ISIS’ secret weapon? An extensive, non-corrupt bureaucracy.

Hitting 3 recurring kontextmaschine themes:

1. The proper precedent for ISIS is Revolutionary France

2. Overthrow doesn’t involve going from 1 government to 0 and then back to 1, it involves going from 1 to 2 to 1

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