Shachtman officially published his break up with Trotsky in 1938, when he published an article rejecting "dialectical materialism," which is the main philosophy of Marxism. (Essentially, it states that ideas follow material reality, ergo communism is merely a logical human response to real-world conditions; i.e. the inequities of socio-economics in capitalist societies.) Shachtman asserted that both the German fascists and Soviet communists were both two sides of the same imperialistic coin— symbolically manifested in the 1939 treaty between Hitler and Stalin to divide Poland— and that both systems delivered what he called "bureaucratic collectivism": where a small and powerful oligarchy reaped the benefits of a economy and divided the spoils among themselves. (I actually think Shachtman was accurate in this assessment.) This led to Shachtman calling for the creation of a "Third Camp," outside of the paradigm of capitalism and Stalinism, where "true socialism" could be implemented for the creation of a worker state.

When Harrington coined the term "Neoconservative" in 1973, he was using it to describe Irving Kristol and his friends, who Harrington recognized as fellow liberals who wanted to see more aggressive US foreign policy implemented abroad, embracing Trotsky's concept of "permanent revolution/expansionism" (Forever Wars) but also the Stalinist concept of "bureacratic collectivism". (Administrative State) What brought Shachtman, Harrington, and Kristol into the same camp was their collective disdain for the growing "New Left" (Hippie) movement of the 1960's, which became obsessed with promoting social issues, called for the abandonment of all traditional values and the plunge into moral degeneracy, but also was disinterested in the labor movement's historical theory of class struggle— which is why its rise spawned the neoconservative movement, which came from the same leftist base.

The New Left would grow to supplant the existing Democrat Party, while the Neoconservative Movement (led by thinkers who were in direct contact and friendship with Bolshevik leader Leon Trotsky) would grow to supplant the Republican Party. Both are fruit from different branches of the same [Bolshevik] tree.

What makes it all confusing to modern researchers is that the New Left movement was also anti-war and pro-free-speech. The problem is when you begin evaluating these groups on the merits of a single issue— that is when you fall into the trap of moral relativism. This is why First Principles is the only way forward.

TLDR - The modern Republican Party (NeoConservatism) was literally founded by the same Bolsheviks they so often claim to oppose.

Notice how they refer to MAGA in the third person— because they don’t consider themselves one of us.

https://x.com/ghostofbph/status/1872803180238733429?s=46&t=dk3FBglKJNULnlNs0jz0sQ

Ezra has been putting out signal today.

“Oh shoot, the government messed something up—again. Sorry guys! We’ll get it right next time. Just shut the fuck up and pay your taxes, mmkay?”

https://t.me/elon_alerts/52031

Jake interviewed Phil Tourney, President of the USS Liberty Veteran’s Association

Do people still think that the GOP are the "good guys?" I thought we elected Donald Trump THREE TIMES because we knew that they weren't?

Why are people still pretending that the Republicans are going to save us from the bad guys?

https://x.com/GhostofBPH/status/1873093049913401588

The kinder, happier, gentler, funnier defense contractor seems to be having a hard time.

https://t.me/disclosetv/14938

From the boss:

“H-1B visas are very bad for the American worker… I’m a businessman, so I use them, but I shouldn’t be allowed to.”

h/t https://x.com/lukasschubertmt/status/1873093578244968629

Let’s light this candle and get this party started.

https://x.com/ghostofbph/status/1873372591198712082

Tim is the op and may be too stupid to realize.

The people who spent the last 48 hours either observing the Op or putting forth First Principles arguments that are consistent with the long-running foundation of the MAGA agenda are the same people they were before, only even more based.

The people who spent the last 48 hours whining about infighting are also the same people they were before, only even more retarded.

Also, the latter is already capitulating.

Bottom line: if you can’t survive by hiring American & training American, you’re going to need to go set up shop in India, and I have a sneaking suspicion if you gave these tech companies the option to choose between that or the US, they would choose US every time.

When these oligarchs talk about a skill gap, they mean skill per dollar. They're talking about profits.

They’re counting on foreigners being willing to out compete Americans on a dollar-for-dollar basis because they’re allowed to siphon those dollars back to lands globalism has already ravaged.

The key is to kickstart mutually assured sovereign game theory, with each nation incentivized to produce from within.

America didn’t become a powerhouse by outsourcing. We became weak.

As many of the best sovereign minds in the movement elucidated this weekend, being America First means being AMERICAN first.

Well this isn’t nearly as interesting as the latest Twitter battle, but it’s an attempt at a narrative by a fellow at NATO about leaked intelligence that I I thought might be valuable to add to the sphere

https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2024/12/16/intelligence-disclosure-as-a-strategic-messaging-tool/index.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NATO%20Review%20Intelligence%20disclosure&utm_content=NATO%20Review%20Intelligence%20disclosure+CID_f99c48b601045e15ffada0f0e1b37893&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=READLISTEN%20MORE

TLDR - The Georgian President (a globalist who is adamant about joining the EU) refuses to step down, despite losing Parliamentary elections in October to a former pro-footballer whose political party (Georgia Dream) has been targeting foreign NGO's with legislation and criticism designed to foist foreign (western) influence on the Georgian government. For that, it is being branded "authoritarian."

"Georgian Dream has become increasingly authoritarian in recent years, passing Russian-style laws targeting media and non-government groups who receive foreign funding, and the LGBT community. It refused to join Western sanctions on Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and called the West the "global war party", making a mockery of its stated aim of joining the EU and NATO."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rn2w0zw08o

🇷🇺 Watch: Putin's 2024 in handshakes amid "isolation" claims

Russian President Vladimir Putin's schedule in 2024 included meetings with numerous world leaders, including:

▪️ North Korea's Kim Jong Un
▪️ China's Xi Jinping
▪️ Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko
▪️ India's Narendra Modi
▪️ Hungary's Viktor Orbán
▪️ Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
▪️ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Russia also hosted the 2024 BRICS summit, drawing participation from dozens of Global South leaders, notably from Africa.

Do you think it fits into the West's "isolated Russia" narrative?

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Concerning this Azerbaijani airliner being shot down, can someone explain to me how Ukraine has the resources to launch massive drone swam attacks on Grozny in Chechnya, when they are purportedly fighting for their lives against Russia on the home front?

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/27/nx-s1-5240981/azerbaijan-airlines-passenger-jet-crash-russia

Ukraine is now launching drone attacks against civilians in Kazan (Russia) and Grozny (Chechnya). Grozny is over 600 miles from Dnipro— the current "front" in the Ukraine/Russia conflict— and Kazan is over 750 miles away.

Worth noting that Chechnya is where the Russian Special Forces HQ is located.

Obviously, Ukraine isn't doing this on their own.