aka "Dr. Meaning"; Cofounder, Global Meaning Institute; Political Scientist; Philosopher; Bestselling Author; Professor; U.S. Army veteran ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

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Stop searching for happiness and start searching for MEANING!
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๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐„๐– ๐˜๐Ž๐‘๐Š ๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐„๐’ ๐‘๐„๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–: ๐‰๐„๐–๐’ ๐๐„๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ƒ๐‘๐ˆ๐•๐„๐ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐Œ๐”๐’๐‹๐ˆ๐Œ ๐‹๐€๐๐ƒ๐’ โ€” ๐๐„๐…๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐ˆ๐’๐‘๐€๐„๐‹ ๐„๐—๐๐„๐‹๐‹๐„๐ƒ ๐€๐๐˜๐Ž๐๐„ Before there was an Israeli occupation. Before 1967. Before Gaza. The New York Times was documenting something the modern progressive narrative has almost entirely erased: the coordinated ethnic cleansing of Jews from Arab and Muslim-majority countries. This is what a 1948 front page looks like. The Arab League, in 1947, drafted a formal internal document recommending coordinated action against Jewish populations across member states: freezing bank accounts, designating Jews as enemy aliens, interning those deemed Zionists. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ ๐จ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐š๐› ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž. They succeeded. Iraq had 135,000 Jews in 1948. Today, five remain. Egypt saw bombs k!ll over 70 Jews in Cairoโ€™s Jewish quarter in 1948. Yemen saw 82 Jews mโˆ—rdered in the 1947-48 pogroms. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Syria โ€” each country that had harbored thriving Jewish communities for centuries systematically emptied them out in a single generation. The total: ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐€๐ซ๐š๐› ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ.ย Their property โ€” homes, businesses, bank accounts โ€” was seized. The estimated value in todayโ€™s dollars: $263 billion. About 70% of those refugees resettled in Israel. They became Israelโ€™s founding population. The next time someone tells you this conflict started on October 7, or in 1967, or even in 1948 โ€” ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐š๐› ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐๐ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐žย โ€” show them the New York Times archive. The paper of record documented the pogroms, the expulsions, and the coordinated Arab campaign to remove Jews from their homelands decades before a single settlement was built. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ• โ€” ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ข๐. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ.
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Even Arab leaders admit it. Everyone is sharing the Bill Clinton clip where he describes how Yasser Arafat rejected a generous peace offer at Camp David that would have given the Palestinians a state on 96 percent of the West Bank, land swaps, and a capital in East Jerusalem. Clinton says Arafat lied to him and that the Palestinian leadership never actually wanted a two-state solution. They wanted to destroy Israel. Itโ€™s a video often shared by people like @VividProwess, and itโ€™s an important one for people to see. Of course, critics immediately dismiss it. They claim Clinton is biased or heโ€™s pro-Israel. Theyโ€™ll tell you that you cannot trust the American perspective. Ok, so let us set that aside. Now watch this. In this powerful interview, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a major Arab leader who was directly involved in negotiations, says exactly the same thing from the Arab side. He talks about the Mena House Conference in Cairo as well as the Camp David negotiations of 1978. All failed because of the Palestinians repeatedly rejecting any offer. The Oslo accords were signed but because Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were not involved, they derailed the accords and any chance for peace by initiating 4 years of terrorist suicide attacks in Israel. Then came the second Camp David negotiations in 2000 which Arafat agreed to, then rejected and instead initiated the Second Intifada. Mubarak explains how the Palestinians refused to even participate in the Mena House conference of 1977. He describes repeated opportunities they were given, including a detailed document that called for Israeli withdrawal from the Samaria, Judea and Gaza, security arrangements during a transitional period, and other major concessions. The Israelis were willing to negotiate on difficult issues like who would control security. The Palestinians, according to Mubarak, kept saying no and wasting chance after chance. He speaks with clear frustration about how for decades the Palestinian side has rejected peace initiatives and realistic compromises. The video further shows footage from the PLO representative in 1977, as well as old footage of Egyptian president Sadat who was involved in the Mena House and first Camp David negotiations of 1978. This perhaps is far more impactful than Clintonโ€™s account because it is not a Western or Israeli voice. It is prominent Arab leaders who lived the negotiations, who represented the broader Arab world, and who had zero incentive to defend Israel. When leaders from both sides of the table describe the same pattern of Palestinian rejectionism and violence, it becomes much harder to dismiss as bias. The pattern is clear across decades and across different voicesโ€ฆ generous offers, repeated refusals, and continued demands for everything while giving nothing in return. This is not ancient history. It is the core reason the conflict continues today. If you value the truth, please share.
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Itโ€™s FRIDAY! You know what that means. You were born to be ALIVE!!๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿซถ
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Iโ€™ll say it again โ€ฆ.
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๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿ“‰BREAKING : Bank of Montreal predicts Canada will come in dead last in economic growth, in the G20, in 2026. Scotia Bank predicts Canada with come in 14th place. This is way below the "2nd fastest growing economy in the G7" lies Canadians were told by the Finance Minister & Prime Minister, for over a year now. When the government lies to Canadians for a year and there is no consequence, why should they ever tell us the truth?
According to data just released by the OECD, Canada is still projected to be the 2nd fastest growing economy of the G7 in 2026. Letโ€™s continue to build Canada strong, together. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
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๐Ÿšจ New York Democrats just voted to erase "Mother" and "Fatherโ€. Governor Kathy Hochul will be replacing "mother" with "gestating parent" and "father" with "non-gestating parent." This isn't inclusion, it's insanity. While New Yorkers battle sky-high taxes, crime, and failing schools, The state is obsessed with rewriting biology and the English language. Real parents don't need woke bureaucrats redefining them. Reject this nonsense.
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Switzerland voted to ban face coverings such as the burqa in public spaces and has not granted Islam official national-religion status. Do you support Switzerland's approach? A. Yes B. No
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The end of western civilization is the goal of the Islamist-leftist-globalist alliance.
ELON MUSK: "Either the suicidal empathy of Western civilization ends, or Western civilization ends."
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Bingo. I have faced the academic barbarians for 32 years, and guess what...I prevailed and reached the summit!
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One of the most iconic dance scenes in film history ๐Ÿ•บโค๏ธ Anthony Quinn and Alan Bates performing the legendary โ€œZorbaโ€™s Danceโ€ in Zorba the Greek (1964)
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Any time Libs back Carney, show them this. Carney was "disastrous" for the UK. Truss attributes the country heading for bankruptcy to his tenure as Bank of England Governor.

