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Nah, taking Toronto is too much, same for British Columbia. On the other hand, Alberta is sufficiently red-state-ish.

But yes, the Ukraine adventure is blowing up in our face. When in the beginning, all Ukrainians wanted was to continue speak Russian, stay neutral and be part of the pacificist old-style EU, not NATO. And now, the Finns and Swedes are trying to convince Donald to stay in the fight and not dream about Greenland...

Obviously one can have non-LiberalDemocracies that have GoodEnoughGovernance and vice versa. In the 19th century Prussia leapfrogged Britain in science, technology and manufacturing prowess. In the 21st, China has moved ahead and Russia is by now (at least in military production) a near peer. And yet, all these US universities still try to save DEI...

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