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Ismaele's avatar

As I wrote at the end of my latest (https://geopolitiq.substack.com/p/democracy-in-human-skin-times-of)...

I strongly believe that we also need a revolution in the West, not necessarily Islamic, as in Iran, but surely one that breaks us free from satanists, extractive oligarchy, capitalism and consumerism; a revolution that brings us dignity, social justice and independence from foreign powers.

Karl Sanchez's avatar

Three, maybe it was four years ago… More? Hmm… I challenged MoA readers to write a Manifesto for Change, something I’d already done. Not a single response. The challenge still remains to formulate one if not more given how situations arise. After my document republishing in the run-up to 24 February, I’ll have some time.

Davy Ro's avatar

I've thought about a manifesto for change in my own country the UK. Which could be applied with slight changes for other countries.

The 1st thing every country should do is nationalise their banking systems. Take control of their own money. That's the biggest single thing that would effect finances to begin with. The tax payers bailed the banks out in 2008. Placing the massive debts on the people's backs. For the people to receive nothing in return . It was clearly a theft.

Then Instead of this Davos /WEF imposed environmental BS drive for Green energy . Being invested in by our short sighted controlled politicians. I would actually invest that money into changing to the country to a Hydrogen economy. Which would make the countries energy production sovereign. Creating a massive industry, many jobs in the poor regions. How much wealth that would generate for the country itself. Instead of going out of the country woukd be massive. As I would insist on every single Hydrogen producer in the country be a private/public partnership. It's pretty simple really. The staggering amounts of profit made by private companies. From energy production woukd be shared with the state. All profits for the state woukd be reinvested into the countries infrastructure. Creating a snowball effect of improving the standards of living for all citizens. Creating good jobs & careers, did I mention how green Hydrogen energy woukd be? Hydrogen powered aircraft, cars, Ships. All being artificially held back by the control of big oil. Everything I've said is easily achievable. The only arguments you woukd get against those easy steps are from those scared of change & the Epstein class.

Ismaele's avatar

Yes, too many analysts, too few people proposing a solution to our problems.

After all, it's easier analyzing (and/or complaining) rather than proposing solutions.

WTFUD's avatar

I have a Starting-Point below comrade.

heikomr's avatar

You have mentioned that to me before as well. I absolutely agree with you. But personally, I couldn't contribute anything intellectually to that. It requires people with extraordinary knowledge, data expertise, and the ability to concentrate. As far as the latter is concerned, I have the cursed trait of thinking about three things at once, and my tongue capitulates when faced with the challenge of articulating a clear and understandable sentence. LOL But above all, extensive knowledge and data expertise, as well as the ability to structure, are urgently needed. In that regard, I also have to capitulate.

RalfB's avatar

1. Never in history has there been a revolution without external backing. There is simply no such thing as a grass-roots revolution. Look at the Iranian "protests" as the latest case in point; the moment the external umbilicus was cut, the movement collapsed. Any revolution in the West would require external support; but the KGB is not what it once was, and appears incapable of inciting anything, even the feeble anti-nuke protests it once promoted.

2. The one thing all revolutions, revolts, and armed resistance movements have in common is a young demographic. The mass of insurrectionists overwhelmingly comes from the 18 to 25 age bracket. As a corollary, no revolution is feasible in demographically aged societies, such as the West. Case in point: in the Ukrainian debacle, the Ukrainians are desperately recruiting from all cohorts from 25 to 60, and lately they even passed a law allowing the recruiting of the post-60 elderly; but they keep their hands off the 18-25 cohort. Why? Because their Western masters want to preserve these young men for the prospective insurgency against Russian occupation. Not that the plan will work: this cohort is already deficient in Ukrainian society, and most of these scarce young men have emigrated already.

So, for at least these two reasons, any revolution of the middle-aged sheeple in the West is a pipe dream. The final kick that collapses the corrupt pile must come from outside. In the meantime, Western society is getting more and more rotten, and maggots are teeming from its very core; soon even a feeble kick will bring it all down into a pile of putrid dust.

charles leone's avatar

Putin called them out when he said to the collective West:

"You're Vampire Ball is Over"!