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Nothing will beat the 2004 Athens Olympics opening ceremony.
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When someone asked Agesilaus why Sparta had no walls, he pointed to the armed citizens and said, "These are the walls of Sparta." -Plutarch, Laconic Apophthegms : Agesilaus
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Modern feminism in a single videoโ€ฆ
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Mark Carney wants to make America great again. Where you going to put your elbows now Canada?

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Disgusting spectacle. This is not tolerance. Itโ€™s dominance.
AOC went even further. From wearing the hijab to literally kneeling and prostrating in front of the crowd at the Eid event. This isnโ€™t cultural respect. This is performative art pandering on another level. Selective feminism at its finest.
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Just imagine if Danielle Smith said this. Just imagine.
WATCH: Prime Minister @MarkJCarney tells a New York audience that "Canada strong will help make America great again.โ€
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Sweden made a historic decision: it will no longer use the term โ€œIslamophobia,โ€ coined by the Muslim Brotherhood, because it is a politically manipulated concept aimed at silencing criticism of Islam. Should western nations adopt this policy? Yes or no?
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Nolan could have cast the Greek actress Tonia Sotiropoulou as the Goddess Athena. She played for 1 minute in a James Bond movie and she was better than Zendaya's whole career. Or even cast Greeks in secondary roles. Greeks will not watch this abomination that he named "Odyssey"
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Modern society is afraid of these films. They don't stay faithful to the primary texts, because these works of the Greeks promote patriotism, heroism, hysterophemia, glory (ฮบฮปฮญฮฟฯ‚), excellence (ฮฑฯฮตฯ„ฮฎ), and emphasize that everything revolves around the nation (ฮญฮธฮฝฮฟฯ‚) and religion (ฮธฯฮทฯƒฮบฮตฮฏฮฑ), around values and sacrifices for your country and your people. Those who control the "arts" hate these virtues. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the Persian Wars epics, Alexander, tragedies or even Roman Empire, portray warriors and heroes fighting for honor, their country, their comrades, and the gods. Achilles seeks immortal fame. He is choosing to go to war although he knew he would die. Hector defends Troy, his family and his people. Spartans at Thermopylae embody the sacrifice for Greece. Alexander embodied the Plato's dream of a King Philosopher. They hate those virtues. They are trying to attack those manly role models so they can destroy your perspective and the respect you have for your ancestors. "The Greek identity, being of the same blood and the same language, the common sanctuaries of the gods and sacrifices, and similar customs and ways of life." (Herodotus Book 8, 144) Shared blood, language, customs, and shrines (as Herodotus notes) fostered a Panhellenic identity. Hollywood will never promote the Greek virtues. To understand these things, Greeks have to produce these movies. We need films produced by Greeks, in the Greek language, with Greek actors, and with love and passion for our history. Because Hollywood hates the messages of the Classics. And modern discomfort isn't unique to Greece. Similar shifts hit Roman epics, medieval tales or even biblical stories. Modern society hates Homer. That's why they don't understand him. They just read him through their wrong translations just to manipulate the context for their own personal agendas. Modern society hates Homer because his works shaped Western thought and formed the foundation of a civilization based on human moral values, religion, and ethics. It hates him because his works offer strong, manly role models that can inspire your sons to become better men and think outside the box. They donโ€™t want that. They want you weak and disillusioned with classical studies. All these pseudo intellectuals have invaded the academic community of classical studies and archaeology and are trying to completely rewrite the facts in order to repel you. They want to fully control classical studies the same way they control art. Because if they control the Classics they will control the civilizational narrative.
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