Deference

to show respectful submission; yielding to someone else (generally given to someone who has more experience or senior to you); dutifulness

Foreign Policy Research Institute

Foreign Policy Research Institute

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"Opponents of the existing order seek a world with values different from the liberal international order. They do not seek sovereignty for their neighbors; they seek deference. They seek the freedom to change borders by force." More by Brad Roberts on the #OrbisJournal. https://buff.ly/aLiSYcu

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Pristine

having its original form or its original beauty or original purity; almost unchanged or unsullied; perfect; flawless; fresh; new; virgin; pure

Ozzy Haakonsdotter 🦄🏴

Ozzy Haakonsdotter 🦄🏴

@haakonsdotter.bsky.social

Benny Shap, pro-apartheid activist, is out here proving that, yes, Andrew Ryan burning down hundreds of hectares of pristine woodlands he owned after the government planned to take it under eminent domain and convert it into a national park is the most realistic depiction of the wealthy.

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