Empire or Republic?: The Choice in ’24 | GoodFellows

[@rorystruthers]

Love these guys. Welcome back for 2024. So glad to have your voices in what is sure to be an insane year.

[@andrewackerley9985]

What I love about these Goodfellows, is they give me hope in this crazy on-line world that we have to live in. Keep up the great team-work Sanity Lives!

[@lizgichora6472]

U.S.A is a Republic! We want both to keep the Constitution and the Republic. Thank you very much.

[@bsmithhammer]

So much to unpack in this episode and it's great to see you guys back at it again in 2024. I have to agree wholeheartedly with John that "we are heading into an absolute disastrous chaos of an election." I don't think this can be stressed enough, and it's true in the big picture, no matter which candidate we are talking about. I don't think this is being stressed enough, in a non-partisan way.

[@Zyzyx442]

As a Norwegian I dread the coming US election as it might herald the end of NATO if Trump comes to power.

[@chrisparker8557]

They better have a plan on legitimately counting votes.

[@davidwell686]

68 and 72 elections were much worse and more violent. It President Trump wins the Left will riot. If Biden wins the Right will just fade away.

[@discofever14]

@@chrisparker8557 lol, they already do. As stated sooooooo many times, fraud was very minimal in the 2020 election and not enough to alter any of the election counts.

[@thelawfus]

@@Zyzyx442you may be right. But my understanding from Trump’s rhetoric when in office is that he only wanted to pull out if the other members didn’t pull their own weight.

[@laurelsternberg5861]

Greetings from central Israel. I agree with your lightening answers that neither the war here nor in Ukraine is likely to conclude this year. 😥It's a good time not to be an atheist or an agnostic. God bless.

[@kevinjenner9502]

Israeli actions support S African charges of genocide.

[@janesmith506]

I needed this as a counterweight to the depressing horrible terrible news updates on Hamas's terrorism against Israel and Russia's terrorism against Ukraine. Thanks fellas!

[@stooge389]

"Then again, the thing you don't expect to happen happens..." - the wisest thing I've hear so far, from a very wise man.

[@Ladybearclaw28806]

Thank you for such a great conversation/presentation! Let's have a great 2024!

[@90rightangle2]

I love HR’s optimism. I can’t remember a time when he was a pessimist on anything. I think he’s too smart and learned to be thought of as naive, but some of his statements come off as completely unrealistic. Then there’s John, who has well earned his “grumpy” moniker.

[@kevinjenner9502]

Very good book by McMaster “Dereliction of Duty:Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam”

[@TC-cd5fh]

Craggy (nice) bastard - HR that is. Love this 'show'. Saves us from the junk of (a lot of) legacy media. 😊

[@noahway13]

What is really starting to enlighten and alarm me is the number of people who can poke and point out problems with the system, but are not willing to do anything about it... Yeah, sign me up for THAT!! They talk about us going over the cliff like lemmings, but only shrug and say how terrible things are. You can listen to this whole video and not hear one actionable idea to change anything.

[@defaultytuser]

It makes me feel less lonely to see someone else pointing this out, haha. "The right" has mastered the art of diagnosis, but on the realm of solutions we are long overdue. Like Douglas MacArthur said, there's a two-word sentence that sums up how wars are lost: "Too late". I hope this isn't the case. Cheers

[@j3kfd9j]

@noahway13 What is your suggestion? Mine is to be sure to vote in the primary. Then get involved in local party politics and advocate for reforms of the nominating process. Also, try to foster friendships across party lines. De-polarize yourself first. We must recover our ability as individuals and as a society to have conversations with people who disagree fundamentally.

[@jacqquelinetackaberry5450]

These are the EXACT same geniuses who got us here 🫤 And they are HAPPY to send your kids off to war and theirs are in IVY LEAGUE 😒

[@nathanngumi8467]

Happy new year GoodFellows! Great episode!

[@stryka777]

Inflation could well increase if war breaks out along the multiple flash points they referenced - supply chain disruption, energy insecurity, migrationary pressures into the EU etc. We’ve seen this before.

