Socratic Sam

[Dries Van Langenhove @DVanLangenhove]

A very sad announcement.

I have just been convicted a second time for 'hate speech' and it is only due to a technicality that I could not immediately be sent to jail —to the judge's frustration.

In an ironic turn of events it's actually thanks to my previous prison sentence (for memes in a private group chat) that I am now still free —in a physical sense, at least.

Call me naive but I didn't think they would take it this far, given that this precedent criminalises many of the arguments used by even the most moderate politicians critical of mass migration.

In February 2024 I gave a lecture at Catholic University Leuven wherein I linked mass migration to crime and a deterioration of our quality of life. Every single point I made was 100% the truth and based on scientific evidence.

Cynically, even the judge that convicted me admits as much by writing in his verdict: “Even if all of the statements made by Van Langenhove are based on scientific evidence and statistics, it makes no difference to the criminal intent. Van Langenhove is not charged with spreading false information. He is charged with presenting facts in a way that incites hatred against persons on the grounds of one or more of the protected criteria in the Anti-Racism Law.”

That's a lot of words just to say he wants to send me to prison for speaking the truth.

Even the regime media write: "It did not matter to the court that Van Langenhove was quoting scientific sources. The judge argued that Van Langenhove's main message was that a big part of the societal problems like insecurity, housing shortages and lowering educational standards are due to mass migration."

You may think the regime media are being sympathetic to me in the first sentence, but in reality they are warning people: even if you speak the truth, if you go against our narrative, we will crush you in every way possible.

Both the public prosecutor and the judge did not present a single real argument as to how or against whom I would have incited hatred. So even if I would accept their crazy, dystopic law, I still did not break it.

The only argument they present is that I created a "hostile atmosphere of us versus them” in regards to migrants. But even this silly argument (which is not even a punishable offence) is not true. To me, the deadly disease is self-hatred and one of its worst symptoms is replacement migration. My enemy is thus NOT the migrants themselves but those orchestrating the mass migration.

Sadly, in Belgium, evidence is not needed and ‘vibes’ are enough to put someone in jail.

Given the fact that I have another court case coming up in September and that I have a dozen active criminal investigations for hate speech, time is running out for me. I have already paid more than €420,000 in legal fees and there is no ending in sight. I have been in an intense battle of attrition for eight years and must now regroup to make sure I can still win.

If you want to help me, you can do so via the links below. If you can help in other ways, please contact me via DM.

If you live in a country that still has free speech, never let them touch it, however noble they make the motives sound, because this is where it leads to.

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Gilles, je vais démonter ta prémisse de départ, parce que tout le reste de ton argument s'effondre avec elle.

Tu pars du principe qu'il faut une « sensibilité de gauche » pour ne pas laisser créver les gens de faim. C'est l'inverse total de ce que dit l'histoire économique des 50 dernières années.

Les chiffres bruts.

1990 : 2,3 milliards de personnes en pauvreté extrême. 38% de l'humanité.
2025 : 831 millions. Environ 10%.

1,5 milliard d'êtres humains sortis de la misère absolue en 35 ans. La plus grande réduction de souffrance humaine de toute l'histoire de l'espèce.

Qui a fait ça ?

Pas l'aide internationale. Pas les ONG. Pas les programmes de redistribution. Pas la « sensibilité de gauche ».

Le marché. L'ouverture commerciale. La Chine de Deng en 1978 qui abandonne le maoisme. L'Inde en 1991 qui libéralise. Le Vietnam, l'Indonésie, le Bangladesh qui s'ouvrent au capitalisme.

Les seuls endroits où l'extrême pauvreté a EXPLOSÉ sur la même période ? Le Vénézuela socialiste : de 27% de pauvres en 2008 à plus de 80% en 2018, avec une inflation de 130 000% et un Vénézuélien moyen qui a perdu 11 kilos par dénutrition. La Corée du Nord. Cuba. Le Zimbabwe de Mugabe.

La gauche ne nourrit pas les pauvres. Elle les fabrique.

Le capitalisme produit tellement de richesse que même ses « perdants » américains vivent mieux que la classe moyenne soviétique. Un pauvre US a un frigo, une voiture, un téléphone, l'air conditionné, internet. Un pauvre cubain attend du riz.

Ton argument selon lequel « le social aux USA est un désastre » repète une légende française. La réalité : le PIB par habitant américain est de 80 000$. Français : 45 000$. Un Mississippien — l'État US le plus pauvre — a un revenu médian supérieur au Français moyen.

