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John Robb

@johnrobb

The Global Guerrillas Report -- Sense-making frameworks. War-Tech-Politics Book: Brave New War Patreon: patreon.com/johnrobb Substack: johnrobb.substack.com

Boston Area US

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John Robb
@johnrobb
Oct 24, 2022
The Global Guerillas Report Frameworks for understanding and anticipating events in warfare, politics, and technology. Substack (report): johnrobb.substack.com Patreon (report + discord + free form workspace): patreon.com/johnrobb
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John Robb
@johnrobb
Oct 19, 2018
Generational shift.
John Robb
@johnrobb
Jan 9, 2021
Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, etc. all acting in concert. Companies that collectively control the information flow for 3 billion people Companies, without which, modern life is impossible. These companies have just announced they are in control of the US political system
John Robb
@johnrobb
Aug 26, 2025
Tens of millions of people have instantly formed a fictive kinship with this young women due to an empathy trigger. They see her face, her desperation, and they instantly recognize the same face they had, or a friend had, when they stood up to a relentless bully who targeted
John Robb
@johnrobb
Jul 3, 2024
Denmark’s left wing discovered that their social system required danish cultural norms in order to function, and that culturally diverse immigration would destroy it. So, they campaigned on the idea that all immigrants must adopt danish culture or leave. As a result of this
skepticalifornia
@skepticaliblog
Jul 2, 2024
'Denmark, almost alone in the western world, has a very strong centre-Left, and the main reason is that, uniquely, it followed its voters on immigration. ... They actually did what the voters wanted.' On Danish exceptionalism, by @edwest edwest.co.uk/p/on-danish-ex…
John Robb
@johnrobb
Oct 9, 2022
I never thought we’d get to the edge of nuclear war and there would be tens of millions of people cheering it on.
John Robb
@johnrobb
Feb 24, 2022
~"Putin and Xi perceive the West as a declining power. They view the West as weak, stupid, infantile, decadent and thoroughly parasitized by a mercenary Virtual ‘elite’ class that seems more than happy to wage an internal war on their own Physical classes." @jgreehall
John Robb
@johnrobb
Aug 12, 2021
Afghanistan 20 years of nation-building 2,312 US soldiers killed, 20k + wounded $2.4 trillion spent -- $114,285 for every person in the country, at the time we arrived Collapses immediately upon the start of withdrawal
John Robb
@johnrobb
Jan 9, 2021
Get used to this equation: Terms of Service > Bill of Rights
John Robb
@johnrobb
Jan 8, 2021
Agree or disagree with the decision, this points to one thing. The corporations are running the country now.
John Robb
@johnrobb
Apr 19, 2021
DeSantis: “If you riot, you are going to jail, and you are going to have to spend time in jail. If you assault law enforcement in a violent assembly, you are definitely going to go to jail. You burn down somebody’s business. ...”
Gov. DeSantis ‘anti-riot’ plan does more than crack down on mob violence. Here’s what it would...
From sun-sentinel.com
John Robb
@johnrobb
Jul 3, 2024
Replying to @johnrobb
Danish rules: asylum is temporary and you must leave when the emergency is over, if you are jailed as an immigrant you must go home when your sentence is over or remain incarcerated, if a citizen becomes a terrorist or betrays their country they will lose their citizenship, etc.
John Robb
@johnrobb
Apr 13, 2019
“Buying a car today is an investment into the future. I think the most profound thing is that if you buy a Tesla today, I believe you are buying an appreciating asset – not a depreciating asset (due to the self-driving AI)." @elonmusk
John Robb
@johnrobb
Oct 9, 2022
I think we’ve been completely successful with one thing in Ukraine. We’ve, against all odds, found a way to turn a regional war into an event that could end the world.