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Kiran Pfitzner
Personal blog · deadcarl.comhistorypolitics
Kiran Pfitzner writes Dead Carl and You, a personal blog at deadcarl.com about history and politics. Since 2025, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Kiran Pfitzner's blog to explain the Trump administration's interest in Greenland, and one commenter cites it on the wealthy elites' need for admiration. Comments only cite it; none judge the writing.
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A blog dedicated to primarily to understanding and applying the works of Carl von Clausewitz. Digressions on military history, civil-military relations, nuclear strategy, and other fun things of that nature. with thousands of
What Hacker News says?
>> Why does this seem to be a recurring pattern among the modern ultrawealthy? Does anyone who fails to bend over backwards for them just end up getting exiled? Have the elites through history always been this insecure or is it a modern phenomenon? There is a long history of wealthy elites wanting to always win, even at games, and who want to be the center of attention. Kaiser Wilhelm II had many of the same charact…
Comment linking /p/the-kaiser-and-his-men-civil-military
on “Careless People”Submitted The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History as a story · 6 points
HN discussionIf anyone is wondering why MAGA is obsessed with Greenland: https://www.deadcarl.com/p/the-perverse-interest-in-greenlan... And if you think it's ridiculous to focus on a random twitter troll to explain this admin, then you don't understand this admin, because impressing these guys (and this guy in particular) is largely all they do.
Comment linking /p/the-perverse-interest-in-greenland
on “Danish Armed Forces expand their presence and continue exercises in Greenland”Submitted The Perverse Interest in Greenland as a story · 2 points
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