace, having seen most of the recent BBC Mini-series, I was inspired to read it again. I'm not sure how much is due to the skill of the translator, and how much to an additional half century of life since that initial reading; War & Peace was pure fun this time. This reading took but a week. Though it wasn't a case of 'couldn't put the book down,' it would have been faster but for the limitations imposed by sexagenarian eyes. Two main memories from reading War & Peace as a teenager were that the appreciation of story was marred by the difficulty of keeping the characters' identities and names straight, and that Tolstoy's categorical anti great-man philosophy of history was a bit silly. That long-ago teenage self was substantially right about that particular aspect of Tolstoy's philosophy of history, but the confusion engendered by the multiplicity of oddly named characters has now disappeared. The Ann Dunnigan translation is excellent: Tolstoy would be gratified that his work should be so readable in translation.

[@williamenewell181]

Hi John, That is a really insightful and enlightening article you wrote in today's (2-3-24) Wall Street Journal. Very perceptive.

[@leezhou2199]

A link for the books recommended by the panelists would be great.

[@linmal2242]

Love your 'Goodfellows' and the compere too ! Thankyou from eastern AUS !

[@vich1393]

What an amazing show! The international audience coupled with that of the United States ask questions pertinent to the entire world and are answered in ways that not only answer, but spur further curiosity...the aim of all good educators. Their humanity when coupled with their knowledge show the process of discussion of that which Plato and Aristotle would approve. Would that there be more?

[@pauldyck4596]

Thank you so much for providing a transcript. H. R. had a recommended book about the American revolution so I searched on "revolution" and there it was. The speech-to-text rendered the author's name as "Don Hagen Bam" rather than the correct "Don Higginbotham", but close enough.

[@999reader]

For the high school teacher asking for primary documents, I highly recommend A patriot’s handbook by Caroline Kennedy. I found it on the bookshelf of a Ukrainian friend and couldn’t put it down. She made me feel very proud to be an American.

[@Semper_Iratus]

Thank you one and all.

[@michaeljacobs4546]

I never miss these guys, thewy are the cream of the crop.

[@brianlaughlin8974]

Another great show. Thanks everyone!

[@yankelovich]

Thanks, dudes! Awesome as always. If you could do this weekly I'd be a very happy camper.

[@philipford6183]

I really enjoy these wide-ranging episodes, particularly when the discussion covers international topics.

[@justintindall9515]

You guys are great your brains are so big! Wished I growned up with you just to have it rub off!

[@ToeKneeOooo]

Loved the Simpson's clip at the end lol

[@MrMarccj]

I ordered my grandfathers military history and discovered that he was docked a weeks pay for swearing in the presence of an officer. They don't do swearing in the military.

[@MROJPC]

Ha ha! That’s a great story for family history, sir, but at least from my experience in the contemporary military we sure as hell do. 👍 Time and a place where it is and isn’t a good idea, but the armed forces are professional and know when and with whom it is appropriate. You can find bad examples in any profession of course.

[@vaultsjan]

One of the best episodes

[@jamesbell7220]

An illuminating analysis of our Declaration of Independence is Our Declaration by Danielle Allen.

[@nathanngumi8467]

Great show!

[@celtaclassroom7082]

I'd love to know where Niall Ferguson has ever come into contact with Scottish squaddies.

[@JeffTY77450]

I’m the Jeff (York) in Houston, Texas, whose question was presented to John Cochrane at 24:33. I’m pleased they thought my question was worthy of being answered, however briefly, but I wish Dr. Cochrane had gone into specifics or otherwise elaborated.

[@roberthumphreys7977]

Yes, John, the reason the Davos crowd wants reform sequencing is it presents many opportunities to derail the process. When the process is one of "all in", opposition gets confused about which way to shoot. Just watch a herd of gazelles when an obviously hungry lion attacks. The herd disperses instantly, it does not run one at a time in line. The strategy is to confuse the opposition and it often works.

