246: Shock Doctrine of Discovery

Trump has decreed it’s the Gulf of America, and Google agrees, at least for US users. Rep Buddy Carter has introduced HR 1161, the Red White and Blueland Act of 2025 to rename Greenland. And then, of course, there's making Canada the 51st state.
Pay attention to shit like this: it's a magic spell.
Trump is speaking in the old language of the Discovery Doctrine. That’s what we’ll excavate today.
Show Notes
Zizian Killing Spree and Arrests
Zizian leader denied bail
Roko’s Basilisk and Zizian beliefs/practices
Feb 2023 Community Alert about Ziz on Less Wrong
Project 2025 Observer
Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Manifest Destiny — Richard J Miller
Trump calls Canada a 'very serious contender' to become 51st state 
H.R.1161 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025 
DISCOURSE ON COLONIALISM Aime Cesaire Translated by Joan Pinkham 
Biography - Burnum Burnum - Indigenous Australia 
The fight to 'free' the Aboriginal flag
Common Methods of Annexation | Snohomish County, WA
Doctrine of Discovery: How the 500-year-old Catholic decree encouraged colonization 
Speech Acts (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 
Mexico's President Sheinbaum threatens to take legal action over the Gulf name change : NPR 
How Canada planned to invade the U.S. (and vice versa) 
Poilievre says Canada is broken
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