Yonatan Daon is an Objectivist who explores the history and philosophy of art on his substack Philosophy: I Need It
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Privately, many of them want Washington and Jerusalem to keep going until Iran can no longer threaten their lifelines. Publicly, they speak the language of appeasement, international law, and de-escalation. They want the result, but not the responsibility.
Khamenei’s death is a tremendous act of justice to the countless people his regime tortured, kidnapped, raped, and murdered.
There has never been a better chance for a free Iran than now. Much of the job will be done by the US and Israel, but it can only be finalised by the Iranian people. There will never be a better chance.
The price of delay is not peace. It is escalation deferred. It is danger multiplied. It is a catastrophe postponed until it arrives in a form far worse than anything we are afraid of today.
Revolutions are not born in crowds shouting slogans. They begin when fear breaks. When a single human being decides that humiliation is no longer an acceptable price for staying alive.
The people of Georgia, among the most wonderful in the world, are being let down by their own country’s appeasement of Russia.
Instead of Swastikas, they are wearing Keffiyehs.
Israel must realise that this is a golden opportunity that it cannot afford not to realise. It’s either now or in a year or two with a nuclear Iran. The ball is in Israel’s court.
Either you support Israel’s right to defend itself, or you don’t. You can’t have both.
From its beginning, the Arab-Israeli conflict was a war between civilization and barbarism.
Where does the line between art and “non-art” lie? At what point does a creation cease to be justifiably called art?
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