Michael, your thoughts, anything you want to add to that?

Yeah, I wonder if this also has something to do with the rise of more of the right-wing parties in the various European countries, you know, Germany of note and France.

I think her name is Le Pen.

Her party is really surging and may take a majority in the next election.

And I think what is happening is a pendulum is swinging where people are disaffected.

They are, as stated, disappointed that the promises are not being kept.

Things are declining.

Michael, your thoughts.

Michael, what, what, what, what's your, what's your view about this, uh, this bit of a clip?

Well, yeah.

I mean, the...

Shocking.

Uh, uh, and it's, it's really hard to be shocked these days.

But, um, it's, uh, probably the, the most inhumane thing I've, I've ever heard from an intellectual.

Um, it reminds me of the extreme environmentalist who said, "Well, the environmentalist solution is to wipe out humanity to save Mother Earth.

Go ahead, Michael.

Michael.

Yeah.

Well, your last point is really, really important.

Sanction of the victim by the fact of even passively not speaking out or accepting or sympathizing with the the Palestinian cause in any way, shape or form is, is really what fuels, fuels them and empowers them.

And I just find it, you know, I'm watching Fauda season five and, I'm in the middle of it and it's such a well done.

It's so great.

And it's so nice to see a production.

Michael, parting thoughts and where can people find you?

What are your thoughts?

Yeah, I mean, the root of all evil really is, you know, reason versus unreason on the deepest levels, philosophical levels like epistemology.

I think on both sides of the spectrum they are lacking in that.

There is this idea of, you know, I mean, on the Marxist side it's, It's where you are in the social class.

That's how you think.

You think if you are a member of the capitalist elite, you're going to think in a certain way according to them.

And it doesn't matter.

And yeah, it is quite alarming.

Yeah, Michael, your thoughts?

Yeah.

I've also noticed and observed the stark contrast between the progress and the modernity that we enjoy in 2026.

I mean, as you said, why are we relitigating this? Ancient history.

Haven't we progressed further? We had AI, we have electric cars, such amazing conveniences thanks to individualism and capitalism or aspects of that.

Why is it that we're bringing up these age-old ideas again? And it's really interesting.

The students, and this is somewhat what Anders is saying, outlining, they see the world through a certain lens.

you think?

Mm-hmm

... those who are setting the prices, um, those terrible people who are selling goods and services that they need.

Um, and also the concept of, I guess, magical thinking, the idea that, you know, somehow, um, the government, um, can cr- establish its own economic forces to, uh, you know, magically reduce prices by 30%, uh, on a sustained basis.

Um, you know, they can do it.

Um, the government has all power.

So it's this combination, um, that socialists, uh, rely on, and unfortunately, that is the mindset of most people, that, you know, there is some resentment towards the w- the rich.

This idea of economic inequality is, for them, inherently bad and has to be corrected, and it can be corrected somehow.

Mm-hmm

This guy wants to be president and he won't consider removing a regime that calls for death to

America.

Talk about a band-aid approach, you know, as if you're going to remove the weapons and the regime maintains itself and you're not going to repeat history.

It's just from a geopolitical strategic perspective is retarded, number one.

And number two, it's this idea that nations are sovereign, not individuals.

So who are we to go in and change a regime that Iran is a legitimate quote-unquote country.

Sure, we should defend ourselves, but it's not our business or our right to go in and meddle with their internal political affairs because they are a sovereign nation.

Promise.

bombings?

Yeah, well, I just take more of a... military strategic uh perspective here that i didn't think this ceasefire was anything but just a uh a means for the us to get its ducks in row um and you know that was really just a stalling tactic i i didn't expect this to last at all i think the us is going to continue to pound away at iran i don't think there's any true intention of negotiating a settlement.

I mean, partly was partly the strategy was to reduce oil prices, which worked temporarily.

But, you know, at the end of the day, it's going to go up.

That's another discussion.

Trump, no one can control that.

But I really think that the war is not over.

I'm just checking here.

Michael, do you agree?

Yeah, everything James outlined, I do agree.

The concept, you know, subject to the jurisdiction is really an interesting one.

Like, what does that really mean? Does it mean geographically? So that anyone who is born in the United States or any of its territories that it controls is automatically controlled.

an American citizen.

So that would presumably include visitors, the birth tourism situation.

It would include citizens or children born of illegals.

Michael, what do you think?