Was a long time ago. Can’t recall the source or the precise phrasing of a comment that stuck w me and sadly continues to resonate. Was an observation of the self proclaimed peace activists.
They’re not peace activists. They’ve taken a side. It’s the other one.
Radical is an interesting word with different ways to define it. I enjoy the more romantic definition of bucking the corrupt the entrenched the coerced the naked emperor but there’s the darker flip side. Cuts both ways.
What happened at universities is they reached a critical mass of conformity of zombie radicalism more cultish than intellectual.
This happened because arguably the most radical experiment in human history centered around individual freedom and rule of law and property rights for the masses proceeds forward while also grinding to a halt from a critical mass of people large majority of whom are clear beneficiaries but ignorant of what came before ignorant of worlds they glamorize and longing for experiments shallowly and impossibly packaged that have already failed. Along with a blacker minority which includes aspiring fascists and fools who should be careful what they wish for.
I'm not a historian, but I've read a fair amount concerning Iran. I was a young man when the Shah was deposed. We were all scratching out heads, wondering what it was about.
Earlier in the 2000s, I knew an ex-Iranian who had fled the terror of the 1979 revolution. Pretty nearly his entire family had simply disappeared. He never did know who all the players were in the revolution, and who was backing them.
This piece is the most concise, understandable explanation of Iran's history that I have read. That anyone can support this regime at all confounds me. And scares the hell out of me.
I'm really not sure why this substack doesn't have 100x the engagement that it does.
Was a long time ago. Can’t recall the source or the precise phrasing of a comment that stuck w me and sadly continues to resonate. Was an observation of the self proclaimed peace activists.
They’re not peace activists. They’ve taken a side. It’s the other one.
Radical is an interesting word with different ways to define it. I enjoy the more romantic definition of bucking the corrupt the entrenched the coerced the naked emperor but there’s the darker flip side. Cuts both ways.
What happened at universities is they reached a critical mass of conformity of zombie radicalism more cultish than intellectual.
This happened because arguably the most radical experiment in human history centered around individual freedom and rule of law and property rights for the masses proceeds forward while also grinding to a halt from a critical mass of people large majority of whom are clear beneficiaries but ignorant of what came before ignorant of worlds they glamorize and longing for experiments shallowly and impossibly packaged that have already failed. Along with a blacker minority which includes aspiring fascists and fools who should be careful what they wish for.
I'm not a historian, but I've read a fair amount concerning Iran. I was a young man when the Shah was deposed. We were all scratching out heads, wondering what it was about.
Earlier in the 2000s, I knew an ex-Iranian who had fled the terror of the 1979 revolution. Pretty nearly his entire family had simply disappeared. He never did know who all the players were in the revolution, and who was backing them.
This piece is the most concise, understandable explanation of Iran's history that I have read. That anyone can support this regime at all confounds me. And scares the hell out of me.
Everything that you so perfectly stated is so similar to the book that I am now reading. Written by author Danny Burmawi. Islam Israel and the West.
Great read, and a warning to the people of the west, and its politicians, who take no heed.