If I may point to the elephant in the room: https://www.crystolenergy.com/assessing-future-north-sea-oil... The UK used to be Nigeria, now it's Mali.
I don't understand.
Vis-à-vis oil.
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I am reminded of the story of the fat cat that I recently read in a Brothers Grimm collection. In case it is not familiar to you: A cat and a mouse decide to team up and store up some surplus food for hard times. They agree during abundant times to both put a little extra fat into a shared pot. They then store the pot in a safe place. The cat, however, is overcome by hunger even in the abundant times. Every few weeks…
The world needs more guillotines
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I always wonder why balkanization is described as "desperate" or some other extremely bad thing.
The war in former Yugoslavia was pretty horrible and they're by no means over it.