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> chipping away at I've come to see that as a continuation of war by other means, to coin a phrase. Large empire A chips away at the unity of large empire B, b

> chipping away at I've come to see that as a continuation of war by other means, to coin a phrase. Large empire A chips away at the unity of large empire B, by encouraging its fragmentation (i.e. supporting any B fishes that want to be the largest in a smaller pond.) E.g. the russians complain of this: https://en.topwar.ru/235582-russkie-sami-budut-rvat-sebja-svoimi-sobstvennymi-kogtjami-a-my-budem-rasti-i-krepnut.html https://en.topwar.ru/235582-russkie-sami-budut-rvat-sebja-sv... One of these days I ought to read Chesterton's take, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Napoleon_of_Notting_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Napoleon_of_Notting_Hill

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I had tried to do some joining instead of splitting, in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40167667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40167667 , but nobody else wanted to play. Anyone? Эй, ребята, how about "В небе полночном, небе весеннем (clap,clap,clap,clap) deep in the heart of Texas"? Texan, texan, texan girls You take my soul Texan, texan, texan girls, my baby Give me give me only love Lagniappe: US (1991): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilK39iSOVVU&t=67s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilK39iSOVVU&t=67s USSR (1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVyG0-x_9wI&t=2424s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVyG0-x_9wI&t=2424s (scroll back to 38:45 for the two-schoolgirls-in-a-trenchcoat whose getaway he's covering) good that kids in both countries had the habit of not giving valid information to people who have no business getting it!