[@leader95949]

Good point about postwar Japan/Germany successfully reforming in contrast to doubtful post Hamas expectations. The defeat of Japan/Germany was also a defeat of their supremacist ideologies. Unless supremacist Islamic ideology is either reformed or abandoned, we can't expect good things from the Islamic world

[@Kraken2681994]

The Scotland skit at the end gave me a good laugh 🤍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ActFast]

Great video, as always. Fyi ~ Your audience is clamoring for a Steve Kotkin fix.

[@celtaclassroom7082]

I wish people would get over their adolescent infatuation with Kotkin, which is based entirely on his accent rather than any great insight he offers,.

[@sleekblackroadster]

great on Russia but is he a zionist genocider? hope not.

[@economicsanity2895]

Nail was one of many ppl pioneering the term Cold War 2. Stephen Kotkin coined the term earlier than him

[@bobwhite2]

Don’t escalate don’t provoke, but push it along and stand aside. Sure.

[@pogginstone]

I find the insights fascinating and terrifying. Unfortunately one if the terrifying things is the insight that a ruled based order is of such little value to people of high intelligence.

[@EBM4545]

"We do want to escalate to provoke,". Would be the more accurate statement John.

[@DonutSquig]

I've got to say, given how J.E. Hoover ran things (and files), hearing an ad "myHoover (...)" made me chuckle

[@scottdangelo]

Hover institute is named for president Herbert Hoover

[@SystemicNuance]

"Empire or Republic" The dichotomy keeping everything running.

[@bsmithhammer]

Indeed. At least that's a more sophisticated dichotomy than the simplistic examples keeping most people distracted and bickering amongst themselves. 😉

[@mountainrambler7926]

51:01 I respect Niall a great deal but his comment here that Democrats will better adhere to our Constitution drew a loud guffaw.

[@meinking22]

Yes. The false dichotomy. America is only Empire.

[@Zyzyx442]

@@mountainrambler7926 Demonization of the opposition is the same as extremists on the opposite side attacking every moderate as racist, most liberals and conservatives are good people mostly worried about the prosperity of their local polities. I recommend watching a good TV serie called North & South, would you not agree that when discourse become impossible due to the extremist clown show taking over public space then violence become the only outcome?

[@mountainrambler7926]

@@Zyzyx442 There’s so much innuendo and lack of specificity in your comment, one can only really guess what you mean. Niall offered a few caveats to his comment. He is seriously underestimating the nature of those problems, which is odd when you listen to his description of the university in this very same podcast.

[@b.alexanderjohnstone9774]

What a splendid grandad HR would be. How cool.

[@pikkuoo]

I love this show!

[@ChairmanWang]

Great show, keep it up

[@jkmasonryvideo]

Gents, the prosperous economy depends upon an actually "secure" security environment. It is not 'security service parochialism' to say that the safe environment provided by a culture of 'looking out for each other and forcefully maintaining the peace' is the background environment required for all that lovely economic activity. The shared sense of providing security to, for, and among the American culture yet survives. If we lose the sense our personal security environment is viable, then we will feel the need to start purchasing our own security, at the cost of time normally dedicated to individual business productivity, and that will bring widespread dissatisfaction with the lack of government services provided at the cost of our taxation. If you take away the security, then everything else falls apart, and it falls apart quickly.

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

On the King's vacation choice and Niall's comment, I imagine the Great Lakes weren't the vacation destination they are today during the last ice age either. I am glad they are now, or I am pretty sure I would be sitting under a lot of ice.

[@kimberleywarren8679]

Tyler Cowen is incorrect. The elites (you all included) need to talk to the lowly serfs. Middle class is toast. No teachers, no police, people must work 2 jobs or 60 hour work week, household debt is off the chain...but hey as long as Wallstreet is okay😢

[@advocate1563]

Yay! The boys are back in town ...mind you, what does Niall look like.

[@ricedmond661]

He certainly grows a beard very quickly.

[@christianleblanc2842]

Grandkids are the definitive existential consolation.

[@lsmith6036]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Great show.

