"I guess that we could also surrender to them and move to Poland, but see above, and also within a decade they would follow us there, fleeing from their own squalor and dysfunction."
Well this hit close to home. My family theatrically escapes Iranian Shia theocrats by crossing multiple desserts and landing in NYC. A Shia theocrat is now slated to become the next mayor of NYC. (Screams).
Don't worry, Jon. Mamdani is a typical South Asian fraudster. He will do and say whatever he thinks he needs to do and say to obtain power and influence. He will eventually fly too close to the sun, and like his co-ethnic Ramaswamy, his wings will surely melt. It is only a question of how much damage he can do as a stooge of the red-green alliance until that point.
On the particular matter of NYC; Manhattan has been systematically
de-industrialized and depopulated for a century, this isn’t new.
Simply put; the port and industry and people are driven off, Manhattan corporate estates, like Windsor Castle only servants and (eww) tourists. Don’t feel bad, the same thing happened in ancient Rome FFS.
The American cities economic case is gone anyway, take the hint and run. PS welcome to the world of American “White Ethnics.” Lol.
You really wanna stay? Ok. Join the NYPD, and… no I am not kidding… The Hibernian ☘️ Society.
Black People already did.
See we ☘️ really DON’T discriminate.
The NYPD doesn’t have to put up with the same nonsense other places do, cuz they already went through the Progressive (Puritan) purges. More importantly the Eleets did too… it’s always Sundown in NYC unless you’re with the system. Meaning GTFO … unless…
This is by far the best post you have written. The task for Israel is to decouple from the US. The next war is drone war, and Israel is capable of drone warfare on its own.
you need, among other things, large & fast drones which are not that different from manned fighter jets; the US is working on this. this is not easy to make, though I agree 100% that we must decouple from the US. I would think that the first thing to do is to make our own bombs and guidance kits, enough to not need US imports, and to be able to maintain our fleet without parts from the US
I believe in fractional autonomy. The Talmud has the concept of a partial slave, i.e., purchased in partnership by two parties, one of which then manumits its interest.
There are many things which are difficult to make without economies of scale. That kind of presupposes that either we buy them or make enough of them to sell en masse. The Israeli failure to invest in hardware production has been pointed out many times, most eloquently by Steph Wertheimer.
I would suggest that the best place to start is on the bottom of the food chain, producing components and systems which are relatively simple and using them as the basis of an ecosystem.
There would have to be some regulatory buy-in; for instance, our drone regulations are a knockoff of the stifling FAA regs, which more or less kills opportunities for researching/testing swarms/AI-powered solutions without a huge investment in paperwork. Contrast to the situation in China.
Au contraire, Baruch’s numerous descendants will live, prosper, and populate Greater Israel, the entire Earth and the worlds beyond it. Unlike you, who will die from an overdose, in a big, “fun,” naked, race-ambiguous man-pile, somewhere in the projects of Bronx. Leaving your only “child,” your dog, an orphan.
“these organizations are heavily staffed by secular Ashkenazim and those Mizrahim who have assimilated into their values.”
I have just read a draft novel that’s a farce about Foggy Bottom with the exact same phrasing except;
‘these organizations are heavily staffed by secular WASPS (meaning Ivy League Ascendancy) and those _____ (white ethnics, Minorities) who have assimilated into their values.’
I mean exactly. The common threads; Ivy League and money.
Of course you probably understand that and who was what in Transoxnia but it’s difficult to explain to outsiders, including most Americans.
"Parenthetically, I doubt the war will result in regime change in Iran." And who says regime change would be for the better? All sorts of pitfalls in that "regime change" theory - too tedious to go into here. Israel (and the world) might be better off with a castrated mullahocrazy. It's not ideal but it works for me.
"I guess that we could also surrender to them and move to Poland, but see above, and also within a decade they would follow us there, fleeing from their own squalor and dysfunction."
