This newsletter is late because the modelling was inaccurate and we moved from “semi-monthly” to “endemic” too fast. I know it’s trite and adorable from me but I think I have a better understanding of military coups now. I imagine when you’re an officer in the military, someone sufficiently high up that you interface with civilian government on a regular basis. You probably have a lot of impotent frustration. Here you are, all smart and pressed and armed and there is a ton you can’t do. By design, of course, but those hobbles have to chafe sometimes. One imagines the non-existent, benevolent coup, one without CIA money lubing the gears or opportunist strong-men looking for a cushier chair, and I think I can understand the appeal as we
Mother Hubbard soft soap me
Mother Hubbard soft soap me
Mother Hubbard soft soap me
This newsletter is late because the modelling was inaccurate and we moved from “semi-monthly” to “endemic” too fast. I know it’s trite and adorable from me but I think I have a better understanding of military coups now. I imagine when you’re an officer in the military, someone sufficiently high up that you interface with civilian government on a regular basis. You probably have a lot of impotent frustration. Here you are, all smart and pressed and armed and there is a ton you can’t do. By design, of course, but those hobbles have to chafe sometimes. One imagines the non-existent, benevolent coup, one without CIA money lubing the gears or opportunist strong-men looking for a cushier chair, and I think I can understand the appeal as we