[@sowelie1]

Empire or Republic, nice touch, very Star Wars-y

[@stormhammerx]

I think the panel significantly understated the biggest threat to US democracy. Hint: It's the 1st president in US history to NOT pledge for a peaceful transition of power ( a full year before the 2020 elections), and 1st president to lose ALL 60+ legal challenges on the integrity of the 2020 elections - most of them in front of judges he appointed. The US's enemies want a portion of the american electorate losing faith in their elections - and this former president executed their wish.

[@paulbadics3500]

Except that in the real world it was under trump that ISIS was eliminated, historic abraham accord signed, putin did not invade ukraine, Iran was weakened with sanctions & killing solemani while its under biden that saudi now cant sign deal with Israel & relations with Us are poor, iran given $ & allowed to help hamas terrorism, putin attacked ukraine ..

[@paulbadics3500]

Sounds like your talking about Hilary who claimed Russia stole the 2016 election & along with Obama & Biden launched Russia hoax, censored hunter laptop, abused covid to expand uncontrolled mass mail in ballots & is abusing the justice system in corrupt ways to take away the right of americans to vote for the president of their choice

[@Sphere723]

Outside the American Political bubble it's obvious Trump is the biggest threat to the American Republic. The reason the US didn't have a peaceful transfer of power was because of Trump, and his scheme to stay in power was stopped only because his Vice President chose to stay loyal to the Republic and the Constitution, rather than Trump.

[@Semper_Iratus]

It’s always something little becoming something more and more.

[@benmirault5933]

Around the 39 minute mark, and this is something I’ve noticed in numerous videos (such as the somewhat recent video with Niall being outrageously rude to Steven Kotkin in the beginning) Niall is so obnoxiously toxic and opposed to the Biden administration that he can’t say one good thing about it. He acts as if the economy is in free fall after a devastating recession when the precise opposite is true, yet he holds out hope saying “Oh you just wait, I wouldn’t celebrate too early, Biden isn’t out of the woods yet, etc.” I don’t love Biden but Niall is such a childish buzzkill sometimes, unable to surmount his partisan emotions.

[@EyeByBrian]

👏🏻

[@jonrolfson1686]

Ever so much more than the days of 'The Economy Stupid,' 2024 might well be about the Stupid Stupid, Stupid squared, or Stupid to the second power.

[@TomSamuelStringer]

Highlight of the day

[@bottleboy555]

Sad to hear Nial Ferguson repeating DNC clickbait about Trump and democracy. Sad because he has shown himself not to be the clear-eyed thinker that I had once thought him to be.

[@brucetrue]

I have to say that first, I like listening to these guys even if I don't always agree with them. One fault I see is that they seem to want, and make a good case for, a more activist US foreign policy, more willingness to escalate our involvement in conflicts like Ukraine, but they fault Biden as too timid while ignoring that Trump who they speak highly of occasionally clearly intends to throw Ukraine to the lions, and maybe Taiwan as well. I'd like to see them discuss that .

[@brucetrue]

Niall kind of answered my question: Trump's erratic behavior will deter loss of US primacy.

[@dougmoore5252]

It’s right up to the whitehouse too!

[@AndrewNorman-x7h]

HR's eyebrows match his outfit. Nice!

[@craiglewell498]

After the last "Goodfellows" which touched on Kissinger there should be a debate between Neil and Peter Hitchens on the legacy of this unique statesman.

[@DanHowardMtl]

Niall is too afraid.

[@Matt-rw9py]

Link now

[@kevinjenner9502]

Legacy of War Crimes.

[@polyglot8]

Wasn't it his late brother, Christopher Hitchens, who wrote the damning book on Kissinger?

[@pedazodetorpedo]

​@@polyglot8it was Christopher, the boorish contrarian drunkard that he was.

[@averynunley8872]

Discussion on Taiwan's Ko Wen-je and his leaning toward Beijing?