Well this hit close to home. My family theatrically escapes Iranian Shia theocrats by crossing multiple desserts and landing in NYC. A Shia theocrat is now slated to become the next mayor of NYC. (Screams).
Don't worry, Jon. Mamdani is a typical South Asian fraudster. He will do and say whatever he thinks he needs to do and say to obtain power and influence. He will eventually fly too close to the sun, and like his co-ethnic Ramaswamy, his wings will surely melt. It is only a question of how much damage he can do as a stooge of the red-green alliance until that point.
This is so true.
Sir Jon,
On the particular matter of NYC; Manhattan has been systematically
de-industrialized and depopulated for a century, this isn’t new.
Simply put; the port and industry and people are driven off, Manhattan corporate estates, like Windsor Castle only servants and (eww) tourists. Don’t feel bad, the same thing happened in ancient Rome FFS.
The American cities economic case is gone anyway, take the hint and run. PS welcome to the world of American “White Ethnics.” Lol.
You really wanna stay? Ok. Join the NYPD, and… no I am not kidding… The Hibernian ☘️ Society.
Black People already did.
See we ☘️ really DON’T discriminate.
The NYPD doesn’t have to put up with the same nonsense other places do, cuz they already went through the Progressive (Puritan) purges. More importantly the Eleets did too… it’s always Sundown in NYC unless you’re with the system. Meaning GTFO … unless…
lol 😝
Really good piece. I always much appreciate the ‘cynical, realistic rightoid’ view from inside societies I don’t know a lot about.
This is by far the best post you have written. The task for Israel is to decouple from the US. The next war is drone war, and Israel is capable of drone warfare on its own.
you need, among other things, large & fast drones which are not that different from manned fighter jets; the US is working on this. this is not easy to make, though I agree 100% that we must decouple from the US. I would think that the first thing to do is to make our own bombs and guidance kits, enough to not need US imports, and to be able to maintain our fleet without parts from the US
I believe in fractional autonomy. The Talmud has the concept of a partial slave, i.e., purchased in partnership by two parties, one of which then manumits its interest.
There are many things which are difficult to make without economies of scale. That kind of presupposes that either we buy them or make enough of them to sell en masse. The Israeli failure to invest in hardware production has been pointed out many times, most eloquently by Steph Wertheimer.
I would suggest that the best place to start is on the bottom of the food chain, producing components and systems which are relatively simple and using them as the basis of an ecosystem.
There would have to be some regulatory buy-in; for instance, our drone regulations are a knockoff of the stifling FAA regs, which more or less kills opportunities for researching/testing swarms/AI-powered solutions without a huge investment in paperwork. Contrast to the situation in China.
Even the US, with a destroyed industrial base, finds it difficult to produce the massive amounts of ammunition required.
Gee, here's hoping you and your family are killed. Oh wait, you're chosen, sorry.
Antisemites having a normal one as usual
Right back at ya. You just keep the cycle going!
Au contraire, Baruch’s numerous descendants will live, prosper, and populate Greater Israel, the entire Earth and the worlds beyond it. Unlike you, who will die from an overdose, in a big, “fun,” naked, race-ambiguous man-pile, somewhere in the projects of Bronx. Leaving your only “child,” your dog, an orphan.
Antisemites having a normal one as usual
“these organizations are heavily staffed by secular Ashkenazim and those Mizrahim who have assimilated into their values.”
I have just read a draft novel that’s a farce about Foggy Bottom with the exact same phrasing except;
‘these organizations are heavily staffed by secular WASPS (meaning Ivy League Ascendancy) and those _____ (white ethnics, Minorities) who have assimilated into their values.’
I mean exactly. The common threads; Ivy League and money.
Of course you probably understand that and who was what in Transoxnia but it’s difficult to explain to outsiders, including most Americans.
"Parenthetically, I doubt the war will result in regime change in Iran." And who says regime change would be for the better? All sorts of pitfalls in that "regime change" theory - too tedious to go into here. Israel (and the world) might be better off with a castrated mullahocrazy. It's not ideal but it works for me.