[@dirtunderMYFEET]

This myhoover ad gymnastics app pre video access is frustrating as hell

[@siquq]

Love you guys!

[@michaelrichardson840]

Thanks for responding to my prompt. Michael in Plymouth

[@PAVANZYL]

37:50 Listen! It is amongst the most profound words you will hear about geopolitics in 2024.

[@richarddodson560]

Excellent insight by John on the production U.S. v. China. All three are brilliant, but that insight was particularly insightful.

[@elrevesyelderecho]

29:45 Anytime soon Milei will be invited to the show?

[@bigedfromny6037]

"Sustained long term demand signal" @37:27 The war machine is cranking away

[@BrianDenton3]

"Wait for the movie" is the funniest thing ever said on this podcast. Haha.

[@j3kfd9j]

Milei's speech was wonderful, but he was wrong to dismiss market failures ("fallos del mercado", I think) as non-issues. Monopoly especially, with its concentration of economic power into a few hands, should be viewed with suspicion in a democracy as it violates separation of powers writ large, i.e. that not only political, but also economic power should be distributed. Let each corporation's tax rate be its market share, and the problem will take care of itself.

[@strnbrg59]

@6:45 Funny to think of Ferguson studying up for his US citizenship test.

[@egverlander]

I agree. When I took a test-run online, I scored 99:100 missing the exact number of people in the House of Reps. It is really easy.

[@salex5412]

Hear hear ! on HR McMasters brief analysis of the painfully bad exposure to diplomatic and military history. I studied history in the '80s and I learned zero military history and diplomatic history. Zero. I had to go read it all for myself. I would have learned more about the US by reading some of Adams's and Jefferson's letters from Holland and Paris respectively in the early 1780s than much of the social science drivel I got stuck with.

[@kevinjenner9502]

McMaster’s book “Dereliction of Duty : Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam”

[@nuqwestr]

We have failed with deterrents at our own borders, and our Drug Stores, for that matter

[@elrevesyelderecho]

25:02 I can't unseen John dancing like Milei haha it would be a great Tik Tok's hit

[@pasquinomarforio]

I'd like to ask H.R. if he can defend his assertion that DoD, and the services, do not need a fundamental reorganization. I would draw his attention to the drastic changes in technology, that require a drastic change in the dominating concepts of operations on the battlefield. New Dominating concepts of operations require reorganization, AND a drastic change in doctrine. See Military Technical Revolutions and Revolutions in Military Affairs. Then talk to us about the new Russian concept of operation of the 'Reconnaissance Strike and Defense Complex'. Which has replaced the pre-1991 concept of the Operational Maneuver Group.

[@markbowman2890]

What about India's defence contracts with Israel? They are blossoming.

[@grahamesmith7663]

It is hard for foreign entities to get a foot hold in India. For nonprofits, it’s even harder.

[@markcoveryourassets]

Niall, "You loooook mahhhrvelous!"

[@kingcrazymani4133]

5:00. The Plymouth quotation looks fascinating. The historians are being tested, evidently, as to what their roles are in the Game of Masks and its subset, the Ring of Masks. One needs to know the +2 Sigma information from April 2018 to understand why. As to why that +2 sigma information is not 0 sigma information, you’d have to ask the historians. 9:00. John hit my Basta logic today, forcing my hand to write that not only am I descended from Squanto and Samoset, but also from Metacom. None of the highly relevant historical significance of these facts over the past 23 years and 140 days has yet to make it inside the Ring of Masks that engird the historical record of even the city of Boston (where even the history of Paul Revere’s ride is lied about and the reasons the Colonials dressed as Indians for the 1773 Tea Party is still at +6 sigma instead of on the lips of official historians). As to the history of King Philips’s (Metacom’s) war, much of the past attempts at describing what happened were colored by colonial objectives and in reaction to Metacom’s Fitchburg Powow decisions - including what happened in New England in the latter half of 1676.

