The office of Devil’s Advocate is a historical reality. Created in 1587, the jurist’s task was to poke holes in dossiers proposing the canonization of a new saint. Our easier task is to poke holes in the dominant narratives.
European leaders are now invoking "existential threats" from Russia to justify military spending, a trend Shakespeare seems to have adumbrated in Hamlet. Europe's suicidal embrace of military Keynesianism mirrors the play's themes of manufactured crises and self-destructive choices driven by...
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