[@stooge389]

Also, on inflation, it has trended downwards, but it isn't gone yet. And much more importantly, the prices of every day goods haven't done down- nor will they ever. Corporations aren't going to lower their prices unless demand-shrink forces them to (by whatever means the demand is lowered- organically, from consumers simply refusing to pay the artificially high prices, or an organized boycott) prices WILL not go down, because corporations give ZERO thought to what's best for consumers, ZERO thought to how they are negatively impacting macroeconomic conditions, and ZERO thought to what the inherent value the dollar itself holds. As long as their profit increases as much as possible as fast as possible, that is the ONLY thing most corporations care about. Even if their corporate policies are directly responsible for inflation (they are) that lowers the intrinsic value of the dollar, they don't care as long as the number of dollars in their profit goes up. Much of the inflation was not even actually imflation. It was corporations using macroeconomic news to justify raising their prices even on items there was no reason to do so with, other than for the sole goal of raising profits. You guys talk a lot about the systemic problems that make Universities dysfunctional, and you have a lot of good, valid points. But I never hear you talk about the structural issues that lead to such outrageously unethical behaviors that corporations use to make as much money as possible at ANY and ALL costs to society. I would recommend reading Jane Mayer's "Dark Money." It's obviously different, distinct problems that plague Universities versus Corporations, but it's the same *kind* of structural deficiencies that lead to both dysfunctions, which is not even to MENTION how those same structural kinds of problems plague all levels of American Governance.

[@slowerandolder]

Libertarianism is attractive to 12 yo boys - men who talks like these guys are intellectually stunted, and enjoy pretending to be adult. Save your breath, they can't understand you.

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

I suggest you go read Thomas Sowell's writings on economics. There is a lot you are missing on the topic and too much to get into in this format. You can start by listening to a few of his videos on economics but again reading his writing would be best.

[@stooge389]

I begged HR to run for President (of the US), so I feel your pain guys 😂

[@jbrown6367]

These guys should start a political party.

[@patriciakimball8150]

Gaza WAS the 2-state solution and we see how that worked. The 2-state solution is off the table.

[@kevinjenner9502]

Bravo to S Africa!

[@Sphere723]

So, a one state solution where the Jews become a minority in Israel?

[@TheDanieldineen]

Hi folks, love what you do! Please get Peter Zeihan on as a guest! 👍👍👍

[@TheDanieldineen]

And also Vlad Vexler! (for example); Peter for general geopolitics and China, Vlad for threats to democracy and Ukraine/Russia!

[@marza339]

Peter zeihan doesn't even know what nuclear weapons are

[@sbourdondvm]

US carries out airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. Is this what you were looking for?

[@christophervarian9197]

Before Jan 6 there was a de facto 3 state solution, with two Palestinian states and one Israeli state. A two state solution seems unworkable.

[@christophervarian9197]

Oh whoops there were 4. 3 Palestinian and one Israeli. I miscounted 😅

[@andrewbaldwin4454]

@@christophervarian9197 Are you counting Jordan as a Palestinian state, Christopher?

[@stooge389]

John, I'd love to buy your book, but I can't afford it. That's only reason I've bought Niall's and HR's books, but not yours. Is there any other format available other than the Amazon paper book or the Kindle version, which is $75?

[@ramyhardwick2733]

Niall in the past has been incredibly prescient. He’s so smart, and is sounding the alarm on China and Taiwan and the Cold War II. We can’t afford to lose it!

[@Meishach2112]

Empire. Always has been.

[@hrvojesvetec3058]

Strongly belive that China WONT go agressive on Taiwan..they will first do EVERYTHING POSIBLE to avoid that,it would be THE END for Chinas economy..

[@bsmithhammer]

As. has been the case for some time, the likelihood of China undermining Taiwan is far greater than the likelihood of overtaking.

[@paultyler7535]

Watching the Neocon intellectuals cope as Americas hedgemony crumbles is my kind of schadenfreude

[@andrewbaldwin4454]

Priceless, Paul! It was so hilarious I immediately passed it onto my wife and stepson. They didn't find it so funny, but they didn't know what "schadenfreude" meant, and a joke is never funny if you have to explain it.

[@polyglot8]

As someone who happens to speak German, it was hard for me to see "Schadenfreude" written with no cap, but I googled it and it said that in English, it can be written either way. 😎

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

Getting enjoyment out of someone else's misery is a sick thing to do.

[@albertrobitaille2967]

How about an Empire with Monarchs similar to the Habsburg Empire that is presently dormant but perhaps ready to return when requested by Monarchs?

