Studies of Hitler's holocaust show: the cumbersome machinery of the state is the last protector of the vulnerable.

Hitler, and likewise other totalitarian rulers, established parallel structures to work their will, bypassing rule-bound state structures that were less ready to follow shocking orders. These included the SS and the Red Guards, and perhaps now the Oath Keepers.

Another similar case: the US destroyed the Iraqi state structure, and this led to a bloody civil war, followed by PISSI.

Proposing a simple rule-based system for funding support for poor countries to deal with global heating.

I think that all the major emitters should be taxed the same on new emissions.

A future history for this century: if a new Chinese illiberal world order replaces the liberal but imperialist US world order, it won't last long before global heating damage causes it to collapse.

Florida, dominated by the Covid-19 party, has passed a law banning vaccine mandates unless they permit religious exemptions. before global heating damage causes it to collapse.

The idea of a religious exemption for vaccination is absurd. Whatever your religion says, it cannot excuse you from public health requirements.

*Nearly two-thirds of people who migrate to the UK in small boats are deemed to be genuine refugees and allowed to remain.*