Natalya Volkova's avatar

So this Epstein class rules the world or is there another group that controls the world that has activated or enabled this Epstein class for hundreds of years?

If they cannot be named they cannot be eliminated.

Karl Sanchez's avatar

I used the collective name for all—Ancien Regime. They were never a connected collective until the late 1800s. One major problem is the number of people who unknowingly support the Epstein Class via their financial connections—pension fund, IRA, Mutual Fund, etc. With Bretton Woods in 1944, global controlling mechanisms were established. But Globalists existed well before and should properly be called megalomaniacs as their mania often didn’t aim for global control—just control of their empire—state or business. The East India Company and the Sterling Area were other examples of controlling mechanisms. People able to amass wealth to the point where they become their own state/institution like Musk are the ones posing the greatest danger. And yes, Musk makes money from the deaths of people. There was once the term Blood Money—that’s Epstein Class money.

dornoch altbinhax's avatar

As usual when these East India companies (Dutch and English) reach a fail point the state conveniently steps in. The public purse bears the cost of policing, the profits are siphoned off by the corporations.

Bente Petersen's avatar

Ja, used to send good doctors tryingcto live up to the Christian ideal... , they were followed byvtraders who robbed people thesexwere joined by militaries... etc where wexare today

Natalya Volkova's avatar

Yes I really enjoyed your opinion, well it is almost not normal to see and read anything about this subject, these people.

RalfB's avatar

"They were never a connected collective until the late 1800s."

And yet you call them the Ancien Regime, which is a misattribution---The Ancien Regime was the corrupt aristocracy of France, that was extinguished in the 1700s by agents of that very group you so daintily step around naming. These aristocrats were corrupted first, by the Epsteins of their age, and then removed (or recruited) in an engineered revolution, in order for a more ancient and virulent parasite to feast on their land and wealth.

I prefer a more accurate and descriptive term for that parasite: the Talmudist-Mammonist Cabal.

Karl Sanchez's avatar

The term’s definition I use was coined by historian Arno Mayer and is related to the Landowning Classes of Europe as hey existed prior to and after WW1. I take hat back in time via Dr. Hudson’s work to a time well before the emergence of Jews. Essentially, they’re the foundation of the Creditor Class that’s been able to hold people captive via debt.

Natalya Volkova's avatar

https://www.rbc.ru/politics/09/02/2026/698961be9a794777eea92231?ysclid=mlo4po51262742060

I did not want to say anything, everyone is tired of my suspicions and criticisms, frankly I am tired of being called a Ukrainian nazi, and I was certain that this type of news would be discussed already as it happened. But now one week and nothing is said. Therefore I believe the majority of analysts have confirmed my negative opinions about them. They are lazy, unprofessional propaganda spreading beggars. Anyway it is not relevant but certainly questions and then a discussion about India, Modi the BRICS member operating with the Americans against another BRICS member.

Ismaele's avatar

Yep. Actually Epstein himself said that he represents the Rothschild - see Simplicius's article: https://open.substack.com/pub/simplicius76/p/damage-control-epstein-a-russian or the relative Epstein file: https://www.justice.gov/age-verify?destination=/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02470755.pdf

Natalya Volkova's avatar

Thank you. I also saw this. Therefore I do not understand why Rothschild or jewish people in general are not mentioned.

The British government is in a crisis because it appointed Mandelson as ambassador to America even that his friendship with Epstein was known by security services investigations it deliberately ignored. Mandelson was European trade commissioner, 2004 until 2008. He was caught entering here with Nathaniel Rothschild in 2005, traveling on the aircraft of aluminium oligarch, Oleg Deripaska. Mandelson was the EU trade commissioner responsible for aluminum tariffs that affected Deripaska's company.in 2008. Mandelson lowered the tariffs.

They planned years in advance, they always plan years in advance.

Ismaele's avatar
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Are you asking why Rothschild or Jewish people in general are not mentioned in mainstream media? Or (also) in alternative media?

Natalya Volkova's avatar

No, why adequate people like us do not.

Ismaele's avatar

Yes, we should expose the Rothschild more than we currently do.

dornoch altbinhax's avatar

He may have had two masters, it's not totally clear given his Israel connections.

RalfB's avatar
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Not really, as Israel is a creation of the Rothschilds, and is itself controlled by the Talmudist-Mammonist Cabal which they more or less lead. Israel is not even their most important project. So Epstein working for the Rothschilds, and for Mossad, are not really two different masters. Mark 3:23-24

Grasshopper Kaplan's avatar

The zionazies work for them, but their names are rarely uttered, we ought to start calling out Bill Gates, noam Chomsky, Amy goodman....

Marledonna's avatar

Here is an article from Alex Krainer: https://open.substack.com/pub/alexkrainer/p/west-under-oligarchs?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

He may be a bit obsessed with the city of London, but that shouldn’t be a reason to not read his articles😀

Ismaele's avatar
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Beware of Alek Krainer. I stopped reading his articles after this one (https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/could-trumps-peace-capsize-the-undead), where he wrote that "President Trump and his government (some of them at least), are NOT part of this imperial cabal" and defended his "peace plan" for the Middle East. Well... now everyone who is even slightly aware of the still ongoing genocide in Gaza and the continuous violations of the ceasefire with Lebanon and Hezbollah should have realized by now how delusional Alex Krainer is.

After all, he is part of the establishment and, as almost every other analyst, has never suggested any real solution to the problems afflicting the Western society, just "keep calm and carry on, Trump or whoever else will solve the problems for us"!

RalfB's avatar
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Alex is not part of the establishment; he is an independent financial advisor, but his advice is not aligned with the mainstream. He is very aware, and I learned a lot from him about the City of London, its Rothschild links, and its influence. Having said that, Alex has a single blind spot: he still clings to the Great Orange Hope, who he thinks is sincere about draining the swamp. But Alex has been getting less vocal about that lately, it appears the cognitive dissonance is starting to get through to him. It is hard to give up one's hopes.

Trump has been placed in power by (a part of) the Cabal; his real purpose is to delay the planned economic collapse (the Great Taking) for long enough to bring the RoW in line (or so the Cabal hopes). To that end, he has been allowed to step down on some of the more destructive policies, such as the woke-green agenda, and he has also been allowed to pursue economic policies intended to resuscitate the Golem for long enough to subdue China and Russia, and Iran as well. His aggressive international racketeering is also clearly directed to that goal.

Some of these policies, especially the estrangement of the NGOs, have the appearance of going against the oligarchy, and this is the bait that Alex Krainer has swallowed. Trump is entirely a creature of the NYC Jewish mob, and hence of the Lubavitchers and the Satmar; this makes him opposed on some minor points to the London and Switzerland based Rothschild clique that Alex so detests. But this is no more than controlled opposition, and strictly limited, as the servile subordination to Israel's ambitions shows. I believe Alex will come around, bitter as it will be to him.

a curious mind's avatar

"Are Intellectuals Really Free? Chomsky, Parenti, and Class Power"

The contrast between Chomsky and Parenti: Why was one globally celebrated, widely promoted, institutionally protected — while the other was marginalized and never secured a permanent position in U.S. academia?

https://gabrielrockhill.substack.com/p/are-intellectuals-really-free-chomsky?

dornoch altbinhax's avatar

Ditto. His use of slippery language, qualifications puts him in the land of speculative fiction.

Marledonna's avatar

Agree, reading similar articles like you😀. But as I said some of the information in the articles add to the puzzle, a lot of information is not necessarily rejected, but waiting for further clarification/verification.

But it takes an awful lot of time. Sometimes I feel I should be more selective.

Especially when listening to podcasts is that the first time you learn 9 out of 10 minutes, but over time it will be 1 minute or less. You still have to watch the other 9 minutes thought.

Mercouris I watch at 1.25 or 1.5 speed😀

Ismaele's avatar

As if the above was not enough, he also amplifies fake news, e.g. Meloni rebuking Starmer and Rubio's quote in the same article. Read my comment to the article I mentioned.

RalfB's avatar

"The Deep State", "The Oligarchy", "The Billionaires", "The Epstein Class", "The City of London", "The Bankers", "The Venetians", "The Black Nobility", "The Cabal". . .

