#militarism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #militarism, aggregated by home.social.
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"While American tech billionaires fret over the capabilities of Chinese AI, one national security advisor has a brilliant idea to flatten the competition: simply bomb their data centers to smithereens.
In a new report titled “Superpowers and AGI,” former Obama-era national security official Jacob Stokes calls for United States to begin preparing readiness drills in response to Chinese AI development — up to and including military strikes on the nation’s data centers, the South China Morning Post reported.
AGI, or artificial general intelligence, refers to the theoretical point at which an AI model achieves human, or superhuman, levels of reasoning and intelligence. Though the science is still out on whether such a system is even possible, Stokes’ report begins from the assumption that AGI is inevitable, and that if the US can’t get to it first, its military needs to prepare to take drastic action.
Referring to the US as a hypothetical “laggard state” behind China’s achievement of AGI, Stokes — now the deputy director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, a prominent DC think tank — writes that the country could “try to sabotage the leading state’s AGI systems, either through physical infiltration or offensive cyber operations; that is, cyberattack.”"
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Hierodeacon of Ukrainian Monastery Killed Defending Ukraine
https://uoj.news/news/hierodeacon-of-ukrainian-monastery-killed-defending-ukraine/
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Japan-China deteriorating ties and regional stability – Academia https://www.byteseu.com/2123475/ #APEC #China #investment #Japan #militarism #relationship #SanaeTakaichi #Sanctions #taiwan #tension #XiJinping #YoungGeneration
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Richard Boyd Barrett Sounds Alarm on Government Plans to Reduce Controls on Arms Industry in Ireland
https://www.pbp.ie/richard-boyd-barrett-sounds-alarm-on-government-plans-to-reduce-controls-on-arms-industry-in-ireland/ -
CENSORSHIP: "Satellite imaging firm Planet Labs said on Saturday it will indefinitely withhold visuals of Iran and the region of conflict in the Middle East to comply with a request from the U.S. government.
California-based Planet Labs announced the decision in an email to customers and said the U.S. government had asked all satellite imagery providers to indefinitely withhold images of the conflict region.
The restriction expands upon a 14-day delay on imagery of the Middle East that Planet Labs imposed last month, a move the firm said was meant to prevent adversaries from using it to attack the U.S. and its allies.
Planet Labs said it will withhold imagery dating back to March 9 and that it expects the policy to remain in effect until the conflict ends.
The war began when the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, and the conflict spread in the region when Tehran responded by launching its own attacks on Israel and U.S. bases in Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain."
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Iran Can’t Hit U.S. Directly—So It’s Hitting Everyone Around It
Iran strikes Gulf nations, oil hubs, and U.S. bases across the region. The result: rising oil prices, global instability, and a war spreading through allies.
#assassinationPolicy #CIAIntervention #Diplomacy #economicFallout #geopoliticalAnalysis #globalInstability #Hezbollah #Houthis #InternationalLaw #Iran #Israel #MiddleEastConflict #MILITARISM #MossadeghCoup #OilPrices #ProgressivePolitics #reserveCurrency #StraitOfHormuz #USForeignPolicy #warEconomy https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oMY -
"[T]he United States is now acting like a predatory hegemon, exploiting positions of leverage built up over decades to exploit allies and adversaries alike. This zero-sum approach to nearly all relations with others includes a deep hostility toward most international institutions and norms, deliberately erratic behavior, and a tendency to treat other foreign leaders with ill-disguised contempt while expecting demeaning acts of submission and fealty from most of them. As the fallout from the war in Iran spreads throughout the region and around the world, it underscores that the administration either didn’t understand how its actions would affect other states or simply didn’t care.
Which brings me to the third problem: U.S. foreign policy is now in the hands of a remarkably incompetent set of officials, from the president on down. International influence depends on many things, but one of the key ingredients is other states’ belief that the people they have to deal with are smart, well-informed, and generally know what they are doing. At this point, does anyone in the higher echelons of the Trump administration merit that description? Not that I can see. Conducting foreign policy is a difficult business, and no government gets everything right, but this administration commits own goals on a weekly basis while insisting that it is infallible.
