

FrankUnderscore
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@joekent16jan19 Bullshit, Joe. Steve Witkoff - the lead American negotiator - made clear the Iranians were intransigent and unwilling to make concessions. Are you calling him a liar?


PROFESSOR MARANDI FOR U.S PRESIDENT 2028

Last night, on a whim, I read the constitution of Iran, and what I found pleasantly surprised me. Despite the media's vivid imagery of a despotic theocracy, I found its constitution quite progressive and forward-thinking in many ways, and it is quite democratic. Especially when it comes to managing the economy for the benefit of all and condemning usury and private monopolies with an aim of unleashing the creative potential of every citizen and facilitating their "journey towards God". The foundation of their system, of course, is their commitment to Islamic law and a belief in ordered liberty based on those principles. And it's precisely the presence of a clear moral authority for governance that made European monarchies united with the Church so successful. And it's exactly this lack that I notice in our politics in the US today. On paper, the separation of church and state sounds like a good idea, especially for a nation of Protestants that is ethnically homogenous and can generally agree on right and wrong. But the Achilles' heel of not having a central moral authority to influence the law is that society can quickly degenerate when a tiny minority argues for more "freedom". Freedom in the limit is not liberty but the tyranny of the individual over the whole. It's the freedom of the billionaire to legally bribe a politician and to get rich while your employees are on food stamps. I was also surprised to see that Iran specifically protects the rights of Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians to practice their religion, and they even have a clause in their constitution that makes it illegal to question anyone about their beliefs! So it's not complete religious freedom to practice in any way you wish, but it is quite permissive towards the long-existing religions in their country. I'm sure the people in Frisco, TX, would have loved to block the giant temple and statue of Hanuman on the grounds that it violated Christian jurisprudence! There's no way that any Hindu temple will ever be built in Iran! Then today, there was this letter from the President of Iran to the American people, and I must say it was way more Presidential than anything Trump has ever written or uttered. I think it was written in good faith and describes their view of the conflict quite well, as a conflict between governments, not between peoples. So all in all, I continue to be quite surprised at what I learn about Iran, and if I had to guess, I think all the propaganda about Iran comes from the same clique of satanic pedophiles who run our government, who want us to hate people we don't even understand, so they can further their aims of global domination. As always, keep going to primary sources, and think for yourself, and you will be pleasantly surprised at what you learn. The more we do that, the less we will be taken in by the schemes of evil men, and hopefully, peace will prevail.

@OrangeFreddyG Palestine is not the center of the fucking universe.