Just name the Jew.

a curious mind's avatar

About "Epstein - The Switchboard Operator" by esc

https://escapekey.substack.com/p/epstein

"Epstein II - The Development of a Digital Currency"

https://escapekey.substack.com/p/epstein-ii

"Epstein III - The Intelligence Channel"

https://escapekey.substack.com/p/epstein-iii

Natalya Volkova's avatar

Thank you. I read digital currency development. Excellent work. I have a lot to say, worthless, you know, almost nobody does, and anyway most, even enlightened people refuse to know the enormity of this project. Pity, for we have lost.

For Israel: ‘you might want to see Ehud Barak’. This certainly interested me. Ours are not mentioned and I was surprised until seeing that. Unfortunately I cannot find where I read it, possibly you know of the existence and if it is genuine. Elvira Nabiullina, head of Russian Central Bank, from 2013, and German Gref head of Sberbank, from 2007. Both are named in communication by Ehud Barak and Epstein. I have suspicions regarding both, generally they are crooks, both in fraudulent business with former deputy prime minister Anatoly Chubais who stole billions and was allowed to escape to Israel. German Gref is very dangerous for adequate ordinary people, his conversation with Tony Blair in Moscow 2013. Blair insinuated giving people more management over their lives, Gref scolded, famously saying, "what will we manage". That video has been deleted from the internet many times, and especially since President Putin endorsed Blair as a serious politician and peacemaker recently. You might find it, again it adds nothing to your work, although it adds context to all the relationships. I wish I could add something of value, I can'. I believe all adequate people are being tricked all the time. There are no good guys, they are all in it together, yours and mine, that's it.

I will read some of your other work. Thanks again.

Pete Bevington's avatar

The Epstein Files release could yet prove to be the West’s Berlin Wall moment. Like the Soviet Union of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s, the West does not have the strength and resilience to withstand the pressure it is under. It’s tottering…

Karl Sanchez's avatar

Interesting parallel. I’ll push on that wall!

Pete Bevington's avatar

You might find this weird, but…next Friday Saturn and Neptune conjoin. The last time that happened was when the Berlin Wall collapsed in late 1989, that led to the fall of the SU. Saturn represents structure, Neptune represents dissolution. Anything that does not have the strength and resilience to withstand the pressure it’s under will not survive. Previous Saturn-Neptune transits have taken place in 1953 (when Stalin died and Putin, Xi and Epstein were born), and 1917 when the Russian revolution succeeded, the US entered WW1 and the Balfour Declaration was signed. Just saying…

Marledonna's avatar

We are masters in pretending. Hopefully someone on the other side sees through and pushes against the wall (Putin?) cause that will result in a short pain, but otherwise we, the population in the west, are frogs in heating water.

WTFUD's avatar

We will NEVER resolve these injustices across the board if we have ZERO Representation.

EVERY One of our Members of Parliament are Bought & Paid for by the Epstein Class.

Those standing MP's? CONgress Critters will not bite the Hands that Feed Them this Term & the Next.

So the Order of things are that our so-called Representation first loyalty is to the Party, then their Sponsors (Friends of Israel, AIPAC, MIC . . . .) and Lastly WE THE SHEEPLE.

REPRESENTATION MUST COME FROM THE JURISDICTION WHICH THEY REPRESENT.

Also must have resided or their parents have resided in the Community they represent for 10 + years. No bussing in some Party Aparichit from London to Represent a District in Scotland.

This STOOGE/SUIT has zero loyalty/attachment to a Community he knows little of.

I can provide you a recent example of HOW THE EPSTEIN CLASS Shaft The Public -

There's a large town in The Greater Manchester District called ROCHDALE which has a significant Muslim community. Just several months before the 2024 General Election in what was a comfortable Labour Party held seat the sitting MP Passed and a By-Election was held in which George Galloway (Workers Party) WON.

To the absolute consternation of the Epstein Class with the BBC Headline ' STARMER apologises to Rochdale Voters after Galloway Election Win' (February 2024)

The Epstein Class/Establishment/Friends of Israel/MSM could not stomach Democracy and have a REBEL Man of the People continue his 4 decade long Crusade against them. he was a thorn in their flesh, willing to speak the Truth in a Sea of Lies.

