not particularly inspired: practically speaking, traditional methods of force and exploitation are notoriously destructive and not effective long term. seems reasonable to do something else. 😁
alliance is subjective and when acknowledging alliance or alternative alliance is considered a hindrance rather than an advantage, we become convinced only traditional strategies are effective. so everything is designed from that perspective. by removing yourself from common practice, and remaining ethical, suddenly an entirely new approach emerges. competition drives ridiculous choices, not strategy. but real strategy requires an awareness failure is absolute and to simply pivot upon an unsuccessful attempt rather than see it as defeat.
geopolitically, neither trajectory is absolutely necessary. while rejecting traditional approaches, new creative tactics are possible while keeping strategies nimble and simple. designing policy around "someone needs to" do whatever is a failure before it begins because it's very design assumes there is a willingness to compromise. isolationism is also a fallacy - isolationism from abusive systems is however critical. most "isolated" nations by western standards simply do not comply with western (nato) demands - they have allies, just not the ones the traditional powers assert they should. countries which are struggling to become "accepted" by elite powers always learn it was a mistake - ukraine has a more secure future considering an alliance and peace with russia than nato. but greed and sycophantic insecurities drive it toward its destruction.
i believe twitter solved alternative crypto backend verification issues with people posting ass pictures... then teams pirating sensitive "nfts" and selling them on the black market unbeknownst to the subjects. causing harassment and blackmail etc for real human identity by in-person validators. or something like that. ish. 
like if i just handed you a bunch of papers in person? that's off-chain. it allows me to make multi-layer "payments" too. lmfao.
i don't do gotcha. if cant answer them genuinely w prep any more accurately than on the spot, knowing them ahead disallows the excuse they were "gotcha". point proven.
