The United States is the best at soft power. Everyone’s wearing our blue jeans and listening to our rock music. America is the envy of the world: all other nations wish they were us, and we are happy to share our glory and superior way of life with them. That’s why everyone loves us.

Right?

Or is there something more to that notion? What comes first, the soft power influence, or the hard power coercion? Can speaking softly work without the threat (and gratuitous use) of the big stick? Let’s find out together.

Make it breezy.

Wow, a JREG video I can relate to LOL.

Sharyn Alfonsi’s Inside CECOT for 60 Minutes, which was censored by Bari Weiss, as it appeared on Canada’s Global TV app.

Wow. And they pulled this shit off the air. Terrifying.

The US legal system is so effed.

Good, effective use of slides

“The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bitstream”