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Idiots Seeking Village

Idiots Seeking Village

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 Do you ever wonder what you would have done during some unprecedented world event? You’re doing it right now. Too often we find ourselves feeling crushed because we can't stop seeing the obvious bullshit. Endless wars, people dying because they can't afford insulin, literally cooking the planet for quarterly profits; there's a trillion-dollar industry specifically designed to leave us feeling this way. If you are here, remember this. It isn't working on you. Being challenged makes us uncomfortable. Being uncomfortable makes us uncertain. Uncertainty allows for discomfort which in turns allows you to start to manifest something worthwhile. Discomfort can be insightful, instructive, and invite you to think differently about the world around you. The fundamental truth of the world is that it is something we made. We could just as easily make it differently using intellectual curiosity, self awareness, and empathy as forms of resistance. And that resistance is proof that the system is brittle. The machinery of distraction exists because your natural human response to suffering is empathy. And empathy, it turns out, is bad for those in power. Every time you refuse to look away, every small act of giving a damn when you're supposed to be numb, you're pushing the lines forward. Your discomfort isn't weakness. It's the frontier of something better trying to break through. It's your mind refusing to accept that this broken world is all that's possible. Deep down we know something better exists. The present is ugly, the future unwritten. Here we’re focused on telling the stories of the world around us. Understanding why and how the world was made, so we can start to resist and think differently, to create a better world for ourselves and those who come after us.Copyright 2026 Village Idiots Media 世界 政治・政府 社会科学
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  • Iran So Far Away

    Iran So Far Away
    2026/03/03

    Rich and Adam discuss the history of Iran, Israel and the Middle East to put context to the recent air strikes this past weekend and to try and understand what the end goal is for Trump, Netanyahu, and Co.

    [00:40] The Writers of our Simulation Love Soap Operas

    [02:45] Early Modern Iran, Fallen Empire Under Great Power Pressure

    [04:58] Pahlavi Dynasty Founded, Modernization of Iran

    [06:58] 1941 Invasion and Abdication

    [09:28] Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi and a New Postwar Parliamentary Iran

    [10:43] Mossadegh and the Oil Nationalization Showdown

    [13:30] CIA-MI6 Coup and the Shah’s Shift back to Autocracy

    [15:49] SAVAK and the Police State

    [17:45] Shah’s Decline and Backlash

    [19:53] Israel and Early Iranian Ties

    [22:08] Israel and Iran: Twin Pillars of US Middle East Policy

    [22:49] The CIA, Mossad, and SAVAK: Blowback

    [23:33] Yom Kippur War, OPEC, and the Peak of Iranian-Israeli Cooperation

    [26:32] Revolution Turns Tables

    [27:47] Israel, Iran Contra and Proxy Wars

    [28:57] Pan Islamism vs Periphery Doctrine

    [30:46] Modern Day: Trump Strike Scenarios

    [35:20] Running Out of Ammo: What Does That Mean For Regime Change

    [38:47] What Winning Looks Like

    [41:38] Sign Off and Credits
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    43 分
  • State of the Union 2026, Sadly Not Another Erfurt Latrine Disaster

    State of the Union 2026, Sadly Not Another Erfurt Latrine Disaster
    2026/02/25

    Confirming this is the bad place, the collective SOTU attendees at the Capitol did not fall through the floor into a cesspool. Join Rich and Adam in a watch party-style viewing.
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    1 時間 40 分
  • Election integrity is the biggest lie you're being sold right now

    Election integrity is the biggest lie you're being sold right now
    2026/02/17

    Happy Lupercalia! Like downing a box of Rid-X, we could use the ancient Roman festival of purification right about now.

    Rich and Adam take a look at the latest in federal election takeover in real time, starting with the DOJ's demand for Minnesota to turn over its voter rolls as a pre-requisite to withdrawing ICE from Minneapolis. Nationwide, election after election, we find little to no voter fraud regardless of the winning party. Regardless, the Trump administration is building a modern-day voter suppression infrastructure with the SAVE Act building on Crosscheck's legacy in the earlier part of the century.
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    47 分
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