[@dancaulfield1008]

Why is this strictly limited to 1 hour?

[@andrewbaldwin4454]

Because they haven't agreed to go to a half-hour format yet.

[@ruthmcconel3430]

I am just concerned why good fellows didn't condemn the barbaric conductions of the IDF in Gaza, I don't what is happening to Gaza people is right and just , or am I missing something ?

[@Notwoke7]

Have to let Christopher Ruffo get in there and do his job at each University😂

[@aaronallen6863]

"Constitutionality" must mean something totally different in Scotland than it does in the USA because saying a vote for Biden Administration maintains constutionality is laughable.

[@mountainrambler7926]

Hear hear. The way I understand Niall, in this case, is that he highly values civility. A polite Democrat who voices support for norms and institutions, however base or misguided in their policies, is more tolerable than Trump.

[@yrifuchs6553]

Thanks you for your comment. You've saved my time... Where is this "democratic constitutionality" today?

[@jesuslovesaves2682]

Many seem to think we don't have either of his options, either on the ballot or in reality but simply an Administrative/Regulatory State. Hence presidential elections have become so contentious although less impactful in the long run. The only thing that many seem to think is on the table is whether it will be a US oriented one or a global one. But most things are debatable I suppose. But even as time works these things out people will still debate what happened as they do with is and will be.

[@paulbadics3500]

Exactly..how is what biden adm doing with using judicial system against the leader of the opposition "constitutional"?

[@horseluv7315]

Sorry but something hinky happened with the 2020 election. Let Trump remain on the ballot and let the people decide and not the courts.

[@chrisparker8557]

Niall is completely wrong on trumps threat to the constitution. The constitution is safe with both candidates. It’s a clear choice between pervasive government control and at least the attempt to contain it

[@Sphere723]

That's an interesting thing to say after the last election failed to be a peaceful transfer of power. Trump actively tried to overturn an election through illegal means. And if Pence hadn't chose to uphold our Republic and Constitution, Trump might have succeeded. I don't understand this confidence that Trump won't succeed the next time.

[@chrisrautmann8936]

With the GOP going full isolationist, how do you pass any budget to actually perform any active responses?

[@Sphere723]

That's the elephant in the room that nobody on this panel wants to talk about. The Democrats have always been a little slow on defense, but they still support core American interests, like, you know ... protecting European democracies from being invaded and annexed by Moscow. It's the Trump wing of the Republican party which poses the massive threat to American interests. That's obvious to any outside observer, but traditional Republicans don't want to even think about that because of their political attachment to their Party.

[@BearW-yb2xl]

After clearing hearing the choice, do we sacrifice our inheritance in hopes of more power?

[@noahway13]

Man, the general looks like he should be in a Marvel Movie.

[@gsojohn5079]

I enjoy these but would like to see the exact format and questions posed to non-think tank, non-former government employees, non-Fortune 1000 executives panel. Some private sector people who work in mid sized public or private companies.

[@user-bt8vn3dj6o]

The Red Sea situation could escalate. Chinese merchant ships are sailing through the straits freely, how soon until the world's shipping companies start flagging their ships under Chinese flag?

[@garyeuscher4499]

WUMAO BOT

[@marcusjones2560]

actually Chinese container ships are going around the Cape of Good Hope and avoiding the Red Sea. I know this because I am shipping cargo with them from Japan to Europe at the double price. Shipping is also getting scarce.

[@egverlander]

Note to all: China has a naval base in Djibouti that can protect their shipping and other interests.

[@SonoftheWest316]

They have already started doing that.

[@xiaohui5186]

These guys have been warning of a recession for 2 years.

[@Orson2u]

Yes, But business economists, in general, too.

[@dickjivas5996]

inflation feels a lot like a recession, everything is double the cost and i still haven't got an equal raise. just because inflation is back down doesn't mean it's damage is not still felt

[@XavianBrightly]

Dudes living in a world where the economy isn't garbage and everything is more expensive. ie a fantasy world.

[@nathanelmore5435]

This format is so tedious. These guys agree on every major point. Get a moderator who will press them on their positions.

