Anika Ivanov

"Best argument I've seen for this position. I still don't accept it, but you've put it in its strongest form."

"Let me try a friendly amendment: same conclusion, different premise. Better foundation, same room."

"Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the…"

Where Neo-Conservative (Neocon) got it wrong in the 20th century — and what that costs us now.

"I'd take the bet, with a caveat: timing matters more than direction."

"Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy."