Hundreds of think tanks developing new indexes to rank settler colonies + Europe above the rest of the world

It's a bit surprising to me that these shows keep inviting him given how well he defends Iran. They try so hard to catch him but never succeed

Well said. The strategy has never been to go to, say hardcore monarchists, and try to convert them to a socialist ideology by appealing to their reactionary tendencies. It has been to speak to the disenfranchised, who have not been represented in the political system.

The whole maga communism idea is no different than how the democratic party constantly insists the only strategy is leaning further right wing to capture reactionary voters.

I'm so sick of business executives and middle managers. I have to work with many of these people and it drives me insane. Their jobs consist of saying things like, "we need to monitor this closely", that's basically their whole job.

Like no shit I'm going to monitor this, that's all I get paid to do.

B-b-b-but we have to teach the big mean Russians a lesson! /s

I've been thinking about this quite a bit as well. It seems like the most likely way that any kind of revolutionary movement would come to fruition in the US, as a countrywide revolution seems many levels more difficult.

Seeing CHAZ in Seattle during the BLM protests planted the seed in my head, specifically in the case of a Cascadia-type state. It would be a difficult split though to be sure, the USA would have a lot to lose to a breakaway state and I'm sure would put up a fight against it. If US imperialism is weakened enough and spread thin in conflicts elsewhere in the world, it could be a moment of opportunity for such a movement if proper organization is in place.

I also wonder if as US empire declines, and turns inward, if capitalist infighting will lead to some level of balkanization anyway.

it's funny how much this comparison has been coming up in the media recently. I get that it's because of the recency but to insinuate the two circumstances are similar is laughable.

The way American's talk about regime change is so insane. Random people with little to no geopolitical knowledge and absolutely no political experience, will flippantly say, "This is a great opportunity for regime change in Iran, we can't pass this up." Or, "I would love to see the Cuban regime toppled."

They talk as if they are strategizing military generals, in on the plan. Like bro, you are just some random American, how would any of this even benefit you?

Having a reasonable conversation on the topic can feel like a Sisyphean task.

Holy shit, the fact that Zero to One is on this is CRAZY. I actually unwittingly read that book after finishing high school, when I foolishly believed American tech was blazing a progressive path forward for society.

That book is a techno-fascist manifesto. In it, Thiel flat out says society should be ran by tech CEOs acting as kings. He lays the groundwork for what Silicon Valley has been trying to do recently with Próspera in Honduras, the Trump plan for Gaza, and there's been murmurings of a similar idea being pushed for Greenland.

With his involvement in Palantir (among other things) I think there's a real argument for this being comparable to a Mein Kampf.

There's a pretty stark contrast in the complete cognitive-block people from my parent's generation have, vs Gen Z. I think the fact that we're growing up in a post-USSR world really influences that. We weren't exposed to the same propaganda around communism as our parents, and with social media, have seen the lies of the empire more directly exposed than ever.

I really anticipate the EU will simply hand over Greenland in the end. There will be much hand wringing and statements decrying the situation between then and now, but the political leaders of Europe are miserable US Bootlickers. The mega corporations that run Europe will never allow a real schism between them and the US to form.

Learning about the Jeju island massacre was the root for me breaking away from the western propaganda around the DPRK. To be honest though, as an American, we really weren't taught about the Korean war at all. We covered the Vietnam war, pretty much just the domestic situation, focusing especially on the presidents, but completely glossed over the Korean war. It was basically a footnote in our curriculum.