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Holy shit, Iran just released this video! What are we supposed to think about this?

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TUCKER: "There's not a single Western city thats thriving" "Sharia Law has made Islamic societies more advanced than the West."

The whole concept of an “insanity plea” is total nonsense. If someone is too delusional to understand that they aren’t supposed to randomly shoot people, that’s all the more reason to simply execute them. Society is not morally obligated to keep psychotic killers alive until they die of old age. It’s madness.

🇨🇳 Professor Jiang — the man nicknamed “The Professor” because he is truly one of the most dangerous geopolitical minds in the world — revealed to Tucker Carlson words you will not hear anywhere else: Iran’s war is an American quagmire with no bottom… China is the biggest long-term loser… and the UAE will be affected in a way no one expected. This man is not an ordinary analyst. He predicted Trump’s victory years ago — and he won. He predicted America entering a war with Iran — and it did. And today, he speaks about the future with the same confidence. 1. Iran War = Second Ukraine The war will be long and exhausting. No side will admit defeat. America is stuck between two bad options: withdrawal = collapse of prestige… continuation = endless bleeding. My view: this is exactly what happened in Ukraine. Americans have no exit strategy, only an entry strategy. 2. Why can’t America exit? Iran will demand $1 trillion in compensation + complete US withdrawal from the region. If America withdraws: Gulf states will become clients of Iran. Petrodollar will collapse. America — with $39 trillion in debt — will face a real economic collapse. The point no one talks about: America is not fighting for Iran… it is fighting so it does not collapse itself. 3. Iran’s smart plan — $800 billion per year Iran plans to impose a 10% passage fee on every ship crossing the Strait of Hormuz. Expected revenue: $800 billion per year. This amount will rebuild Iran stronger than before. If this is correct — and I see it as not far-fetched — Iran will emerge from the war richer than it entered. 4. The biggest loser is not America — but China China imports 40% of its energy from the Gulf. Its economy is entirely built on cheap energy. Even artificial intelligence — which everyone talks about — requires cheap energy. Any disruption in energy supplies will hit China more than any other country. And what no one notices: the war in Iran is not just an American war — it is a war on China’s future as a great power. 5. The real beneficiaries? Israel and Russia Israel: Wants “Greater Israel” from the Nile to the Euphrates. Draining America in a long war = pushing it out of the region. Weakening the Gulf = removing any competitor. Russia: America lifted sanctions on Russian oil (130 million barrels). Russia sells its oil at record prices. And finances its war in Ukraine from America’s pocket. In short: America is paying for others’ wars while thinking it is winning. 6. The religious factor — the hidden power no one talks about There are religious factions in Israel and America that genuinely believe this war is a prelude to the return of Christ. Blowing up Al-Aqsa Mosque and building the Third Temple is part of the plan. Netanyahu and Trump — according to Professor Jiang — are just tools in a project far older than them. This is one of the most dangerous statements in the episode, because when political decisions are driven by end-of-the-world ideology — there is no room for rationality. 7. The ground invasion is coming — a new Vietnam America is considering sending 2,000 Marines to control Kharg Island (90% of Iranian oil exports). But Professor Jiang said clearly: “You can take it, but you cannot hold it.” What begins with 2,000 soldiers could end with half a million — just like in Vietnam. 8. Weakening the UAE — the bubble is about to burst Dubai was built on the illusion of security. Simple Iranian strikes revealed the model’s fragility entirely. What was a “safe haven” became a target. And the confidence upon which all those towers were built is eroding. The UAE will not “end” — but its economic model will be severely shaken, because everything is based on the assumption of regional security — and that assumption has collapsed. 9. Japan will recover — and China will decline Professor Jiang literally said: “If I had a billion dollars — I would put it all in Japan.” Japan has historically risen from anything: the Mongols, World War II, nuclear bombs. China, however: agricultural, closed, and unable to adapt to the new era. 10. The West is collapsing from within Europe, Canada, and Australia are experiencing deliberate demographic change. The “democracy” that emerges looks more like the “organized demolition” of Western civilization. And the question: who is driving this? No one has a clear answer. Conclusion What Professor Jiang said tonight: America is stuck in a quagmire it cannot escape. Iran will return stronger after the war. Israel achieves its expansionist dream. China will be the biggest loser. And the West destroys itself. The remaining question: If Professor Jiang predicted Trump’s victory and the start of the war — and he was correct… Will his predictions today come true?

From a verse in the Bible, to a map, to strategy, to action, Greater Israel has stopped being just a concept.

Sex also shouldn’t be a big deal. It’s just sex. But for some reason today it’s big deal. No one is having it, yet there’s lots of moralizing about it, as if people were having it and it’s this terrible thing that has gotten out of control. Quite the opposite.

Young men in Spain have gone to the far right. Given that immigration to Spain has caused much fewer problems than elsewhere, this is good indication that it’s not about actual grievances, but young men turn right because they’re just kind of stupid.

Our species norm is polygyny: 80% of cultures historically let high-status men hoard wives while low-status men get nothing. Christianity (inherited from Rome) forced monogamy for 2000 years. Now we've mostly ditched it—and we're sliding back toward the old pattern. Louise Perry: Lifting the monogamous restriction produces worse outcomes—higher crime, domestic violence, economic inequality. Monogamy is better for women and low-status men. Monogamy isn't "natural"—it's an engineered cultural upgrade that tamed inequality and violence. Do you think monogamy is worth defending even if it's not the "default" human pattern? Or are we better off returning to the species norm? Your take 👇

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Mark had a point.

This American teenager gets it: “We don’t have money for universal healthcare or to make sure kids don’t go hungry in this country, but apparently we have $11.3 billion fucking dollars to burn in 7 days to start a war nobody ask for to bomb innocent school children, twice.”

scenes from a dermatologist conference in hawaii imagine thinking the sun, the source of all life on earth, that plants turn to and animals seek out, that makes you feel & look better every time you spend time in it... this is insanity