[@stooge389]

33:51 I BURST out laughing because it's SO true lmao. The further North you go in Scotland, the more they curse, and the less able you are to understand them 😂

[@alexanderraggio4065]

MCMASTER 2028! If we still have elections by then...😢

[@effexon]

McMaster seems way too balanced and happy person to pursuit political career :D

[@kevinjenner9502]

McMaster’s book “Dereliction of Duty : Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam”

[@bruceu1419]

How much stock do you own in Northrup Grumman, general dynamics, and Raytheon? I'm trying to understand your reasoning

[@linmal2242]

He is too smart !

[@alexanderraggio4065]

9:54 @Niall, I had the good fortune to spend the summer of 2017 at King's College. I visited the British War Museum and especially loved the artifacts and anecdotes describing the OSS in WWII. I said as much to one of the men working there and he gloomily said that "the powers that be" insisted that everything needs to be gutted and remade to be more interactive and inclusive. I shudder to think how that museum and others have regressed simply because the curators want to do something trendy or avant garde.

[@linmal2242]

Wokeness is contagious. Even to museums, apparently.

[@richardburton5706]

Sadly, there's nothing more interactive than war.

[@user-ut6ji8my2h]

Read Terry Pratchett's " Nation" you will LYAO.

[@Swift-mr5zi]

I feel like everytime a new one of these gets uploaded another major political/geopolitical event happens right afterwards

[@finiansmall]

At minute 30:30, Ferguson noticeably omits the descriptor “GOP” from the Representatives in the House. Interesting

[@nickgood8166]

'My Hoover', something about my vacuum cleaner?

[@linmal2242]

They vacuum up all the conflict in the world and set it for your mind to assimilate !

[@damnhappytobehere]

Tolstoy, yes. But we live in M. Lermontov's world.

[@naj70]

Argentina: impossible to solve…

[@user-ut6ji8my2h]

To the historian, he should have his students read Paris 1919 by Margaret McMillan, and The Price of Admiralty to name 2.

[@lsmith6036]

In Goodfellows they swear loads 😂😂😂😂, jo pesci

[@matthewkelly2399]

I wonder whether Niall thinks a good dosage of parliamentary representative democracy would do the US good😮

[@bobwhite2]

Every generation has a deep need to create something, make an impact, make their contribution. I don’t see that opportunity as it once was. But contribute they must. The roots of Woke may be somewhere in that need.

[@Drunkwithsuccess]

No public profanity absolutely

[@ricedmond661]

Neil is looking very spiffy today.

[@999reader]

I might ask why HR believes that studying history is better than studying political science, which he called social science. I agree with him, but one must admit that both require conceptualization, and in the case of studying history, using the fraught intellectual process of analogy. And does he really believe that Jake Sullivan knows less history than he does? In any case, the economist John Cochran, who uses econometric models, can explain this better than I can.

[@siuwong4588]

46:45 Pompeo

[@EBM4545]

HR all lessons are forgot when you can start a war and some people get filthy rich. Especially when said people control the govt😢

[@nikhildeshmukh3709]

What happend to Steven Kotkin why is'nt he around?

[@pedrojamalserrano4008]

Investors should invest in the revival of recovery of lost historical identity usage of the lands(international land zoning) both for Italy and Germany after World War 2. Italy and Germany should be upgraded versions and expand the notation size of the Roman Colosseum after Rome Berlin Axis Pact of Steel. Italy and Germany should be empty space land lots, a buffer zone between Spain, France, and England with Russia in the East, launching sites of invasion, international conflict site settlement peace treaty locations, and worldwide combat zones for special forces.

[@nishalall3510]

Brood of vipers in the bible is also an insulting cuss phrase!

[@billclarke3754]

I liked Gen McMaster's comments on Trump @46:50; Trump's not my favorite guy -I fear for the US Constitution- but I agreed with many of his (Trump's) policies. But, yeah, Trump can't get out of his own way and is focused on pay backs...

