Telegram Archive - week 6, 2026
- 7 minutes read - 1469 wordsparticipant-3927, 6:30 AM, February 2
In Toronto, 100,000 people came out today in support of Iranian freedom. Also, there were demonstraitons in San Francisco on the Golden Gate bridge, and in London.participant-3927, 7:26 AM, February 3
Yeonmi Park’s autobiography has a lot of interesting info which I didn’t know. One of the is the songbun ranking system which is a precedent of the evil when the government tracks social rank.participant-3927, 10:43 PM, February 3
From Yonatan Daon’s Substack: Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to join a “Board of Peace” together with Erdogan.
This is the same Erdogan who called him Hitler, openly supports Hamas, and provides political shelter to people Israel is actively at war with. And now he is a “partner for peace.”
This is madness.
Peace is not made with leaders who fuel the war against you. Erdogan’s interest is not in Gaza’s stability but in Israel’s demise, Hamas’s survival, and the return of the Ottoman Empire.
By joining this board, Israel legitimises one of Hamas’s chief patrons. Turkey is an enemy state and should be treated accordingly.
You cannot defeat an enemy while sitting at the table with those who back it.
participant-5138, 2:32 PM, February 4
How’s this so difficult to understand for so called political leaders?participant-3927, 7:46 PM, February 4
They reject ideological stances, and favour pragmatism. But, pragmatism is a flawed philosophy.participant-3927, 6:02 PM, February 5
Is anyone here following Brian Nichols podcast ? He is a libertarian. I have an opportunity to go on his show.participant-3927, 3:10 AM, February 6
This Ayn Rand quote, describes the political situation today in U.S., as it pertains to Trump’s whims, the unpredictability of the members of his cabinet, and ICE: It is a grave error to suppose that a dictatorship rules a nation by means of strict, rigid laws which are obeyed and enforced with rigorous, military precision. Such a rule would be evil, but almost bearable; men could endure the harshest edicts, provided these edicts were known, specific and stable; it is not the known that breaks men’s spirits, but the unpredictable. A dictatorship has to be capricious; it has to rule by means of the unexpected, the incomprehensible, the wantonly irrational; it has to deal not in death, but in sudden death; a state of chronic uncertainty is what men are psychologically unable to bear.participant-2294, 2:56 PM, February 6
Link the podcastparticipant-3927, 3:37 PM, February 6
I decided not to do it.participant-3927, 5:44 AM, February 7
An HBL member writes that limiting immigration is the necessary solution to stopping Islam from taking over his country (UK). I don’t see any problem with Muslim immigrants, as long as they have (a) no voting rights, and no possibility to hold political office for N generations since immigration; (b) any criminal activity is severely punished and the punishments made public, justifying them ideologically; and, (c) there are spies infiltrating muslim communities to detect and expose cells early, to free any people trapped by Islam as in cases in which brothers threatening their sister, for not wearing a hijab, or for wearing a miniskirt. But UK, nay Europe, has failed to implement all of these requirements.
Objectivists need to advocate for the right thing to do, not the pragmatic thing to do. Otherwise, we are playing into the hands of our ideological enemies. Open the borders, but at the same time, crack down on crime justified by Islam. Soon, Islam will change out of fear.
This happened to early Judaism after the Roman war: anyone who was crazy enough to rebel against Rome was dead, and those who remained (Yohanan ben Zakkai) sat down (at Yavneh) and modified Judaism to be friendly to Rome. Out of this war two things were born: the new Judaism, and Christianity. Both were variants of the same program — to change the ideology of the local population.
participant-3927, 6:41 AM, February 7
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it’s yours. — Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Randparticipant-2294, 7:09 PM, February 7
What about the police and the military?participant-3927, 8:01 PM, February 7
What’s the question ?participant-2294, 8:02 PM, February 7
“no voting rights, and no possibility to hold political office”participant-3927, 8:03 PM, February 7
Police and army yes, as long as control is not lost. These forces have own incremental growth, that’s keeping order and moralityparticipant-3927, 8:05 PM, February 7
The soldiers and police are yelled at at every morning by their commanders to boost morale, to make them resolved to do the work properly. Nothing like that happens in politicsparticipant-3927, 8:06 PM, February 7
There are muslims in Israel police and army.participant-3927, 7:17 AM, February 8
Peter Schwartz posts an article “The ICE Juggernaut” on his substack. He is one of the best writers in the Objectivist world, and many Objectivists have learned writing from him. https://objectivistpeterschwartz.substack.com/p/the-ice-juggernaut
participant-3927, 9:14 AM, February 8
From the American-backed 2005 constitution of Iraq (post 2003 invasion):
Section One, Article 2: First: Islam is the official religion of the State and it is the basic source of legislation: (a) No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed rules of Islam.100 (bottom of page 61 to top of page 62)
U.S. foreight policy is stupidity and betrayal of the lost lives of U.S. soldiers.
participant-4603, 9:23 AM, February 8
The irony is, I do not think Saddam Hussein’s Iraq had such a provision, as he wasn’t an Islamist—not that he was a great guy. And for sure, his rule was far more arbitrary. My guess is the thinking of the American administration was that they needed to do something to throw a bone to the natives, and their thinking was likely that Islam was a sort of glue that kept Iraq together, not thinking through the consequences of such constitutional verbiage.participant-3927, 4:19 PM, February 8
From a Twitter post: “Yoseph Haddad, an Arab Israeli who was a commander in the IDF, came to the University of Michigan to debate anti-Israel students on whether Israel is an apartheid state.”participant-3927, 5:15 PM, February 8
@participant-7471 ^participant-3927, 5:17 PM, February 8
I am looking for podcasts to appear on: https://www.reddit.com/r/PodcastGuestExchange/comments/1qvfpyb/irtr_founder_of_political_initiative_seeking/
participant-3927, 6:57 PM, February 8
I posted this on Point Roberts Facebook group: It’s becoming obvious to everyone that things are going badly politically in the country, and around the world. I have a solution, an idea, which I called Anthemism. The name derives from the name of Ayn Rand’s novellete “Anthem.” I am planning to host an event with tea, coffee and cookies, in which I can present the idea in person to anyone who cares to listen, and ask me questions.
How can I go about organizing such event in Point Roberts? Is there anyone in PR who is experienced in event organizing, and who is willing to take this up (for a fee)? I would like to bring at least 100 people in the room.
participant-3927, 9:28 PM, February 8
The Muslims cannot reform while they stay in their home countries like Iran or Saudi Arabia. They must come to freedom (Europe, UK, North America), to see and experience that there is another way. And even when they are ready to renounce their evil traditions (e.g. brothers murdering own sister), they need a safe path to walk to leave their own communities. That requires police infiltrating muslim communities and helping people leave.
One may ask — why should my country help those people? Let them rot in their countries, with their hopeless lives. But he has no right to make this claim. It’s not his country, it is not his home (an idea often heard from Right), and it is not his call to make. A country is a political system designed to let individuals live close by without stepping on each other’s toes. A country, therefore, must have mechanisms to accomplish this, for anyone who wants to live in it.
Anytime you have two individuals trying to live close by, there needs to be a system. Even a husband and a wife quarrel, notwithstanding that they married after spending a decade finding a matching person. What can be said of two random people who happen to want to live close by? There will be a lot of conflict between them, and a system is needed to help them deal with each other. That’s what a country is.