{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The ISIS Files: When Terrorists Run City Hall", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/661418121104687104/", "html": "<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/04/world/middleeast/isis-documents-mosul-iraq.html\">The ISIS Files: When Terrorists Run City Hall</a>\n<p><a href=\"/post/172751316513/\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>ISIS\u2019 secret weapon? An extensive, non-corrupt bureaucracy.</p><p>Hitting 3 recurring kontextmaschine themes:</p><p>1. The proper precedent for ISIS is Revolutionary France</p><p>2. Overthrow doesn\u2019t involve going from 1 government to 0 and then back to 1, it involves going from 1 to 2 to 1<br/></p><p>3. Counter to fantasies, real insurrection is far less about daring operations in enemy territory than standing around at a roadside checkpoint all day, extracting value from your own<br/></p></blockquote>"}