[@lewisruben1072]

Don’t watch it.

[@linmal2242]

It is called 'consensous' the basis of modern society.

[@theglanconer6463]

Fully agree on Niall with the Orwellian 1984-Re-education robot-producing/dumbing down centers (once called universities). But creating separate universities and let the rest of the kids be indoctrinated into nihilistic oblivion is not the solution.It's giving up.

[@marcwood2741]

Either solution requires a massive norm shattering shift in the entire zeitgeist. This shift doesn't happen without a groundswell of populist nonconfidence in the managerial class. NF's academic elitism and globalist contempt for MAGA precludes him from understanding or accepting the natural and necessary process of actual change. His analysis of republic vs empire is completely backward. It is MAGA that is anti-interventionist and isolationist and it is the DNC that is profoundly lawless from judicial interpretation to administrative enforcement to deep state partisan psy-ops to the encouragement of political violence along many issues and indentitarian impulses. The fact that NF can not only miss this, but instead purports the opposite, really shows that although he can see the problem, his elitist comfort zone completely blinds him to any sensible understanding of either the cause or the solution. Populism has its dangers, none of which even remotely conpare to those of either the status quo or any other potential path. The alien anthropologists are all face palming. Of course, they aren't fooled by a british accent.

[@danphillips4590]

FJB

[@elrevesyelderecho]

55:25 you always forget Cuba my friends or Venezuela

[@b52-hnukesr69]

This groups covers the world issues quite well, but their fear to talk truth about politics shows weakness. It is hard to watch.

[@tomcullen8367]

Please bring back Rep Mike Gallagher and have him bring Chris Brose along with him! The conversations with HR would be epic!

[@williamfortune9954]

Let’s not forget the US had plans to take out Iran since the early 2000’s.

[@goldengaming177]

the only thing holding this country together is the supreme court at this point imo

[@DN-jc7sy]

CREATIVE THINKING NEEDED: If there is going to be a NEW Palestinian state, it needs to be 2 more--in addition to Jordan--not one. SO: (1) A West Bank mini-state (hard to visualize, given Israel's security concerns, but not impossible) (2) Gaza: a viable city state with access to Mediterranean, Egypt and, with peace, to Israel. West Pakistan and East Pakistan (Bangladesh) didn't work, so why is a single new Palestinian state separated by Israel a good idea? Can Israel survive, long term, if this situation is not resolved? Doubtful. Will Israel then behave like Sampson? Hopefully not.

[@Epaminondas371]

Q. Which is the bigger threat to our liberal democracies A. Russian aggression B. Iranian aggression C. Chinese aggression D. Wokism? I feel the answer is rather straightforward.

[@Zyzyx442]

E. Right wing demagoguery Aren't all dangerous to our liberal democracies and way of life?

[@tnndll4294]

All of the above.

[@BruceWing]

The above replies don’t answer your question. Those two individuals gave you a practical example of “equity”… meaning that you have to do everything at once without ranking anything above anything else… although they’ll claim otherwise. BTW, right wing demagoguery is a bad thing… as is left wing demagoguery. My answer is “D. Wokism”. I dislike Trump. I despise the weak thinking that drives so many people to support Trump over DeSantis. Nevertheless, I’ll vote for Trump because I’m deeply worried about the race essentialism (DEI, CRT) and biological denialism (gender ideology, abortion) that is supported/endorsed by the Democrat Party.

[@Epaminondas371]

@@BruceWing Thanks Bruce. You talk a lot of sense although I am not a Trump supporter. I feel he is too much of a threat to democratic values.

[@goldengaming177]

the only thing that will change this is if students start going elsewhere and they start losing money. These people only care about one thing more than DEI and that's money.

[@Ben777News]

Nuclear armageddon is entirely credible. Things spin out of control.

[@garyeuscher4499]

Did Nial just back from a hooliganism soccer game??

[@maryspencer4274]

Prayers for all especially these Goodfellows

[@ezado01]

You are all welcome to celebrate my birthday with me on Feb 29th

[@pedazodetorpedo]

HR loves his "reified ideas". 😁

[@tommcfadden5232]

Ah. The last “days”’of Rome.

