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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The American political class believes everyone is secretly as cowardly as they are.

That deep down, every people will eventually choose comfort over honor, safety over sovereignty, appetite over principle.

Iran is the recurring proof that this assumption is false.

That is why they cannot leave it alone.

It is not just a geopolitical rival.

It is a metaphysical insult to their anthropology.

It proves that human beings can still be organized by faith, memory, sacrifice, and destiny.

Trump cannot understand any of this because he cannot even understand silence unless it is flattering him.

[–] Ronin_5@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That’s just projection. A main characteristic of the bourgeois class is that they won’t sacrifice their own comfort to achieve broader goals.

That’s ultimately why capitalism collapses, and why proletarian movements and thirdworldism have become prominent over the decades.