{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Mike Davis, Thanatos Triumphant \u2014 Sidecar", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/678109439527698432/", "html": "<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https://href.li/?https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/thanatos-triumphant\",\"display_url\":\"https://href.li/?https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/thanatos-triumphant\",\"title\":\"Mike Davis, Thanatos Triumphant \u2014 Sidecar\",\"description\":\"Does hegemony require a grand design?\\n\",\"site_name\":\"Sidecar\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"da017f01d739cc8b4bf573462745c9fd:837031312ba65827-29\",\"type\":\"image/png\",\"width\":1275,\"height\":666}]}'><a href=\"https://href.li/?https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/thanatos-triumphant\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Davis, Thanatos Triumphant \u2014 Sidecar</a></p><p>I see stuff like &ldquo;but what does the new wave of national leaders even have to offer people for the future?&rdquo;</p><p><i><b>Not being destroyed</b></i></p><p>Or at least being relegated down to supporting cast</p><p>This was WWII! Germany, Japan, and Italy were the major powers who modernized <b>too late</b> to grab empires from <i>terra nullis</i>, they saw that continuing on cruise control would leave them also-rans so made a gamble</p><p><b>This was how we got Trump.</b> <a href=\"https://href.li/?https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/digital/the-flight-93-election/\" target=\"_blank\">Flight 93 Election</a>, charge the cockpit and you might die but don&rsquo;t and you definitely will, remember?</p>"}