GTFO with Anti-Progressive Leftism, Taiwan Nukes, the Military Power Fallacy, the meaning of Kim Jong Un's Restraint | Ep. 56
There's NOTHING progressive about working with the MAGA right. Why the arguments for US military superiority keep changing but the demand stays the same. Also this episode: Does Taiwan need nukes? Why did Kim Jong Un publicly restrain his military from attacking the South? And what's wrong with imagining Korea as a maritime defense perimeter?
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Show Notes
There's NOTHING progressive about working with the MAGA right. Why the arguments for US military superiority keep changing but the demand stays the same. Also this episode: Does Taiwan need nukes? Why did Kim Jong Un publicly restrain his military from attacking the South? And what's wrong with imagining Korea as a maritime defense perimeter?
Yakov Feygin Tweet: https://twitter.com/BuddyYakov/status/1276219280816656385
Dan Nexon Tweet: https://twitter.com/dhnexon/status/1275601160381104131
Weijia Jiang Tweet: https://twitter.com/weijia/status/1275422015059615750?s=21
Tom McTague on American decline: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/america-image-power-trump/613228/
Contributors: Pete McKenzie, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell, Jake Dellow