La vérité que la gauche française refuse de regarder : dans un système libéral, il y a plus de richesse créée, plus largement distribuée, et beaucoup moins de pauvres. Partout. Sans exception. Sur toutes les périodes mesurées.

ÊTRE de gauche en 2026 face à ces données, ce n'est pas avoir de la « sensibilité ». C'est ignorer 35 ans de preuves accablantes. C'est préférer la posture morale au résultat.

La compassion sans résultats, ça s'appelle de la vanité.

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

@elonmusk Two autists walk into a bar… good lord you two are low EQ and bitter. This is an absurd point of view. Bad introspection exists. Little to no introspection is a sure-fire recipe for the unhappy to remain unhappy. The chronically stressed to remain so. You. Are. Fools.

[Matthias Schmidt @eurofounder]

Insane things happening today at a tech conference in Brussels

A young 54 yo founder took the stage

He showed something called "artificial intelligence"

He typed a question into a machine and it answered back in full sentences

The room gasped, I felt like I was watching the moon landing

Suddenly a French venture capitalist stood up and said "I will fund this"

He offered a €100k for 65% of the company

They shook hands on stage

The conference ended early because the venue's Wi-Fi license expired at 3pm

But in those 3 hours I saw the future

We are so far ahead of America it's not even funny

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

@TEDchris Building a company to teach kids brilliance, resilience and character for this reason. Love this

[Aella @Aella_Girl]

As a kid, I read history stories of people who survived famines, or died from yellow fever, or celebrated being able to eat something with sugar at Christmas. I felt so grateful for the prosperity I had - a warm bed at night, sweets, medicine. I'd learned about basic economics - supply and demand, and surplus value, and gains from trade, and it was exceedingly obvious that these things were what allowed me to enjoy such prosperity.

You would not think my childhood home was prosperous by today's standards. My family sometimes were stuck between paying for food or gas; I remember one Christmas my mom put lights on a potted plant because we couldn't afford a tree (~$30 at the time).

I'm glad, as a child, I was exposed to education about economics and a close understanding of what living standards were in centuries past. If I'd instead been comparing my life to people with more money than us, I would have maybe been angry instead, or viewed prosperity as something stolen instead of shared.

I think wealth is good. Industry and trade has lifted so much of the globe out of poverty, and will continue to do so if it's not stifled. Sustainable luxury is created, not stolen! Thousands of years ago we lived in mud huts, and now we live in incredible houses with transparent squares in our walls that let in light, and energy that pours out of the walls and water that washes away your shit. This luxury is not a static resource, it was something that emerged, over time, from trade with each other. Prosperity is not zero sum!

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

@BillAckman @elonmusk Cutting US Aid will lead to millions of deaths. I’m not sure his scale is tilted so positively. Maybe evens out? Big mistakes this past year.

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

Such a catastrophe. @elonmusk you went too fast and broke too much. As a Bay Area tech founder I admired you for a long time — but you fucked up here. Big. https://t.co/gDQ8gyv8WB

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

@bnj @variantui I need this software now now. Please 🙂

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

@SecScottBessent I admired so much of your work. Then you backed Trump on taking Greenland by threat and potential force.

Betrayal of a true friend and ally, one who has bled for America, is the worst moral failure. Reconsider.

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

Bessent: I loved everything you’ve done until your position on Greenland. The economic benefits cannot overshadow sovereignty of a true ally and friend.

Betrayal is the worst moral failure. Please reconsider.

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

Trump: your amazing legacy can all go up in smoke because of Greenland. These are our allies; they’ve fought with us, worked with us, been there for us. Do not betray a friend. It is the worsg kind of moral failure.

[Hayley X 😉 @tindale_hayley]

The aurora borealis over Nuuk Greenland …

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

@chamath I just had a bypass surgery. 42,YO entrepreneur with low calcium score. He speaks the truth

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

@elonmusk Stop assuming fraud — think first. USAid also had fraud, but your arrogance also killed legit programs that save lives.

Your reactionism is your worst trait.

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

@garrytan This is a well-known parenting principle based on decades of research.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

"It's easier to win an argument with a genius than an idiot."

— Gurwinder Bhogal

[Socratic Sam @socraticsam]

@JDVance I do think his employer audit program was incredibly effective. Could you copy that?

[Dan Vahdat @danvahdat]

They killed my cousin. 🖤

Fight, fight, fight…