Hey allāI've decided to private the "Palantir Panopticon" video as the Senate version of Trump's Big Beautiful Bill doesn't include the 10-year ban on states legislating on AI that I talk about. That's my mistake. I'll put out a corrected + updated version in the future
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Just published an expanded essay version of the Thiel video on my Substack: europos.substack.com/p/thiels-christian-transhumanā¦
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Vestal Virgins and Rome's Sacred Order: europos.substack.com/p/the-vestal-virgins-and-romeā¦
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Thoughts on Pentecost and nationhood from my Substack (to which you may want to subscribe):
substack.com/@europos/p-165536583
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I've published tidied-up transcripts for the "Beast" and "Dragon-Slayer" videos (also join my Substack!):
-europos.substack.com/p/man-slayer-of-self-part-i
-europos.substack.com/p/man-slayer-of-self-ii
When I pick this thread up again, it will be to explore Holy Grail symbolism.
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Some thoughts on Trump's tariffsāI'll probably update this as part of a general MAGA video at some point (let me know in comments if worth it): europos.substack.com/p/trump-tariffs-and-the-futurā¦
"The dollars the U.S. pays foreign countries to buy and import their goods are, it turns out, largely invested back into America...foreign entities use them to purchase U.S. debt, which makes Wall Street the force that it is...But this means that a rift opens up between the dollar (which foreign investors want to keep strong) and the real economy/domestic U.S. production (which withers away as reliance on foreign imports becomes entrenched)...It has become a meme to say that the modern Left is 'gnostic,' meaning that, like some early Christian heresies, it wants to escape the physical world, biology, etc. But the 'gnostic'āor, better, 'World-Denying'ālabel applies just as well to this aspect of American geopolitics. Rending apart mind and body is analogous to divorcing the world of currency (abstract value) from real production and jobs. It's a manifestation of that pattern according to which all empires end up turning against their own core people as political elites conceive of their interests as global and disconnected from place and people. Today, this manifests in financialization and de-industrialization...The Trump administration recognizes this just as Nixon did in the 1970s, but has not put real industrial policy and de-financialization measures in place. The result will probably be the on-shoring of strategic supply chains to strengthen U.S. vis China, but without a real increase in people's purchasing power."
TLDR: tariffs were a good idea terribly executed and without needed backup policies will fail to improve conditions for American working/middle class.
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Been a bit of a lull in the channel, but the next video (already available for Members) will get into George Soros' concept of "Open Society" (as well as the term's origins). He's not widely read, but it's interesting to realize Soros makes the fear of strong certainties and the belief that "truth" is inaccessible into the centre of his worldview (very similar to Adorno). Civilisational poison worth understanding.
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I've turned on channel Membership and Super Thanks for Europos. Some videos will come out a week early for members (and sometimes as a longer version). Next video is out now (thumbnail below). Very much appreciate everyone supporting the channel (including just by subscribing)!
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I've published some thoughts (with audio) on recent EU developments on Substack (this topic came in 2nd in the poll recently): open.substack.com/pub/europos/p/militarizing-againā¦
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No video this weekāthe next one will be a tribute to Tiberius Gracchus. After that, what do you want me to focus on?
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