At the top of this episode, the boys recount a wild night out on the town. Then, inevitably, they do another round on the Israel-Hamas conflict that’s dominating the news. Next, the lads draw a crucial distinction between so-called cultural Marxism and actual Marxism and try to make sense of the recent election of Argentinian president Javier Milei. And finally, the lads elaborate on the eternal concept of the Alchemical Journey. The likes of Homer, Odysseus, Virgil, Aeneas, and Dante are invoked and connected to the tragic trajectory of history. https://www.theguardian.com/info/2023/nov/15/removed-document"This page previously displayed a document containing, in translation, the full text of Osama bin Laden’s 'letter to the American people', which was reported on in the Observer on Sunday 24 November 2002. The document, which was published here on the same day, was removed on 15 November 2023."https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/what-palestinians-really-think-hamas <- You just have to put in your email to access the article"Most Gazans do not align themselves with Hamas’s ideology, either. Unlike Hamas, whose goal is to destroy the Israeli state, the majority of survey respondents favored a two-state solution with an independent Palestine and Israel existing side by side.""Hamas’s popularity in Gaza has slipped as well, falling from 34 percent support in the 2021 survey."
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The Alchemical Journey