[@sbourdondvm]

What is it that you think the US should have done to deter the Houthis? Saying it was not done well enough fails to educate me as to what concrete actions I should be looking for from my government. It is time for you to step up gentleman.

[@Anonymous______________]

They are cowards and love that sweet Talmud.

[@linmal2242]

They are part , perhaps an 'avant guarde' of the age-old Muslim dictat, entreaty, to convert the world to Islam ! Yes this is just a local, regional action but the aim is for power, control of Yemen and every other Moslem country ! This is just one little action.

[@michaeltrillium]

@@NuYoRicanPapiMichael Clarke said on Sky News the only thing that makes sense: that we basically tell Houthis “look, we don’t want to tip the balance in your civil war, but if you don’t stop the attacks on shipping that’s what’s going to happen because we’ll destroy more and more of your stuff”. WHY do we care if Houthis are so degraded that they lose?!

[@leonidlinkov3781]

Indeed from Houthis acts putin's ears are clearly protruded...

[@aaaa-eg4ck]

They should've been proactive and decisive both in Ukraine and Israel. No weapon delays, no ceasefires, no prohibitive measures on weapons use, no blame on Israel for Gazan humanitarian crisis. It's very hard to damn success. If both those conflicts received a clear and overwhelming response, they would've been over by now and there would be no issue with Houthis

[@johnmckillop3820]

What does Professor Ferguson make of Christopher Hitches's appraisal of Kissinger. I admire both men very much and their contribution to public debate, but they couldn't be further apart on this issue.

[@naj70]

See the last or second last episode when they discussed Kissinger. Ferguson gave Hitch a quick and firm backhander. Some throw away line about how thin and poor Hitch’s work was on Kissinger.

[@naj70]

To continue: of course Ferguson has an incentive (I think) to back Kissinger as his fawning biographer… and how can you be a Hoover Senior Fellow - where your platform - of say $700k/pa (and your earnings ability to leverage this and your own brand)… is funded by Conservatives? Is this really free inquiry? (It is well funded). Ferguson in particularly post 6 Jan 2021 fairly came down hard on trump - but you could see him deliberately measuring every word. Be interesting to see how Hoover Fellows assess Trump. None of these three are fans. HR apolitical as a Patriot. Cochran labeled Trump and MAGA as lunacy… and something US conservatives should move beyond/away from. Remarkable that the Democrats have not produced a clear winning candidate.

[@lawrencefrost9063]

Watch the previous video. He talks about it. He was quite critical on it. I have that book myself.

[@linmal2242]

Very good question. And Vale Christopher !

[@kevinjenner9502]

Kissinger, a legacy of International Crimes.

[@kendallbowlin7705]

HR McMaster. Nikki Haley? Give me a break. That comment tells me all any of us need to know about him.

[@8panthermodern2]

Considering he seems like a serious man and has worked closely with Trump on a personal level, is it really any surprise that he prefers Haley?

[@bobpierce57]

Trump needs Vivek as a right hand man for effective trade policies that do not needlessly punish or tariff our trading partners.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

Yeah Niall, the US has only intervened "a little" in Ukraine and not enough to make a difference. Sometimes this guy says the goofiest stuff.

[@SwitzerlandEducation4471]

Hello everyone

[@jvs333]

Looks like you tube deletes any comments critical of Israel.

[@glennmitchell9107]

Is it necessary to educate everyone in military theory and political science, or just those who are on the national leadership track? Should responsible political parties require their future leaders to proceed on a cursus honorum, designed to develop the skill set and indoctrinate those values, necessary for effective and moral leadership at the national and international levels? As it is, the perception is that American politics is an idiocratic free for all, while the suspicion is that powerful and dangerous men "back East" arrange all important elections.