[@EBM4545]

They are addicted to cool aid.....More cool aid please😢

[@chrisparker8557]

Scotland in January!

[@christopherhartline1863]

Universities have Blockbuster'd themself. They're becoming worse than useless. With the Internet and AI, why'd i spend six figures to send my children to a five year university when so much can be done on-line in non-traditional means. An AI engineer w/o a college degree can expect a 200k+ salary. How about an Arts major from Harvard?

[@jimgregory6185]

Wow...look who came back to work. Shocker. I sure hope you all weren't over worked

[@fredlindberg]

Emperor or the Republic

[@nikkijain1812]

Plz consider organising these videos by chapters. Great work otherwise. Hit like on this to draw their attention guys.😅😂

[@bobwhite2]

Nuts out there. Humanity going berserk… seems as if no way out to avoid some catastrophe for the history books.

[@jimluebke3869]

"The most important part of democracy is the peaceful transfer of power and the losers knowing they could come back and win next time" You left out the parts where the citizens of the country are sovereign and get to pick who governs them, and gets to throw out people who aren't doing an adequate job. Niall keeps talking about Cold War 2, but the REAL Cold War 2 is not going to start until the ideological, dialectical question really comes into focus -- Authoritarian Bureaucracy vs. Liberty-minded Democracy. While he's still this side of the grass, you all need to get together with Thomas Sowell and have him give you a 15-minute talking-to about Public Intellectuals (such as yourselves). You absolutely need this, if you're really as confused as you sound like you are about which side America should be on, in the Authoritarian Bureaucrat vs. Liberty-minded Democracy dialog.

[@kevinjenner9502]

CIA Coups in Iran, Guatemala, Congo, Dominican Republic, S Vietnam, Brazil, Chile.

[@xiaohui5186]

Of course Cochrane is a Milei fan… 🤦‍♂️

[@ggefryg]

Milei is hidden Gem. A libertarian in Argentina of all places

[@Lou-mr7kf]

The word 'Palestinian' used to refer to everyone who lived in Palestine. It has now been co-opted and now means 'Arab' probably Muslim, possibly Christian but definitely not Jewish. It is thus an obnoxious political term, or more precisely a piece of propaganda. The notion of a 'Palestinian' has another curious quality. No matter where they are born, nor how many generations, Palestinians will always remain 'refugees'. From where? From the land currently called Israel.

[@andrewbaldwin4454]

What's the joke? In another hundred years, most of the world's population will be Palestinian refugees.

[@Sphere723]

It's an appropriate term. Today there is a very distinct Palestinian identity. Likewise there is a distinct Israeli identity. Like many strong national identities they were created in conflict. Both sides grandfathers fought and died for those identities, so the attachment is strong. The false way of looking at Israeli/Palestinian identity is to crack open a dusty old history book and look at the people there in Ottoman/Arab/Byzantine/Roman/Greek/Babylonian times and try and transplant that onto today. That's not how national identities work. They exist because of modern events and modern feelings, with history usually used (and distorted) to justify those modern feelings.

[@christianleblanc2842]

Viva Miele!

[@robsrockinout]

How reasonable is it to ask of a third party, Egypt, to take the blockade down and establish a reasonable government within the Gaza strip? I feel like that could actually de-escalate tensions between Egypt and Israel, and it allows Egypt the ability to control the Arab culture which persists within the Palestinian occupied Gaza.

[@bretrudeseal4314]

The notion that inflation has been whipped is laughable and only can be put forward by people who don't have to buy their own groceries.

[@SolaceEasy]

Odds are that none of these three warmongers have any progeny with meat in the game.

[@jpsf37miller48]

New University Presidents will not change anything unless they can fire up to 1/3 of the faculty. Anyone who understands culture change understands that cultures do not change until the people leave who are contrary to the desired culture because changing people’s beliefs-especially university faculty-does not work. Full stop. And that will not happen. All is indeed lost…. ….unless, unless students stop going and donors stop donating. Your choice.

[@bobwhite2]

Joe’s only concern is ballots while carefully navigating the talk to voter niches. Dastardly.