Current World Affairs

It's quite funny that this dude's historic wealth might be the most persuasive blackpilling possible on capitalism, and yet the socialist warriors do not take advantage of the opportunity. Let me explain. His wealth is fundamentally disconnected from personal merit or direct labor. He is the CEO of three companies and in the C-suite at many others. There is simply no possibility whatsoever that he works the hours expected of such positions and that the little personal labor he dedicates to them represents the the incredible wealth he has extracted from them. Moreover, there are several, well-documented claims from insiders that they have to handle or buffer his erratic behavior, and that the executives that actually do the work are relieved when he gets hyperfocused on another company and leaves them alone. What work he does when he is hyperfocused consists mostly, according to insiders, as extreme micromanagement. He self-describes himself as a "nano-manager," and his official biographer talks about his hyper-critical "demon mode." There is a pretty reasonable argument to be made that his presence harms these companies, rather than helps them. This is only boosted by how many expensive, high-profile lawsuits his companies have been embroiled in by his public remarks, nonstop posting, and refusal to abide by financial disclosure deadlines. How he treats his employees and unilaterally fires people without cause also causes employment lawsuits. Substantively, his companies also benefit from him lying to the market to cause speculation and government subsidies won by quid pro quo behavior that would have, in better times, been considered criminal. Musk causes Tesla and SpaceX to consistently lie about its products, and he is never punished enough to offset the personal benefit he gets from the market or subsidies by such lying. His wealth is an illusion driven by retail investor enthusiasm based on these lies, market expectations based on his lies and the fact that he has yet to seriously pay for lying, and pay packages approved by boards stacked with flunkies that cannot articulate how he can possibly do enough work as the CEO of three companies and executive of half a dozen others to justify his intensely bloated pay packages. He receives that pay even when his companies are not profitable, which has led to constant shareholder lawsuits. If there was a poster boy of American Capitalism, it is him. He represents everything wrong with the reality of how the system works, and how lying and anticompetitive behavior is not adequately curbed.

Chairman of Alternative for Germany (AfD) Saxony Jörg Urban was just caught at the Russian Embassy in Prague by Czech journalists from @enkocz. Russian Embassy in Prague often serves as a regional headquarters of Russian intelligence to run their assets in Germany. Full story: denikn.cz/2092589/hvezda-nem…

Beijing calls the EU’s actions to protect its industrial base bullying, which means that its market defence mechanisms “cross” China’s red line: its “right to development”. China is export-dependent, needing the European market, and all it can do is try to force and coerce the market to stay open. It is time to use ACI.

Europa bereitet jetzt ernsthaft eine europäische Armee vor msn.com/de-de/nachrichten/po… Das wird auch zeit die Armee muss mindestens 5 Millionen man stark sein und 5 Millionen Reservisten in reserve haben

Mario Draghi: "Solo una maggiore integrazione può salvare l'Ue. Serve il federalismo pragmatico". ilfoglio.it/esteri/2026/05/1…

I don't know how we can remove the Imperialist creed from most Russian citizens heads. Recently in Germany it was unveiled, that in interviews in the 50/60s that were never published, many German citizens still were open to Nazi ideas. Nazi Germany lasted about 12 years. That's a realively short while. Yet, it took the complete destruction of Germany, years long occupation, and externally enforced democratisation, denazification and suppression of Nazi ideas to try to remove this cancer from Germany. And still then, the only way to really get rid of Nazism was to wait for the next generation to take over, differently educated, and for the old generation to die off. Now compare this to Russia which has been Imperialist for centuries, and had the most toxic political systems in European history for the same amount of time. These ideas crept into the Russian psyche, the Volksgeist, for way way longer than Nazism in Germany. Yet, nobody is seriously proposing, because nobody wants to expend European lives for Russia, to destroy and occupy Russia and force them to de-Putinise, de-Stalinise, de-Imperialise. That's just not gonna happen. So I truly see absolutely no hope for Russia at all.

Lmfao the hypocrisy. When China limits market access to European companies "the world is cruel". When Europe reciprocates it's suddenly "disappointing and unacceptable".

More and more people are concluding that the only way to save the EU is a 'two-speed Europe' where the hesitant outer tier is left behind while the core moves forward with ever-closer union The alternative is vassalisation to America & Russia From former 🇪🇺foreign policy chief:

Mario Draghi: “For the first time in living memory, we Europeans are truly alone together. Europe is reacting to this new reality within a system that was not designed for challenges of this scale" I miss Draghi as Italian PM. He was the only one with a truly strategic vision 🇪🇺

Europe spent decades preparing for the wars of the past. Ukraine was forced to invent the wars of the future in real time. While NATO bureaucracies moved through paperwork and conferences, Ukrainians built one of the most advanced drone warfare ecosystems on Earth under missile fire, blackouts, and constant pressure. And now European officials walk through Ukrainian command centers realizing something uncomfortable: Ukraine is not some “burden” outside the alliance. Ukraine is already becoming one of the most valuable military assets Europe has.

Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen envisions a new D7 alliance of like-minded democracies, built on mutual economic and security protection: the EU, UK, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand It’s time for reliable democracies to stand together.

❗️Ukraine and Lithuania have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement that provides for the joint production of drones and the deployment of Ukrainian experts to Lithuania.

Over 53% of German exports and 51% of German imports are with the EU27. Germany is also the top export destination for 16 of the other 26 EU member states. The EU-Mercosur agreement is a perfect example. It removes major tariffs on European cars, car parts, machinery, chemicals and pharmaceuticals — sectors where Germany is one of Europe’s biggest winners. Germany alone would never negotiate trade access with the same leverage as the European Union. Not with Mercosur. Not with the United States. Not with China. Not with India. Not with the Gulf. Not with global supply chains. AfD sells the illusion of sovereignty. But for Germany, real sovereignty is European scale. Without the EU, Germany is just a mid-sized country with an ageing population, high energy costs and an export model dependent on foreign markets. Inside the EU, Germany is the industrial core of one of the largest economic blocs on earth.

Fire Point's @DenShtilierman said his firm could create a "kill zone" around Iran to help US. It was pitched to Gulf countries who liked idea but said they "need permission from America". US has yet to respond after Shtilierman reached out to Washington. ft.com/content/06570a4f-b5c0…

⚡️Russia has a problem — Ukraine’s drone production is scaling fast. A Ukrainian defense company FirePoint now produces ~200 long-range strike drones every day — and says it can double or triple output quickly. According to FirePoint co-founder and chief designer Denys Shtilerman, the company manufactures deep-strike UAVs designed to hit military targets inside Russia. Key capabilities: • FP-1: 105 kg warhead, 1000 km range • FP-2: up to 158 kg warhead for frontline strikes • 50 distributed production sites across Ukraine • New GPS-independent navigation using terrain image matching The systems are constantly upgraded — seven generations of navigation solutions have already been developed during the war.

“We are selling not just weapons and security, but independence in security matters” — Denys Shtilierman, co-founder and chief designer of Fire Point, in an interview with the Financial Times. Fire Point has already launched two satellites into orbit and plans to launch dozens more in 2027. The goal is to reduce Ukraine’s (and Europe’s) dependence on the US government and Western tech corporations. The company is rapidly scaling up production of: • Cruise missiles (including the Flamingo, with a range of ~3,000 km — nearly double the Tomahawk) • Ballistic missiles • Long-range FP-1 and FP-2 drones Fire Point is also developing a “pan-European air defence shield” to avoid reliance on any single manufacturer. ✅ The company’s combat-proven drones have become a key part of Ukraine’s successful medium-range strike campaign, especially against Russian air defences. Their low cost and real-world effectiveness are attracting strong European interest. Germany is already purchasing FP-1 and FP-2 drones for its army. According to Shtilierman, Berlin is considering the Flamingo as a potential replacement for the American Tomahawk. European governments and defence companies are now exploring not only purchases but also joint production with Fire Point. 🔥 Notable quote: Shtilierman said Fire Point could create a “kill zone” up to 200 km deep into Iranian territory (or along the coast) using loitering kamikaze drones on station. The same approach could be used to interdict Russian oil tankers in the Baltic and Black Seas — if Kyiv’s Western partners approve. Gulf countries liked the concept but told him they “need permission from America.” ft.com/content/06570a4f-b5c0…

John Adams: “The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” James Madison: “Religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.” George Washington: “The United States is not a Christian nation.” Thomas Jefferson: “Erecting the wall of separation between church and state is absolutely essential in a free society.”

Europe’s trade problem is not industrial collapse. In 2025, the EU still ran a €128B goods trade surplus. Without energy dependence, Europe’s goods surplus would be roughly €427B. The U.S. is the opposite with a massive structural goods deficit — around $1.2T in 2025. Europe still exports machinery, vehicles, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and industrial goods at scale. Its weakness is dependence: imported oil, gas and LNG Europe does not need America’s deficit model. Europe needs to keep investing heavily in renewables, storage, cross-border grids, nuclear and hydrogen to reduce energy dependence

It's interesting that Italy, despite having the same solar energy potential as Spain, has the highest energy prices in Europe currently... The reason seems to be exactly what you would've imagined. "Local opposition" to solar panels and the agricultural lobby.