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Voltaire

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Enlightenment philosopher referenced in discussion of Trump's Greenland annexation strategy through a quote about asymmetrical belief in authority.

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"The rules-based order is a theology of compliance, and, seen through a Voltarian asymmetry, it works best when belief is unevenly distributed, when the court can act with impunity because the servants still believe: 'I want my lawyer, my tailor, and my wife to believe in God; so I imagine I shall be"
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