“We’re actually happy with things just as they are. Conquering more land would just mean the seven families would be at each other’s throats over how to divide up the spoils. We don’t want to conquer the world, we just want the world to think we want to conquer them so they don’t try and conquer us.” ConquestSmoke And MirrorsDomestic Politics Book:The (sort of) Dark Mage Source: The (sort of) Dark Mage
“In other words, each side could arm itself with whatever ideological slogans fulfilled its own domestic necessities, so long as it did not let them interfere with the need for cooperation against the Soviet danger. Ideology would be relegated to domestic management; it took a leave from foreign policy. The ideological armistice was, of course, valid only so long as objectives remained compatible.” PoliticsChinaUsaSoviet UnionInternational RelationsDomestic Politics Book:On China Source: On China
“But many people don’t realize that the domestic and the foreign policies are actually intertwined. If your government needs to spend billions on waging wars, guess where are they going to get it from? Yes, from your schools, health systems, and other essential public services and institutions.” WarPoliticsForeign PolicyInvasionForeign RelationsDomestic Politics Author:Louis Yako