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gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

One identifier of a failed state: other nations conduct diplomacy through bribes to the ruling family.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/politics/kushner-witkoff-russia-oil-deal.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.F1E.euaM.QA5U2o-XEbAM&smid=url-share