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Historian, late antique Central & W. Asia, Sasanians, Byzantines, Rus’. BD fan, Globe Trotter, Kensington Communist, flâneur, in love w London, Tehran, Athens, & Vienna. Have laptop, will write.
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Glad to provide fodder for your aggression! :))
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I generally blame Orwell for everything…
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Is this a parody?
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I don’t recognise the faces. But it must have been!
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For sure. Humans are amazing at self-deception. The fact that someone would have given their lives for Motherland X and now will kill for the glory of Motherland Y is unbelievable.
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That is fine. I have no problems with the need for metaphysical and spiritual support. What I am wondering about is the idea of “one god”, and idea that was conjured up so recently that we literally have it documented!
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Figures
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Now. Were Nabateans “Arabs”?
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And he was against his father…! :)
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Wasn’t Herod half Edomite?
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Excellent. I will follow and read more to learn.
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I was basing it on a private convo, and mostly meant that he is the “brains” behind many of these ventures which are paid for by Thiell and others. This article says Patri’s Pronomos Capital is amongst the backers:
restofworld.org/2021/hondura...
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This is mostly spearheaded by Patri Friedman.
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Maybe this should prompt those outlets to stop beating around the bush and call this by what it is: an autocratic power grab. Stop being calm about it. Panic! And Lead!
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I live the old Plum!
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Machine guns, chemical weapons, A-Bomb, plastic bags, self-flushing toilets, floor laminates, espresso martinis, self-driving cars, Lichtenstein, Jeff Bezos… all terrible ideas that we are now stuck with.
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Machine guns, chemical weapons, A-Bomb, plastic bags, self-flushing toilets, floor laminates, espresso martinis, self-driving cars, Lichtenstein, Jeff Bezos… all terrible ideas that we are now stuck with.