Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez and Erik Torenberg discuss the US reaction to the Israel-Hamas war. If you’re looking for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR or HIPAA compliance, head to Vanta for $1000 off: www.vanta.com/zen
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SELECT LINKS:
Book: Dennis Ross, Doomed to Succeed amzn.asia/d/3jQQs8o
Tablet magazine: www.Tabletmag.com
Ben Shapiro at Oxford: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1NFirxhXWE
Global North and Global South: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_North_and_Global_South
Book Antonio holds up: Martin Gilbert, Israel: A History: a.co/d/hE6byHX
Liberal support for Israel’s illegitimacy is as high as same-sex marriage was in the mid 2000s: twitter.com/McCormickProf/status/1720927808837259483
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TIMESTAMPS :
(00:00) Episode Preview
(00:05) What would be different if Trump were in office?
(09:10) Information and misinformation sources from the war
(12:36) Sponsor: Shopify | Vanta
(17:30) Apple’s Slack rebellion
(19:26) Paul Graham
(20:56) Trusting reported deaths
(24:22) Does Israel even care about the West?
(32:57) Sponsor: NetSuite
(35:46) Living in the society of spectacle
(36:46) Showy narcissism
(37:17) The psychoanalysis of narcissism
(40:36) The irredentist philosophy
(42:06) The underlying sentiment that Israel shouldn't exist
(44:06) There is no international community
(48:06) Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity
(50:45) US support for Israel 15 years from now
(53:36) Will Hamas be eliminated?
(56:26) It seems like Israel's got it all worked out
(58:56) Just ban TikTok