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 (DIR) Post #B2XGzugynj3jK843Hs by Jeremiah@alpaca.gold
       2026-01-22T07:00:03Z
       
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       “There must be not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace.” —US President Woodrow Wilson to the US Senate advocating for the League of Nations, 1917-01-22We need nations to form a community of power organized for peace more than ever.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2XGzwIwo31YKApt6e by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2026-01-22T07:12:50Z
       
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       @Jeremiah that sounds great but just like people have different interests based on experience and who we are, nations do too. democracy works because while we're pulling in different directions, nobody has more power than another. and overwhelming force is rested in a power above any of us.the problem at the international level is we haven't done this yet. the US talks about respecting everyone (usually) but can mostly act as it wishes. same with other local big powers.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2XMvM2yGjioRKYmrQ by openrisk@mastodon.social
       2026-01-22T08:19:15Z
       
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       @wjmaggos @Jeremiah its not about removing all friction and conflict between people (which is indeed on the utopic side) but eliminating certain types of organized, large scale violence that is supported by ever more lethal tech (which in the end *will* be our undoing).Its not hopeless because we are already doing it (constraining this behavior) to some extent. Its not difficult to imagine (and historically it was common) to be far more warmongering.Eliminating organized war is solvable
       
 (DIR) Post #B2XhHpqIAWcYIqcuFk by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2026-01-22T12:07:30Z
       
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       @openrisk @Jeremiah there was a lot of support for Trump in the US from veterans that stemmed from him claiming to oppose more wars. now it seems he was lying but so far has fucked with other countries without endangering US service members. I think that worked for his base.I see nations further exerting their will to the degree it can be done with drones or other tech that keeps the impact asymmetrical. including sanctions.