Oddbean

Rest in peace, Ebrahim Raisi. Persia weeps. Western news using this opportunity to tell people how evil they thought he was, without even waiting a day, sickens me. Iran will rise up stronger, more powerful, and more determined to work towards peace and justice in this world full of evil.

Rule #1: Always respect other people, no matter how much you disagree with them. Hate only puts you on the low ground, weakening your thinking, lessening how others see you. Rule #2: When somebody dies, do not say anything bad about them on that day. Wait a few days for people to mourn and adjust to the news in their own way. Rule #3: When you praise someone, do it aspirationally. Praise them for being what you want them to be (greater than they are). They will like that you see them this way, but also they will work hard to hide the fact that they aren't actually that good... by actually getting that good. It works like magic. It's my only truly effective management skill. Probably doesn't work on a nation-level though. I'm sick of the outrage, the hatred (including my own) and the despair it leads to. I think aiming to be a better person is the path out of that. I will not address negative comments in this thread for a day or two, or maybe ever.

whether Iran is a force for good or Evil is probably subjective. their human rights record is trash but they are / were one of the only counter-balancing forces to the Great Satan and the Little Satan ( US and Israel ). I would love for Iran to wipe Israel off the face of the earth but they are sadly too weak for that. If they won't destroy Israel, then do they have any legitimate role to play except oppressing women and homosexuals ? It was wrong for you to speak on behalf of people of Iran. I never speak on behalf of people of Ukraine even though i am from Ukraine. I never speak on behalf of Americans. I never speak on behalf of Jews or White people. I do not represent anybody but myself. In fact if you are representative of any nation then you can't possibly be as intelligent as me because true philosophers like myself always stand alone. i agree that when judging others we should treat them not as a numeric value, but as a range of potential values from their worst to their best. if you judge somebody by the lowest end of their range you're being bitter and lowering yourself more than them. that said the range is finite. if somebody says George St. Fentanyl Floyd could have been an Astronaut they are making things awkward for everybody.

Not "Western news", Mike Iranians living in Iran Who have been starved, stolen from on a massive scale, tortured, imprisoned and murdered by the regime They're not weeping Does this sicken you too? nostr:nevent1qqsdxdydxw7dh95s5c0tcp9kq36glne4f7munelkgm7nmx9p49qktfqpr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vp39eukz6mfdphkumn99e3k7mgzyrq85t4y3dn485g662wky2f9edyt4dy23uuwj48gttkyd9f6qaf2yqcyqqqqqqgpl4qrp

Mike claims to speak for Persians Persians: nostr:nevent1qqsf6l7pkptennw6axxpema9azag8y3x969xv6033aaztrg2h4zqajspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsygyrkzdsv548m5dav04p8up65upmv5c7vky8x3vcflqukgv9hnr5svpsgqqqqqqsu6zwxx

Are Persian bitcoiners weeping, Mike? nostr:nevent1qqszkf0z5lwnl2zs64gzlsjyjd6wnt9etufnn4gy7xgazzlk2vtyrhgpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsygpp850g6nd2r6rljpj3er4me5g59pxl0qntj8uctm7ng86h2fnx75psgqqqqqqswlflwc

Not at all. The people of Iran are very happy about this incident. He had signed many death sentences after the 1979 revolution. Of course, the most important mullahs are still alive and continue to commit crimes.

https://image.nostr.build/33f461dc1b0bfe2d0e1be06f0d3ca4bf39cd17193b9769fc08751ff2cc0a4524.jpg The Iranian regime executes people who protest for individualism, equality, liberty, justice and life nostr:nevent1qqs2elcjptrhrksq0s9wm9nam4err8429k2jrkqhzwevns95qm8a99gpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsygq674y4tymtaqz0j5qsv3l2ttd9ca38ah0swd98lqfmhg8rrmkevqpsgqqqqqqsquzuxx

Who are "they"? These political dissidents can't say anything anymore https://image.nostr.build/6ce120eae514169bd1e8a5154b1a76d7cf7fc9ebc757a7d4ab1c5612f3a50fa2.jpg We don't need to play he said she said A regime has zero respect for individualism, equality, liberty, justice and life when it * employs "morality police" to beat women up in public for not covering their hair * executes people for "publishing lies" - Article 286, Islamic Penal Code * imprisons people for insulting their "Supreme Leader" * incarcerates people without contact with the outside world and without legal representation * denies the accused their choice of legal representation at trial If you wish to give the benefit of the doubt to a regime that demonstrably has zero respect for individualism, equality, liberty, justice and life, that is of course your freedom