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https://defenderofbasic.github.io/luigi-mangione-storyline/manifesto.html

His manifesto:

These are not my word's but somebody else's testimony.

When did everyone suddenly become an eat the rich Maoist type? ''Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.'' -- Mao Zedong

Condemning The UnitedHealth CEO Assassination.

My Grandfather, on the Russian side of my family, actually worked in Syria as an aircraft engineer under the presidency of Hafez Al-Assad. The Soviet Union and Ba’athist Syria were huge allies and so the Soviet Union actually stationed engineers in Syria. He would be devastated by these recent developments. He loved Palmyra (city in Syria), worked in Homs (another city), and had huge respect for the Assad family.

The Truth About Syria.

The identity of the man who killed the CEO has been revealed. Meet University of Pennsylvania graduate, 26 year old Luigi Mangione.

@integration journey I'm not saying Syrians are Salafi-Jihadists, Qutbists, or Wahhabi's. BUT, what I am saying is that most Syrians are of a traditional value system and more align with Spiral Dynamics integral stage blue value system, whereas Assad was much more stage red. Thus, they will have a stage blue system of Government. https://www.actualized.org/articles/spiral-dynamics-stage-blue https://deep-psychology.com/spiral-dynamics-stage-blue-in-a-nutshell/

Don Beck actually pointed this out, that the civil war and refugee situation forced a lot of people into the first tier Beige vMeme, as people had resorted to drinking rainwater to survive. A lot of the vMeme progress was destroyed in the civil war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Israeli_invasion_of_Syria But is this the real reason for the invasion, or is there a more sinister reason?

To answer this question, of what type of Government comes next, I asked this question to ChatGPT: According to Don Edward Beck, what Spiral Dynamics Integral vMeme was Syria under Assad? Here was the answer by ChatGPT: Don Edward Beck, co-creator of the Spiral Dynamics model, did not publicly assign a specific vMeme to Syria under Bashar al-Assad's regime. However, based on the characteristics of the regime, it can be inferred that it aligns with the Red vMeme. The Red vMeme is characterized by authoritarian power structures, dominance, and a focus on control, which are evident in Assad's governance. This vMeme reflects a worldview centered on power and coercion, often leading to oppressive and dictatorial regimes. If the rebels overthrow a Red vMeme Government and replace it with a Blue vMeme Islamist Government, then from a Spiral Dynamics POV, this makes total sense. Too much of Syria is too religious and too conservative, that's how ISIS was able to spread so rapidly, and why Al-Nusra was so popular. Most of the Syrian rebels are Islamists and Salafist Jihadists, not secular democrats. We can try to forcefully impose a Orange vMeme style pluralist liberal democracy, identical to that in Europe, but do the Syrian people want that? Will the Muslims be okay with living under a kafir (disbeliever) satanic liberal democracy that doesn't even talk about God, and has the nerve to not teach God in schools? The value systems of most Syrians is less aligned with Europe, and more aligned with Afghanistan/Taliban, Iran, and Pakistan. Also consider how Syria just overthrew Red, Blue comes after Red, and Blue is desperately need to unify societies and enforce a harsh black and white morality to quell Red's unhinged impulses. Just look at this list below. Most of the forces involved with the Rebels were Islamist groups, not secular democrats. Edit: CNN interview with Al-Julani, where he explicitly mentions wanting Islamic rule at the 5:00 minute mark

What does this mean? Are you in a militia? Leadership position?

@Leo Gura If you’re confused about what comes next, we worked on a thread containing dozens of Wikipedia links about the rebels, what they want and what is their ideology.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Mohammad_al-Julani

Exactly my thoughts. Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham used to be part of Al-Qaeda. The rebels are more aligned with Al-Qaeda ideologically.

