Realorden

The cynical, cold-blooded reality of global geopolitics when you strip away the lofty rhetoric about the "Rules-Based Order." Combining the German Real (practical/factual) and Orden (order), Realorden acknowledges that the international "rules" are not a neutral, sacred framework for global peace; they are simply a weaponized tool used by dominant superpowers to maintain their own hegemony and global status quo.

Under a Realorden, international law is only enforced against weak nations that step out of line. Superpowers can violate sovereignty, launch illegal invasions, and bypass treaties with total impunity because they hold the economic and military leverage to rewrite the rules on the fly. It is the practice of preaching human rights and a "rules-based system" to the public while ruthlessly executing raw, naked power projection behind closed doors. It turns global governance into a game where the house always wins because the house wrote the rulebook.

Example 1:
Diplomat A: "We are invading that resource-rich country under the guise of protecting the rules-based order."
Diplomat B: "Ah, the classic Realorden maneuver. Use the rulebook as a shield while we take what we want."

Example 2:
A: "Why did the UN sanction the small nation but do absolutely nothing when the superpower did the exact same thing?"
B: "Because international law is an illusion. You are witnessing a Realorden in action."

Realorden by Abzugal June 5, 2026

henry rearden 

Henry Rearden is one of the main protagonist in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Rearden is an industrialist and a "man of the mind."

Rearden began working at an ore mine at fourteen years old. For the next sixteen years, Henry Rearden disregarded weariness, and became an expert in metallurgy.

When Rearden was thirty years old, he bought the ore mine that he worked at. The mine had nearly been closed down, but under his management, it flourished.

Later in life, Rearden bought an abandoned steel mill. Ten years later, he produced the first pour of Rearden Metal, a new product that was stronger and lighter than steel.

Rearden Metal became very popular, and as a result, it was stolen from its maker. The rights to Rearden Metal were taken away from Mr. Rearden in the name of the "people."

Seeing as how Mr. Rearden was no altruist, he did not like that one bit. He joined the strike with John Galt, and he gave a big middle finger to the commies.

"Son, why can you not be like Henry Rearden?"

henry rearden by Мудак February 12, 2017

Retordent 

Retordent, adj.

1. A Captain Haddockesque insult.

Such as, Odd-toed ungulate! Or, Two-timing Tartar Twisters!

Did he just call me a jellied eel? That is so retordent.

Retordent by Lothario January 16, 2007