Even had the poor widow of the recently deceased long standing MP come out and attack Galloway on Election Night to no avail.

George Galloway held that Seat for a matter of Weeks as a General Election was called in May 2024 he LOST the Seat by a few hundred Votes as the FRIENDS of EPSTEIN/Labour Party went Full Blown Assault and STUFFED THE BALLOT BOX with Half A Dozen Candidates, mainly of Muslim extraction to Steal Votes from Galloway's Base.

It worked and the Whole of Fucking Parliament ( bar a handful) and Friends of Epstein Rejoiced.

EVERY DIRTY TRICK TO WIN EVERY TIME - MONEY NO OBJECT

Finally, if we the People can't put our Own Man or Woman on the Ballot then Nothing Changes.

Thurl's avatar
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Similar shenanigans in the US with representatives critical of the genocide. Candidates with big money backing (AIPAC) selected to run against them and unseat them. Same story for any candidate who takes a stand against any approved narrative. Not sure can have much if any impact working within the existing system. Open to suggestions. Many analysts may not provide solutions since those solutions may be deemed very extreme by the powers that be and castigated/assets seized. Those possible "very extreme" solutions likely entail the total removal of the Epstein class from the system and could become a very ugly process (see France/Russia/Cambodia). Things likely could creep outside the zone of the Epstein class. Human nature has lot of negative traits. Believe need parallel process to establish a strong moral/ethical/values code amongst the people. This may involve core religions (catholicism, islam, buddhism). The spin offs often too radical. See what China does with buddhism.

WTFUD's avatar

The Democratic Machinery (DNC) were prepared to lose the Presidential Election in 2016 & 2024 rather than see Bernie Saunders win which goes to prove that Corporations own both Parties. Not that Bernie's hands are clean but the Corporations/Welfare Queens were frightened to lose their Tax-Breaks/Perks with him as President.

Baby Steps, should 'our' Representative not satisfactorily carry out the Peoples' Agenda then he will be informed categorically that no matter what the Epstein/Corporate/Lobby Mob through at his Campaign then he's a One-Term sitting-duck.

This should be an easy-sell. Catchy Jingles for the Great Unwashed Go-Loco, Go Local, Is He/ She One Of Our Own? My favourite would be, He's A Shill For Capitol-Hill.

Importantly 'our' Representative will face a stiff grilling (from us) in the qualification process starting with his and his family's LOCAL Credentials

The Revolving-Door of Paedophiles & Bankers' Rent Boys Must End.

Grasshopper Kaplan's avatar

You are essentially speaking of elimination of rent, Henry George, or Jesus, elimination of debt....

SEpstein sic was about the takeover of money, not the selling of sex, which was just the door prize....they have destroyed the whole concept of economy as I understand it, and dude ain't dead is he?

At least Kissinger is....ha ha

So in another hundred years they will start more wars

So original...

dornoch altbinhax's avatar

Of the things that are clear, change won't come from the masses, the elites are bringing on their downfall as surely as Hitler ended in a bunker with rants and delusions, but that end came at the hands of external parties, mainly the Soviets. In this instance western elites have a series of black swans in the wings and mostly because of their "clever" plans. We only need look at how China has reacted over the last fifteen years to the US financial irresponsibility after being bailed out from the GFC debacle. What Andrei M doesn't want to contemplate is that they're nuclear biased and as their defeat looms will likely go for broke. Even and in spite of the Hazelnut demonstration as surrender for them is out of the question.

Lux Aeterna's avatar

There won't be peace and harmony on Earth for as long as We, the People, allow ourselves to be led by sadistic sociopaths like sheep to the slaughter... Time to bring out the pitchforks!

Bob marsden's avatar

Epstein’s consummate skill was offering plausible bullshit, believable nonsensical impressions that don’t exist outside minds, they are irreal - terms indicating only hypothetical existences, no empirically warranted phenomenal occurrences, happenings. Easily understandable mental abstractions, general frames containing unspecified particulars. Types with only implied tokens; sets with unspecified members; dangling comparisons; inapplicable metaphors.

