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It's appalling to read that on HN, and there's plenty of comments like this one in this thread.

To think that some like to pretend HN is better than reddit.


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solenoid093701/03/2026

Please leave a substantive comment instead of just calling something a "redditism" and "appalling."

You may not like the framework of realism but it is the reality of international relations today (and throughout most of history.)

Rules-based international order has always been a thin veneer over the fact that nations will always act in their self-interest regardless of what they say.

Finally, game theory tells us that as long as one superpower behaves according to the principles of realism, the rest must as well, or risk getting outmaneuvered.

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