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The bottom line is that the rest of the world is going to be dealing with a powerful, probably predatory, and highly erratic United States for at least three more years and probably longer. If that is the case, then what should other countries do, bearing in mind that the United States is not the only dangerous predator out there (and for some states, more immediate dangers lie closer to home)."https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/26/united-states-trump-rogue-state-iran/
#USA #Trump #Militarism #Geopolitics #Hegemony #Imperalism #RogueState
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"[T]he United States is now acting like a predatory hegemon, exploiting positions of leverage built up over decades to exploit allies and adversaries alike. This zero-sum approach to nearly all relations with others includes a deep hostility toward most international institutions and norms, deliberately erratic behavior, and a tendency to treat other foreign leaders with ill-disguised contempt while expecting demeaning acts of submission and fealty from most of them. As the fallout from the war in Iran spreads throughout the region and around the world, it underscores that the administration either didn’t understand how its actions would affect other states or simply didn’t care.
Which brings me to the third problem: U.S. foreign policy is now in the hands of a remarkably incompetent set of officials, from the president on down. International influence depends on many things, but one of the key ingredients is other states’ belief that the people they have to deal with are smart, well-informed, and generally know what they are doing. At this point, does anyone in the higher echelons of the Trump administration merit that description? Not that I can see. Conducting foreign policy is a difficult business, and no government gets everything right, but this administration commits own goals on a weekly basis while insisting that it is infallible.
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The bottom line is that the rest of the world is going to be dealing with a powerful, probably predatory, and highly erratic United States for at least three more years and probably longer. If that is the case, then what should other countries do, bearing in mind that the United States is not the only dangerous predator out there (and for some states, more immediate dangers lie closer to home)."https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/26/united-states-trump-rogue-state-iran/
#USA #Trump #Militarism #Geopolitics #Hegemony #Imperalism #RogueState
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"[T]he United States is now acting like a predatory hegemon, exploiting positions of leverage built up over decades to exploit allies and adversaries alike. This zero-sum approach to nearly all relations with others includes a deep hostility toward most international institutions and norms, deliberately erratic behavior, and a tendency to treat other foreign leaders with ill-disguised contempt while expecting demeaning acts of submission and fealty from most of them. As the fallout from the war in Iran spreads throughout the region and around the world, it underscores that the administration either didn’t understand how its actions would affect other states or simply didn’t care.
Which brings me to the third problem: U.S. foreign policy is now in the hands of a remarkably incompetent set of officials, from the president on down. International influence depends on many things, but one of the key ingredients is other states’ belief that the people they have to deal with are smart, well-informed, and generally know what they are doing. At this point, does anyone in the higher echelons of the Trump administration merit that description? Not that I can see. Conducting foreign policy is a difficult business, and no government gets everything right, but this administration commits own goals on a weekly basis while insisting that it is infallible.
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The bottom line is that the rest of the world is going to be dealing with a powerful, probably predatory, and highly erratic United States for at least three more years and probably longer. If that is the case, then what should other countries do, bearing in mind that the United States is not the only dangerous predator out there (and for some states, more immediate dangers lie closer to home)."https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/26/united-states-trump-rogue-state-iran/
#USA #Trump #Militarism #Geopolitics #Hegemony #Imperalism #RogueState
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"[T]he United States is now acting like a predatory hegemon, exploiting positions of leverage built up over decades to exploit allies and adversaries alike. This zero-sum approach to nearly all relations with others includes a deep hostility toward most international institutions and norms, deliberately erratic behavior, and a tendency to treat other foreign leaders with ill-disguised contempt while expecting demeaning acts of submission and fealty from most of them. As the fallout from the war in Iran spreads throughout the region and around the world, it underscores that the administration either didn’t understand how its actions would affect other states or simply didn’t care.
Which brings me to the third problem: U.S. foreign policy is now in the hands of a remarkably incompetent set of officials, from the president on down. International influence depends on many things, but one of the key ingredients is other states’ belief that the people they have to deal with are smart, well-informed, and generally know what they are doing. At this point, does anyone in the higher echelons of the Trump administration merit that description? Not that I can see. Conducting foreign policy is a difficult business, and no government gets everything right, but this administration commits own goals on a weekly basis while insisting that it is infallible.