Almost everyone is vulnerable to this confidence tricking - it’s how we communicate socially. Vacuous generalisations are the stuff of financial operations that blow up into investment bubbles and belligerent moralities that generate kinetic wars. They are the current Western norms.

The most important thing in delivering such nonsense to be successfully accepted is sincere self-belief in it.

I saw an interview with him by John Bolton. He explains financial phenomena in metaphors and fundamentally believes he is smarter than virtually everybody else. Like Trump, he is a default confabulator - he habitually makes up useful representations of realities he doesn’t have access to, or which don’t exist.

The tabu sex was the stickiness that binds. Prostituting children to pillars of the community is everywhere and everywhen. Think grooming gangs, modern immigrant slavery, debt redemption by body sale.

Incidentally, the yet-to-be-released never-files will be those relating to Zionists, Israelis, and Rothschild-types, so far apparently conspicuous by their absence.

Karl Sanchez's avatar

And the many proven abuses by the Catholic Church.

Asgard2208's avatar

The only end to this comes with the application of a Nuremberg 2.0, and the globally televised hanging of the perpetrators of crimes against humanity.

When that is done we will have the opportunity to develop systems beneficial for all the people. Countries controlling their national banks, public / private partnerships, profits invested in public works, significant social programs and major political events mandatorially approved or rejected through referenda.

This is doable, but first we must rid ourselves of the parasite class that fucks everything up for everyone else.

Ismaele's avatar

Yes, first we destroy, then we rebuild.

Loam's avatar

Remember Nuremberg? Well, in this case there are reasons just as serious, or even more so, to hang them all.

Karl Sanchez's avatar

That’s what’s being suggested implicitly.

Bente Petersen's avatar

Good you said it... good you mentioned Sudan... on par with Palestine... in killing ie genocide... good you mentioned Somalia... worked 4 yesrs there before USA IMTERVENED and terrorisme took hold of Somalia...

Good you mentioned all those other countries... from which now a steady stream of refugees and run aways.. from poverty arrive here every day poverty caused by our wars of all kinds .... and we have the arrogance to complain about same refugees .... that they dont integrate.. into our self rightious hypocracy, dont speak our language properly, get too many children, dont slave away like we do... etc.... Grrrrrr

heikomr's avatar

"Gaza is the primary exhibit as the gang wants to turn that Palestinian land into a Epstein Class resort, and to hell with the Palestinians."

——————

I cannot say anything concrete about the future of the so-called "Epstein class." We must be aware that this "Epstein class" represents those driving forces that have determined the fate of the entire world for at least 500 years. Their time of global domination is coming to an end. But let's not kid ourselves. The characteristics and perverse manifestations of the "Epstein class" have also been characteristics of the ruling classes in all cultures, world empires, kingdoms, and regions of the world for thousands of years. In some regions more, in others more or less pronounced. I have never had contact with the "Darknet" and never will. But what people have reported in publications who have looked at it is unsurpassable in its reprehensibility. I cannot find an adequate word for it. This and other terrible things practiced by the "Epstein class" can also be found in the "Global South."

I know that I always make myself unpopular with the following conclusion. But so be it. As long as there are the classes of capital owners and the classes existentially dependent on them, such excesses will be a reality worldwide. And capital always has the addiction to multiply, and in the course of the multiplication of capital, it concentrates more and more psychological and physical power upon itself.

Regarding the horror in Gaza. I can basically copy my respective comments from here to "Sonar21" and from there to here. That saves me time and typing.

In response to a commentator on "Sonar21":

—————

"I had already considered the possibility that they are prepared to abandon Israel. Demographically speaking, Jewish residents will inevitably become a small minority in the not-too-distant future. This is simply mathematics—even despite past immigration, for example since the 1990s. Committing genocide against Palestinians does not solve this demographic "problem."

With the monstrous crime committed in Gaza, Israelis have crossed a threshold of unforgivability beyond which there can be no forgiveness. In me, it evoked associations with the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. The cynicism lies in the fact that back then, Jews were the victims; today, Jews are the perpetrators.

This is my opinion—as long as I am still permitted to express it openly and without punishment here in Germany in 2026.

