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Yannis Pappas on the world's peaceful empires

Yannis Pappas says the Ottomans, Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany were all deeply committed to minding their own business, and it is the most-passed-around line of the day.

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Yannis Pappas lists the empires that were minding their own business

Pappas posted a bit about American interventionism that works by listing everyone who would have kept the peace instead. The roll call runs from the Ottomans through Imperial Japan, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. No thread, no follow-up, just the post.

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The worst thing about American interventionism is knowing that if the US hadn’t intervened, nobody else would.
Sep 30, 2026 · View on X

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