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I had a message from Substack the other day saying that this site was “No 6 and rising in International.” I’m not totally sure what that means, but it must be positive. I’m also getting increasing numbers of likes, shares and messages about translations of these essays into other languages, many of course carried out by the untiring group of translators listed below. So thank you all!These essays will always be free, but you can continue to support my work by liking and commenting, and most of all by passing the essays on to others, and passing the links to other sites that you frequent. If you would like to take out a paid subscription I won’t stand in your way, (I’d be very honoured in fact) but I can’t promise you anything in return except a warm feeling of virtue. A special thank-you to those who have taken out paid subscriptions recently.I have also set up a Buy Me A Coffee page, which you can find here.☕️ Thanks to all of those who have recently contributed.And as always, thanks to others who tirelessly supply translation in their languages. Maria José Tormo is posting Spanish translations on her site here, and Marco Zeloni is also posting Italian translations on a site here, and Italia e il Mondo is posting them here. I am always grateful to those who post occasional translations and summaries into other languages just as long as you credit the original and let me know. And now:****************************************One of the biggest difficulties for politicians and pundits trying make sense of changes in the world is what I call the Problem of Classification. Most…