
@Maryxus ("Maryxus Maddly") wrote:
"Realism is a demand dressed up as an observation"
My undergrad International Relations professor always used to say Realist analysis was about the 'Iron Tax': the blood and steel necessary to ensure stability. Power, for oneself and/or one's country
https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/04/analytical-democratic-theory/#epistocratic-delusions