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The bottom line is that the rest of the world is going to be dealing with a powerful, probably predatory, and highly erratic United States for at least three more years and probably longer. If that is the case, then what should other countries do, bearing in mind that the United States is not the only dangerous predator out there (and for some states, more immediate dangers lie closer to home)."https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/26/united-states-trump-rogue-state-iran/
#USA #Trump #Militarism #Geopolitics #Hegemony #Imperalism #RogueState
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"[T]he United States is now acting like a predatory hegemon, exploiting positions of leverage built up over decades to exploit allies and adversaries alike. This zero-sum approach to nearly all relations with others includes a deep hostility toward most international institutions and norms, deliberately erratic behavior, and a tendency to treat other foreign leaders with ill-disguised contempt while expecting demeaning acts of submission and fealty from most of them. As the fallout from the war in Iran spreads throughout the region and around the world, it underscores that the administration either didn’t understand how its actions would affect other states or simply didn’t care.
Which brings me to the third problem: U.S. foreign policy is now in the hands of a remarkably incompetent set of officials, from the president on down. International influence depends on many things, but one of the key ingredients is other states’ belief that the people they have to deal with are smart, well-informed, and generally know what they are doing. At this point, does anyone in the higher echelons of the Trump administration merit that description? Not that I can see. Conducting foreign policy is a difficult business, and no government gets everything right, but this administration commits own goals on a weekly basis while insisting that it is infallible.
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The bottom line is that the rest of the world is going to be dealing with a powerful, probably predatory, and highly erratic United States for at least three more years and probably longer. If that is the case, then what should other countries do, bearing in mind that the United States is not the only dangerous predator out there (and for some states, more immediate dangers lie closer to home)."https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/26/united-states-trump-rogue-state-iran/
#USA #Trump #Militarism #Geopolitics #Hegemony #Imperalism #RogueState
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An activist within the #RisingTide
#Canberra network:Hi all, just sending this as a final reminder, I would also be really chuffed if you would share it
WHAT: Rally against militarism and the Australian military establishment
WHEN: 18th of February at 4:30
WHERE: Outside the Hyatt hotel
Australia's most senior representatives of the defence establishment will gather at the Hyatt hotel to complain Australia is not spending enough money on murder. They'll be talking about vital topics like supporting imperialism - Australian, American and Israeli - and the need to spend $350,000,000,000 (about 32,000 dollars per Australian household) on nuclear submarines. We want to put on a reception to give them some feedback about how we feel.
We'll be meeting at 4:30 on the 18th at the bus stop outside the Albert Hall. Your attendance would be greatly appreciated, but any help you could give us in building the rally would be tremendous - texting friends and spreading this message on to further chats [Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal etc.] would all be an enormous help.
Feel free to share publicly!
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As Election Nears, Kelly Warns #Trump Would Rule Like a #Dictator
#JohnKelly, the Trump White House’s longest-serving chief of staff, said that he believed that #DonaldTrump met the definition of a #fascist.
By Michael S. Schmidt
Oct. 22, 2024"In response to a question about whether he thought Mr. Trump was a fascist, Mr. Kelly first read aloud a definition of fascism that he had found online.
"'Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It’s a #FarFight #authoritarian, #ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a #dictatorial leader, centralized #autocracy, #militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy,' he said."
Original article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/politics/john-kelly-trump-fitness-character.htmlArchived version
https://archive.ph/fSCbl#WeDontNeedThatFascistGrooveThing #CharacteristicsOfFascism
#Fascism #DictatorOnDayOne
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Its unfortunate to see a sustained increase #fossilFuel usage, which is of course inevitable alongside the human suffering that goes with #militarism.We're agast at the #corporateMedia continuing to give credence to one corrupted/malignant side. Its obvious these #industrialists are enjoying their longterm investments in #humanSuffering.
We hope maligned actors see their errors and conflict ends so we can focus on real problems.
FYI #RT is accessible outside #Europe with #TorBrowser.