For nowadays, one can no longer be entirely certain of that—not in the EU, nor even in Germany—despite the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany, despite the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, despite the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and despite the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations. But who cares about such things anymore?

Thus, my view is that this monstrous crime in Gaza must never go unpunished.

The perpetrators of genocide must one day be brought before an international court and punished—all those involved, including those who aided and abetted the genocide.

There should be yet another tribunal concerning all the crimes Israel has committed throughout its short history: namely, a tribunal of Jews judging Zionists. I detest the fact that Jewish people worldwide are constantly held collectively responsible. That would be the same as holding every single US-American accountable for the tens of millions murdered by the United States—an utterly unacceptable notion.

[The] Jews must, in general, be clearly distinguished from [the] Zionists—regardless of whether any particular Zionist happens to be Jewish by birth.

And let no one accuse me of antisemitism. As my words clearly and unambiguously state, I stand in defense of those Jews who are not complicit in the crimes of the Zionists.

Semites are not a "race." The following ethnic groups in the region are Semitic:

• Arabs

• Jews

• Assyrians/Arameans/Chaldeans

• Maronites

• Mandaeans

• Samaritans

Since Palestinians are Arabs, they too are Semites.

I have no problem with a State of Israel—as long as it becomes a peaceful, liberal, constitutional, and humanistic society. One is still allowed to dream."

Marledonna's avatar

My first thought: and that is why communism never had a chance. Those in power don’t like the idea of sharing with the plebs and definitely don’t want the same treatment as the Tsar, his family and other elites. Hence, communism has been fought with every means. WW2 (also a fight against the Sovjets), OSS, Dulles brothers, CIA, US military?

Karl Sanchez's avatar

Explaining the Why is a very long story that contains numerous contradictions. And while understanding that, what’s happening now is more important.

Marledonna's avatar

Agree, but…😀

a. I like to find the root cause

b. I believe in cause and effect

c. A lot can be explained by human behavior but it gets little attention.

d. The conflict in Ukraine started in February 2022 (no, it didn’t, but we have to focus on the now😀)

e. I want to know about (too) many topics.

Karl Sanchez's avatar

Good! Questioning is very important as the Mody Blues reminded us so long ago. To discover a, you’ll need to invest time in reading Hudson and Graeber and some others who have done their best at time travel to discover that root. Human behavior and how culture once regulated societies well before the advent of settled agriculture, which means learning Cultural Anthropology. d relates to how consent is manufactured. On e, the only way to understand modernity is to dig into many topics. It takes time and effort, and at times is lonely and few applaud your efforts as I know very well.

Bill Rattigan's avatar

All you have to do is simply apply the rules of law. But first you must get rid of corrupt judges, corrupt police and corrupt politicians.

Tedder130's avatar

With your permission, Karl, I will include your "Epstein Class" in my writing. This term indicts the entire bunch named in these files and surely many others. But what can we expect of men and women who adopt unbridled greed as their accepted way who also idolize money? They are barbarians of extraordinary caliber who glorify greed and hatred.

Then I thought of Noam Chomsky who was a mentor of mine in Linguistics and some in politics. Although he was clearly wrong in some areas of both, he nevertheless opened my mind and improved both my politics and my Linguistics and I refuse to condemn him for "guilt by association". I think of him as Epstein Class adjacent. Perhaps Jeffery was offering him full membership. Did he accept? We will never know as he cannot say.

Karl Sanchez's avatar

I own a half-dozen Chomsky books, all heavily annotated. I didn’t coin the Epstein Class term so use it as much as you want. I take solace knowing that poets, musicians and artists have all explored this issue over the centuries. Long ago I thought I’d discovered the root of the problem only to be confronted with Arthur C. Clarke’s depiction in “2001” of the hominid behavior and the reality it wasn’t motivated by aliens. The Golden Calf story tells us much whether it’s true or not just as there’s deep wisdom buried within the Greek Tragedies. It takes many years and excellent mentoring to learn that road must be traveled if one wants wisdom, which is one of the few things that cannot be bought—it must be acquired via study and close observation of the herd and those driving it. Chomsky followed his path; we must blaze our own.