rant · moment 13 of 15
North Korea Missile Tests as Routine Empire Maintenance
from A Nuanced Man · #40
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
2 minBrief return to geopolitics, framing North Korea's missile tests and the Alabama governor affair story as routine noise rather than genuine crisis, 'maintenance of empire.'
- 55:46North Korea tests missiles every year as part of a celebration, then does something aggressive with a new weapon.
- 55:59Tim frames missile tests and war games as empire maintenance—tit for tat chess between superpowers placing aircraft carriers in each other's oceans.
- 56:19North Korea missile tests are routine geopolitical motions; people only pay attention when they briefly enter political discourse.
- 56:44Kim Jong Un may be testing his power and establishing himself after getting control five or ten years ago.