An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇
"As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external. On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions.
Decades of economic mismanagement, suppression of dissent, and brutal ideological control have alienated multiple generations. No one believes in reform anymore—because every attempt has either been co-opted or crushed. But here's the paradox: We are also terrified of regime collapse—because we've watched the aftermath of Western intervention in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. Each was promised freedom; each descended into chaos, civil war, or foreign occupation.
So no, we don't trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime—but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East.
Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse.
A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree. We are cautious because we’ve learned—too well—what happens when superpowers decide to "help." In a sentence: Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more."
BREAKING: MAGA in full meltdown mode over this Super Bowl ad 😡
It would be a shame if you shared it and it went Viral 💙💙💙
Drop a 💙 for the bravery of Epstein survivors!
@farrmacro I wrestled with this at first, until it dawned on me that this applies to every currency. As Yuval Harari says we value stories. The more believers, the more powerful the story is. The dollar has a lot of believers. BTC still has many. Until the last one dies. Or gives up.
@saylor@grok could you be so kind as to update this graph with numbers at todays price. For the calculation you will simply compound the performance of each asset with its evolution since the time of the post
@AlecStapp hey @Grok@SuperGrok any chance you can make a similar graph for the USA exclusively and then for Europe or any other Western country you can find the data for
So... SBF is doing 25y for losing $8B of funds and engaging in weird polyamory parties among consenting adults.
His early stake in Anthropic would now be worth $25B and meanwhile actual billionaires child rapists aren't even brought in for questioning ?
“The reaction to the shooting is as egregious as the shooting itself in a way”. A sober and level headed assessment of the situation and not just the shooting
New video of ICE shooting: this is all you need to see. Once you see it, no matter your judgment about the shooting itself, how can this 37-year-old mother be so widely condemned as a radicalized psycho? I know the answer: