This week was tough. I had dinner with my intelligent friends from European countries, people who have spent half their lives working within the United Nations. We were having a good time until the conversation turned to Donald Trump and Iran. Everyone, without exception, spoke badly of Trump: that he causes problems for everyone, that war is terrible, that it is illegal, and so on.
I stayed silent. When everyone finally became quiet, I asked only one question: who is actually going to collect and remove those more than 400 kilograms of uranium?
My French friend said: Trump is no better than the regime. On top of that, he has started an illegal war, and many countries have nuclear power plants why shouldn’t Iran have them too?
I exploded inside, but I remained silent at first. When I finally broke my silence, I said: was it illegal when the United States helped the French during the Second World War? Was it unnecessary?
Then silence returned.
I kept thinking about how to express everything happening inside me; how to explain the regime to a European-someone surrounded by left-wing ideology, enclosed within indirect forms of censorship, and always ready to say that war is terrible, yet surprised when I say many Iranians wanted it.
How do you explain to people who live in safety that some nations sometimes see outside pressure as the only remaining path when every internal path has been closed? How do you explain that they do not even speak in geopolitical terms, but judge only from a position of moral comfort, while others are speaking about survival?
Europeans who, despite democracy and free internet, still do not know what happened in Iran on January 8–9. Europeans who believe every conflict can be understood through the same moral template. Europeans who condemn all violence in theory, but have never had to live under a Islamic system where violence is part of everyday life.
And I sat there with the feeling that the distance between our realities was greater than the table around which we were sitting…
🚨 BREAKING: US Treasury just sanctioned a Vancouver company (Seven Seas / 1380892 B.C. LTD) for laundering $100M+ to Hezbollah terrorists.
Canada’s government? Foreign Affairs Minister, PM?
Dead silence. Anita literally sprints past reporters asking about it.
Why is our country a safe haven for terror financing while our leaders cover their ears?
National security isn’t optional. This is dangerous.
Retweet if you want ANSWERS.
今天发售的新书《The Book of Elon》,作者Eric Jorgenson花费5年时间,投入几千个小时研究Musk,整理了Musk的推文、演讲、采访等,将其思想精髓浓缩成这本书。都是Musk的原话。很值得读。
(之前的那本《纳瓦尔宝典》就是他编写的。)
信息源如下:
1.采访:顶尖商业传记播客《Founders Podcast》今天刚发布的采访Eric Jorgenson的视频,时长1小时50分钟:https://t.co/a3ffeXutx0
2.上面采访的中文转录音频版,见小宇宙:跨国串门儿计划今天发的这集:https://t.co/FCOtsuutPD
3.The Book of Elon,英文电子版,在amazon、咸鱼上有。英文语音版,在Audible上有,我花了十几美金买了。