The previous GAE policy of allowing reasonable autonomy to the central provinces (Canada et al) is no longer felt to be in the interest of American primacy - many of the provinces if allowed to exercise sovereignty in a multipolar world would no longer automatically choose the US

In a multipolar world where choosing the US is no longer the default option - protectionism is a way of bolting the doors, locking in allies against their will and holding them hostage.

The pain this will cause in the provinces will of course incite the flames of rebellion and will force many to ask "What is the point of being a GAE vassal anymore?" - when that gains momentum there will be new populisms potentially - GAExit on the cards?

Unlike the EU for all its faults there is no constitutional or political identity here that is being shaped by Trumpism outside of accelerating sovcorp/megacartel raiding of state assets

Populism with oligarchic/plutocratic characteristics by cynically deploying protectionism to keep the USD based Wall Street ponzi scheme going, will unsurprisingly not save the West - it accelerates its death

Intense replications of art, perfect, readable, an instant present of the human impulse set out without any work or endeavour, now raises discussions on the nature of the phenomenon. But scientism cannot answer the call or tell us what art is, nor will it tell us its purpose or benefit - the philosopher is the only one who remains outside of this paradigm and cannot fundamentally be replaced by any AI

Man, criticisms of Bitcoin from Muslims, even scholars, is just so utterly abysmal.

There's literally someone making the claim that Bitcoin doesn't exist because it's mathematics, while making that comment through a digital medium. The irony is just comical.

And it always goes back to some form of "no intrinsic value", and when it's not that it's just the same cycle of going from "it's used by criminals" to "uses too much energy" to "fixed supply will crash the economy" to tether FUD to quantum computing to some other crypto replacing it. It's just endless.

I'm just a nobody. I shouldn't have to break these dumb contentions down for actual legit Muslim scholars. I just don't know why it's too much to ask to pick up a copy of the Bitcoin Standard or actually doing a bitcoin transaction before they say dumb stuff. Maybe I am asking for too much.

Maybe I need to write an essay for these critics so they can actually know how to competently criticize bitcoin. We deserve better critics.

So far the Egyptians (both the military and the civilian population) are resisting his threats. I think people underestimate Egypt a lot. Recently “trump” cut off foreign aid to all countries except to the zionist state and Egypt. The Americans are trying to bribe Egypt where they don’t want them attacking the zionist state.

In the case of Jordan, I don’t think Jordan wants the Palestinians to come to Jordan, at the same time, are the Jordanians capable of resisting the Americans?

The Soviet intellectuals were right in their observation: under Communism, the future is certain, yet history always changes. This notion—unintended, perhaps—casts a curious light on the world of scholarship, where even the most brilliant historians, armed with years of meticulous research, find their conclusions unmade.

Within a mere five years of retirement, the intellectual fortresses they constructed are often reduced to ruins by the advancing tide of new evidence.

So much remains unknown; so many ironclad hypotheses crumble into irrelevance.

Why, for instance, did the West industrialize and rise to dominance while other civilizations faltered? The answer eludes us still, tantalizingly out of reach. Consider the Netherlands: all conditions aligned in their favor, and yet it was the English who first breached the threshold of industrial revolution.

And what of the Islamicate world? What missteps led it astray? I have come to believe that the very framing of this question as a central focus of effort is a misallocation of intellectual resources.

Definitive answers are an illusion, especially when the historical record of the Islamicate world lies in shambles, its archives scattered, incomplete, poorly preserved. Even in the Occident, with its comparatively meticulous record-keeping, what we uncover is not certitude but directional truths—hints of causality, never the whole.

This is why I am drawn to the SAIF approach: a call to direct collective energy not toward the dissection of history, but toward the realization of future industrialization.

Thr future of the Ummah is certain, even though it's history always changes.

Mismanagement or intentional sabatoge?

Hey frens!

I'm pursuing the launch of a podcast incubator with the aim of producing about a dozen Islamic podcasts with topics ranging from children's stories, relationship counseling, financial planning, nasheeds/tilawa, personal development/health and more. If anyone has passion and experience in this space and wants to co-produce, help develop, or be a show host then please let me know. DMs open for 24 hours for this.

Not any good ones. At best some bots relaying external posts. Considering starting an account for this later in the year if my podcast project goes well.

Sabr brothers, sabr. It's a low time preference thing here. The flavor comes later.

Sabr brothers, sabr. It's a low time preference thing here. The flavor comes later.

Can’t really have a social media platform with minimal socialising. It’s not lit enough here yet 🤣