Geopolitics

Anyone else starting to get worried about this rise of casual open imperialism? Like, not "peaceful trade at prices social justice activists don't like" imperialism but actual "let's go conquer stuff" imperialism. I know it's "meant to be a joke", but often such jokes are a first step to normalizing something dark...

Have definitely seen the beginnings of some sort of rise of nationalism. I was at an NBA basketball a couple of days ago and the national anthem ceremony was a lot more intense. Every screen had an American flag and there was a sort of hype video on the screen.

Watching tv yesterday, I saw a commercial on some new CBS show about boot camp (but in a playful funny way)

Small things for sure, but definitely feel some sort of determined rise to nationalism happening.