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From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Thu Sep 13 2001 - 14:21:44 MDT

Miriam English wrote:
>
> At 08:03 AM 13/09/2001 -0700, Michael M. Butler wrote:
> >And, for what it's worth, my point about vigilantes is that they're _not_
> >generally painted as suicidal.
> >
> >Making stupid Weltpolitik moves is.
>
> ???? Weltpolitik???

Literally, "World Politics". A term in vogue in social-commentary circles back in the '60s.
Not sure if Marx or Bismarck or whomever popularized it. 

-- 
"Du musst...Amboss oder Hammer sein." 
  -- J. W. von Goethe, _Der Gross-Cophta, Act II_

And this means "You gotta be the hammer, or the anvil."

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