[@joanibarr3284]

Read Ayn Rand

[@MROJPC]

Excellent discussion, gentlemen, from a listener firmly on Left (Left, Progressive, Democrat… also Retired veteran, small business owner, loves red meat - my business is cattle - 2nd Amendment advocate…) and I also firmly believe in listening to all points. Also, good questions. More than anything I hope we can somehow disrupt the logjam stopping further support for Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion. I won’t hold my breath, but I really believe a defeated Russian military will further clinch our own security as well as that of our friends and partners around the world. Last, I should say my family chose to be part of this nation and we did have another option when we decided to move to the States. We have an optimism, resilience, and pure love for the land and people that I think is sometimes lost in degree when someone is native born. The idea “taken for granted” comes to mind, and my hope is that this nation as an idea survives the next decade. If it does it will be on the backs of people that want to preserve the work of generations instead of throwing it all on the controversies of the moment.

[@egverlander]

"Firmly on Left". You need to see a psychiatrist.

[@umaneelakantan9327]

Absolutely... But how "Applied History" is dtudied and then applied is of utmost significance n importance... Expressly because the opposite camp fid previsely that....they "used Strategic Applied Hostory" n have almost gotten away with it...against the larger good. Any knowledge and rather, all knowledge is only for the largest common good. Never gor narrow divisive material gains alone.

[@geoffswier113]

Thanks Goodfellows for answering the Trump objectives question. IMO, Trump unlike other presidents, is not guided much by ideology or political party culture but rather by his own psychological drivers conditioned by advancing age. In a second term-limited presidency these drivers will come to the fore. He may lose interest and delegate to others, allowing perhaps for the agenda described by Neil or other agendas. He will certainly be erratic as described by HR. No one can know - including probably Trump himself.

[@stooge389]

22:19 EXACTLY! WAR IS NOT THEORETICAL! TREATING IT AS SUCH DISHONORS THOSE WHO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THEIR HOMES, OR SOMEONE ELSE'S HOMES. It's much close to an art than a science, which is why Sun Tzu wrote "The Art of War" and not "How to Always Win Every War".

[@bobpierce57]

Reasons the Battleship movie is so moving, especially the WILL TO WIN.

[@williamgatheist1314]

You are all pretty good guys most of the time, my only issue is too Conservative!😂😂 Come on Neil, you say Trump won't throw Zelinski under the bus he'd throw his own mother under the bus if it benefited him!

[@epicphailure88]

These are neocons.

[@linmal2242]

Spot on. The Crump, the sTrump-et who self-gradises reminds me of Nero, or Caligula?

[@lsmith6036]

Darvos sounds too much like davros, though I like globalism, at times.

[@JonathanSeder]

Regarding your title page, consider 18 U.S. Code § 1730. Uniforms of carriers Whoever, not being connected with the letter-carrier branch of the Postal Service, wears the uniform or badge which may be prescribed by the Postal Service to be worn by letter carriers, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to an actor or actress in a theatrical, television, or motion-picture production who wears the uniform or badge of the letter-carrier branch of the Postal Service while portraying a member of that service. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 785; Pub. L. 90-413, July 21, 1968, 82 Stat. 396; Pub. L. 91-375, § 6(j)(35), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 101-647, title XII, § 1210(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4832; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(B), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)

[@jameswhitwell9512]

Everything pivots on supporting Ukraine. Cant show weakness . Failure to do so will lead to huge problems.🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇲

[@8panthermodern2]

This is a truth that should be non-partisan, but here we are.

[@Sphere723]

I'd just plead with McMaster to consider the simple idea that in modern warfare, the colonial power tends to lose to the local insurgent/anti-colonial power. That explains Vietnam, the first Gulf War, the Invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the current invasion of Ukraine etc. Look at modern warfare through that lens, and you can predict pretty accurately predict which way conflicts will turn.

[@bobbinsthethird]

During the Algerian War, the Colonial power had somewhere to go back to. France. People say Israel is a Colonial power. If so, where do they have to go back to? Baghdad and Aleppo?

[@JudithKlinghoffer]

Your tolerance towards the Biden administration's vengefulness, vs. your total intolerance towards the anticipated imperfections of another Trump administration is most disappointing.