I posed this question to ChatGPT What are all the epistemic problems of abrahamic religions? ChatGPT's answer: Epistemic problems of Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) typically involve questions of how knowledge is acquired, justified, and understood within their frameworks. These issues are philosophical in nature and not unique to Abrahamic faiths but are highlighted in discussions of their doctrines, scriptures, and traditions. Here's an overview of key epistemic challenges: 1. Reliance on Revelation Problem: Abrahamic religions often claim that divine revelation is a primary source of truth. This raises questions about how one can verify the authenticity of such revelations and distinguish them from human invention or misinterpretation. Challenge: What criteria can determine the validity of divine revelations, especially when different religions or sects offer conflicting revelations? 2. Subjectivity of Faith Problem: Faith is often emphasized as a means of knowing religious truths, but faith is inherently subjective and varies widely between individuals and cultures. Challenge: How can faith provide reliable knowledge if it lacks a universal, objective basis? 3. Interpretation of Sacred Texts Problem: Scriptures are open to multiple interpretations. Disputes arise over what constitutes the "correct" interpretation. Challenge: Who has the authority to interpret scriptures definitively, and how can one avoid confirmation bias or cultural influence in interpretation? 4. Historical Reliability Problem: Many foundational claims in Abrahamic religions (e.g., miracles, prophetic events) rely on historical accounts that are difficult to verify with modern historical methods. Challenge: How can one differentiate historical fact from myth or legend in ancient texts, especially when corroborating evidence is lacking? 5. Problem of Religious Pluralism Problem: Each Abrahamic religion claims exclusive access to certain truths, but they often contradict one another. Challenge: How can one justify the epistemic privileging of one religion's truth claims over another's, especially when all rely on similar epistemic methods (e.g., revelation, scripture)? 6. Circular Reasoning Problem: Some arguments for the truth of a religion rely on circular reasoning, such as using scripture to prove the validity of scripture. Challenge: How can one avoid circular reasoning and provide independent verification of religious claims? 7. The Problem of Non-Belief Problem: If God desires that people know and follow Him, why do many remain unaware or unconvinced by religious truths? Challenge: How do epistemic frameworks within these religions address the existence of sincere non-believers and the diversity of belief systems? 8. Miracles and Supernatural Claims Problem: Miracles and supernatural events are central to many religious claims, but these are often unverifiable or go against established scientific understanding. Challenge: How can one evaluate the epistemic credibility of miraculous claims without undermining natural laws or resorting to special pleading? 9. Epistemic Exclusivity Problem: Abrahamic religions often claim epistemic exclusivity—that their path to truth is the only valid one. Challenge: How can exclusivist claims be reconciled with the possibility of multiple valid ways of understanding reality? 10. Epistemic Role of Tradition Problem: Religious traditions often play a significant role in shaping beliefs, but traditions are human constructs influenced by historical and cultural factors. Challenge: How can one differentiate divinely inspired truths from human-made traditions within a religion? 11. Testability and Falsifiability Problem: Religious claims are often unfalsifiable or not easily subjected to empirical testing. Challenge: How does one epistemically justify belief in claims that cannot be tested or potentially disproven? 12. Problem of Divine Hiddenness Problem: If God exists and wants to be known, why is evidence for God's existence and will not universally clear and compelling? Challenge: How do religious frameworks address the seeming lack of epistemic access to God for all people? 13. Ethical-Epistemic Tensions Problem: Certain ethical teachings in scripture may conflict with modern moral intuitions or scientific understanding. Challenge: How should believers reconcile apparent epistemic conflicts between ethical norms derived from revelation and contemporary ethical reasoning? 14. Dependence on Testimony Problem: Much of religious knowledge depends on the testimony of prophets, religious authorities, or historical communities. Challenge: How reliable is testimony as an epistemic source, particularly when it comes to extraordinary claims?

The axis of resistance is beginning to fall. The HTS is an opponent of Hezbollah. This victory means Iran can’t transport weapons to Lebanon from Syria, who in turn can’t transport weapons to Hamas.

HTS is an explicitly Sunni Islamist organization and the SSG already rules the parts it controls as an Islamic State. I doubt Julani won’t just change his mind or isn’t lying. He was a former Al-Qaeda operator, and overnight just turns into a liberal Democrat? No. At best it will be something like Pakistan, where there will be some democracy, but the official religion will be Islam. And at worse it will become an Islamic emirate like Afghanistan.

We discussed this in another thread, but mostly likely some sort of Islamist government. The Syrian rebels did not consist of Democrats. Their leader, Abu Mohammad al-Julani was a former ISIS, Al-Nusra, and Al-Qaeda operator. Assad was resented largely for his secularism. So to answer the question of what comes next, most likely an Islamic society similar to that in Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Iran.

I can’t believe that vermin such as John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and their vile ilk came out victorious in the geopolitical chess game that was the Syrian Civil War.

On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian Opposition groups called the Military Operations Command led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched an offensive against the pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces in Aleppo and Idlib Governorates in Syria. The offensive was called Deterrence of Aggression by HTS and launched in retaliation for the increased SAA shelling of civilians in the Western Aleppo countryside. The offensive is the first time opposition forces launched an attack since the March 2020 Idlib ceasefire. Other groups involved include; The Sham Legion, Northern Storm Brigade, Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement, led by The Syrian National Army, as well as The Syrian Salvation Government. Green indicates territory controlled by the Rebels. As of now, the rebels have captured five districts in Aleppo city. Aleppo has a total of eight districts and this conflict (as of writing this) is less than twenty-four hours old. Massive Edit & Update: Syrian opposition have captured all of Aleppo. Government forces have fled. Aleppo has fallen.

War Update: Homs has fallen

All politicians are selfish, corrupt, and self-biased to some extent. You will never find a politician who is completely relieved of any self-bias and ego, its a spectrum, to what degree are they corrupt and self-biased. And the degree matters very much. Progressive Social-Democrats are significantly less self-biased and egoic than centrist-liberals, who are in turn less egoic and biased than Conservatives, who are less self-biased and egoic than far-right populist nationalists. But just to become the President of the United States requires immense amount of bias, to America, its culture, its Liberal values and founding philosophy, etc... And to prefer this over other countries and their values.