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Endeavour is joined by Morgoth, Frodi Midjord, and Wilhem Ivorsson to give some new perspectives on the Iran War.
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This was a fascinating discussion on the Iranian conflict, particularly regarding the internal stability of the regional players involved. One point that stuck with me was the mention of how non-traditional financial nodes are being used to circumvent broader economic pressures during wartime. In light of the talk about “Black Economies” in the other articles here, has anyone looked into how these entities might be leveraging localized, high-turnover digital markets in Latin America to move capital? I was recently analyzing some data on GuiadeMegapuestacolumbia.com which breaks down the 2026 regulatory shift in Colombian digital auditing—could these types of regulated local ‘fiat-only’ hubs actually serve as unintended models for the kind of insulated domestic economies the speakers were suggesting for Iran?
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There is an indispensable minimum of elite support without which the people are not really free to act in the face of the united hostility of all the institutions. We do not have it. There is no elite support even for super-majority positions like opposition to the war of aggression against Iran.
Charlottesville mattered but globally the great covid lockdowns mattered much more. We were locked down and made prisoners in our homes. It was proved to us, very bitterly, that the right to petition for the redress of grievances does not really exist, that neither the courts nor any other elite institutions care about the supposed rules of our “civic religion,” and that protesting exposes us to high personal costs and risks while doing no good.
This sufficiently explains the lack of a visible peace movement.
The implication is that we shouldn’t be dismayed by the lack of such a movement. It does not mean that the enemy has a mass base even of passive support. It only means that our illegitimate, antiwhite, pro-Jewish enemies have force, for now.
Re: Shouting match between Marco Rubio and Kaja Kallas.
As far as I know, there was no shouting match between Kallas and Rubio, but there was friction. One news source described the interaction as follows:
“A year has passed, and Russia has not moved,” Kallas told Rubio, according to sources. “When will your patience run out?”
“We are doing everything we can to end the war. If you think you can do it better, please. We will step aside,” Rubio retorted, raising his voice.
At the Munich Security Conference back in February this year, Kallas, responding to criticism from the Trump administration, said “Contrary to what some may say, woke, decadent Europe is not facing civilizational erasure.” This bullshit comment is so typical of European politicians, it’s pathetic. Many of these same European elites strongly prefer the Democrat party in the USA, an attitude which strongly alienates many traditional legacy Americans. Yes, Trump is arrogant, and so are many super-liberal, super-globalist European politicians. They deserve Trump. And they deserve a huge right-wing backlash from their own public. Hate Trump all you like, but don’t pretend that the European power elite are victims of all this.
Good discussion
People are comparing this potential oil shock to the OPEC crisis in the 1970s, but it’s potentially a lot worse due to the agricultural factor. Agriculture is so much more dependent on natural gas and fertilizers now, back in the 1970s the green revolution (modern dwarf variants on cereal crops + fertilizer + pesticides) hadn’t really been entrenched properly across the globe, so when the oil shock hit, it didn’t really cause famine. That’s not to mention that the Soviet Union was bailing out Europe with gas exports during the 1970s, serving as a lifeline. Russia is now actively hostile and has a much more leaner state than the bloated mess that Brezhnev ran, Putin can keep the tap off, or at least relatively closed. There’s the potential for actual food insecurity here as wealthier nations outbid poorer countries for natural gas and oil.
I hate to think what prolonged energy shortage could do to a country like India or Pakistan, the Subcontinent having a population of 2 billion and losing access to sufficient fertilizer would be a cascading catastrophe. Sri Lanka faced major instability just a few years ago after they banned fertilizer imports. They faced a 32-50% decline in agricultural yields in 2022 and became reliant on grain imports from abroad.
After this is over, there will also be a similar political push to autarky to the one that took place during the 1970s. This is somewhat forgotten history because those investments got wiped out by the 1980s oil glut (which was ironically caused by these same massive investments), and it tanked a lot of the governments that pushed them. Oil markets really don’t like any price volatility, up or down, as the relative inelasticity of supply and demand combined with the massive capital and time required to get rigs online make the industry naturally sensitive to any fluctuation.
But it’s all come full circle. The first OPEC crisis happened right when ZOG finally got control of America, and the US for the first time directly bailed Israel out during the Yom Kippur war. Now fifty years later, we’re facing another oil crisis as the Israel lobby reaches its twilight years and goes for one last hurrah. It rhymes.
This was great. CC should do these panel discussions more often, not just on the odd week Greg and David aren’t there (of course I enjoy those streams equally as much)
The idea that this will cause the Right in Europe to lose is utter nonsense. The European Right is only increasing in the polls. The fact of the matter is, most European voters don’t care what happens in the US.
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