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Kamil Galeev Profile picture
@kamilkazani
Apr 9 • 5 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
From a third worlder’s perspective this classist dimension used to be even more pronounced. Until recently you needed to either have lived in this culture to have mastered all the required shibboleths (= upper class) or hire people who did (= also upper class)

And then came… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
God created people, TikTok made them equally familiar with modern American discourse. I know many Americans are concerned about TikTok being a tool of Chinese espionage. But when it comes to softpower, it primarily is a tool of American rather than Chinese cultural influence
TikTok is how American upper class memes diffuse to the Global South. In particular, nothing upper-class-Americanised the discourse of the Russian youth as much as TikTok. In 2020, I returned to Moscow after a long time abroad and was astonished at how deeply it had transformed
TikTok serves as the great equaliser, breaking the class barriers and integrating the Third World masses into the American campus culture

You need to write a personal statement? Just watch TikTok

Preparing for an interview? And TikTok it is
As a low class foreigner you may not be able to fit into the learnt society here and now. You need social polish. And there is no better place to get this polish than on the TikTok. With the TikTok wisdom in your heart, you can absolutely get into the Mandarin class

Just try it

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Apr 9
Medvedev's diatribes make sense if we consider that from Putin's standpoint the real threat must be coming from those already in power, rather than from the cartoonish & powerless opposition. And among those already in power, his own courtiers are by far the most dangerous
Like where else the threat may be coming from? From nowhere. People can never beat the army

1. Street protests? Well, they can't beat the army
2. Rebels (e.g. Caucasus). Same story. They can't beat the army
3. Regional barons. Same story, unless they have their own armies
4. Army itself. YES! Absolutely, yes. And that is a major reason for the Russian military setbacks. The army in Russia is not optimised for winning a foreign war. It is optimised for presenting as little threat to the regime as possible. At cost of the fighting power, of course
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Mar 5
Regarding Darya Dugina, I think that foreign observers tend to wildly exaggerate significance of ideological alignment (like are you pro/against Putin). That is 99% rhetorics and can be changed overnight

But they just as wildly underrate the significance of class and status
Condolences published by the "opposition" figures are very telling. "Innocent", "child [30 y.o.]", "victim". Singling out Dugina and whitewashing her, absolving from responsibility for her actions makes sense if:

- "Pro/against Putin" doesn't matter
- "Noble/commoner" matters
What is important about Dugina is that she leveraged the *international* fame of her dad to get into the circle of Moscow establishment -> become noble. After that the Moscow establishment (= Russian nobility), "oppositional" or not will stand for her like a Spanish tercio Image
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Feb 25
Many thanks to everyone who chose to donate last time. Some donors were *outrageously* generous, allowing soldiers to purchase new communication equipment, thermal binoculars, etc. A new round of donations on the Ukrainian military and volunteers starts now🧵
1. Fundraising for the PVS-14 night vision monoculars

PayPal: gleb.parfenov95@gmail.com

Wire:
Receiver: PARFONOV HLIB
Swift: UNJSUAUKXXX
IBAN: UA403220010000026204329575932
JSC UNIVERSAL BANK

BTC bc1qsksu2x0lnqs09yv3qtsdlxgxjsmqecdqrmjhvy
ETH… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2. The territorial defense mortar men are raising for the DJI MAVIC 3 THERMAL drones

PayPal:
Yana.kachkovska@gmail.com

Wire:
Receiver: KACHKOVSKA YANA
SWIFT: PBANUA2X
IBAN: UA183052990262076400929452083
ACCOUNT: 4731185628430750
JSC CB PRIVATBANK
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Feb 25
You can see how blessed is America with its geography, if you compare Mississippi with Volga. The largest river in Europe. Easily navigable. No rapids. Slow -> easy travel in both directions. And flowing nowhere Image
Volga flowing into the endorheic Caspian Sea, it did not connect you with the World Ocean

Color = which sea do the rivers flow into

Dark grey = rivers do not flow into the ocean = relative isolation

Entire Volga/Kama basin including all of Central Russia is dark grey Image
Waterways being the most important means of communications till the railroad boom, the drainage patterns shaped the historical patterns of development. For example, Volga did not allow for an easy travel to the ocean but it allowed for an easy trip to the Greater Iran and back Image
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Feb 24
Tsars and Generals

1. Delegating control over men and resources to someone = borrowing him power. That’s debtor vs creditor dynamics

2. As Balzac pointed out, the debtor is more than a match for the creditor

3. This is why regimes like Russian delegate as little as possible 🧵
4. The entire Russian military doctrine aims to minimise the awful necessity of delegating power. This explains many “surprising” Russian setbacks

5. Still, not delegating power at all appears to be impossible

6. Which creates risks both for the creditor and for the debtor
7. Creditor’s risk = debtor may use the borrowed power not in creditor’s best interests

8. Debtor’s risk = creditor may cleanse him up, now or later, to mitigate the damage of having borrowed power

9. Both are aware of their risk, creating an interdependence
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Feb 20
We, the People

During the Ottoman coup of 1913 Enver Bey demanded the Grand Vizier (Prime Minister) Kamil Pasha to write a letter of resignation

- At the suggestion of the military… - Kamil Pasha started
- … and the people, - corrected Enver
- … and the people, - added Kamil Image
“The People” = an abstraction legitimizing the will of an interest group. Enver just can’t walk around giving orders by the name of sweet himself. No, he will be giving orders by someone else’s name

“The People” will suffice Image
Someone else could be speaking on behalf of God...
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