[@effexon]

@@lu544I didnt get your mongolia example. Didnt all colonial rules crash down eventually coz having forced labor comes more expensive than other ways.... having strong security force constantly around managerial staff wears out profits + keeps resentment of local population. Soviet union treated most people this way, domestic colonies, which can be attributed to their economic and final collapse. So Id put policing rule here: any law that nobody follows is meaningless. Same with local people support, your rules are meaningless if they dont willfully support ruler and thus want to follow those rules. Russia dont follow any warfare rules. That makes no people who have any way to resist, want to resist their occupation even with risk of loosing their life, as that is lesser evil. Same anecdotal things were throughout nazi occupied regions during WW2. You can argue occupier then strikes with 10x force, but that also has detrimental effect on their troops: they start to question their own humanity and why they are doing that, which has longlasting effects back home.

[@TalismanPHX]

​@@JudithKlinghoffer MAGA is present and accounted for. So much for democracy under the 🍊

[@linmal2242]

You forgot the 'Eureka Rebellion' ...LOL !

[@danbravoh2165]

MCMaster.... Hailey??? You gotta be kidding me

[@davidanalyst671]

Two days ago ITV, an Israeli news program waved white flags, interviewed an unarmed Gazan man, and as soon as the camera turned off, (there were some cell phones still recording) An israeli sniper killed the Gazan civilian under a white flag, while unarmed, less than 2 feet from a media of the press. Israel is committing a genocide, and the USA is implicated. Tell Niall Fergy that he has to google the ITV interview and subsequent Israeli genocide.

[@b.alexanderjohnstone9774]

Hey on bright side Trump won't need post it notes to script even his small talk. Any incapacity on that side surely pales in comparison.

[@pedrojamalserrano4008]

Investors should invest in upgraded names adaptable to China and India as republics. Republic in ancient times was always associated with paganism polytheism or non-Christian people or country.

[@999reader]

Finally, if the Goodfellows would like to return civility to American life, why don’t they occasionally invite a liberal onto their program? Are they really afraid of discussing the issues with someone like Paul Krugman? That would provide the sort of debate that the American media used to provide, but have now abandoned the field and left it to echo chambers like this.

[@pedrojamalserrano4008]

Investors should invest in the consolidation of all 50-plus states of the United States of America be one state headed or ruled by the state governor for cost-cutting budget tightening measures for all state capital expenses for treasury saving mode for onward years 2024 agenda.

[@michaelgilday]

The biggest problem the USA has it does not understand who countries like Afghanistan and Iraq function. Afghanistan could have been united early on after the American intervention under the King of Afghanistan, but American think countries will welcome their view of democracy, and this is not the case, so they fail. When they took out the Hussain regime it was obvious the USA did not have a clue on how bring stability to the country and this led to another fail. America needs to stop thinking the rest of the world wants a similar system to that in the USA and prepare studies on each country worldwide these should be used in how to follow through once they have intervened in other countries affairs.

[@cshelley5658]

Books? 🤔 1903 The True History of The American Revolution by Sydney George Fisher! --- I was proudly cancelled for using Neil Fergusons 2011 book- Civilisation "The West and The Rest in... my high school essay... I'm now an old man of 29! :) woke has being going on a long time. It was rather difficult to attain a PhD in history when the teachers at basic high school level; well- "no boy will pass this class" was a direct quote! -- Is the U of Austin taking applications? I wrote to Prof Borgossian on the issue (alongside original work) but as yet no reply? --- A positive? Recently, I see even the great Ken Burns say "...both post modernism and queer studies. They're all legitimate..."**. Simply false. Yet. Such sentiments feel from yesterday's era. *Source Cohen.R. The History Makers" (2022, 2 Ed.) p316, will correct if mis-sourced.

[@bullfighteragainstnonsense9924]

Why can t this super intelligent group see who Mr Trump really is? It's so obvious?

[@pinkbike0217]

☹️

[@samuelmatz]

Archivist are good people. They are political. Are you kidding ?