|
War On Iran – Czech cruiser ‘Krteček’ – Larijani’s Martyrdom – Kent’s Resignation
From a Wall Street Journal piece I quoted yesterday:
> The Trump administration as soon as this week plans to announce that multiple countries have agreed to form a coalition that will escort ships through the waterway, which runs along the Iranian coast, U.S. officials said. The U.S. and potential coalition countries are still discussing whether those operations would begin before or after the war ends. <
I commented:
What is the use of escorting ships through the Strait “after the war ends”?
So far there are no takers of Trump’s call for allies. I doubt that there will be any.
No European country and no Asia ‘ally’ has offered to help him to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Nor does the U.S. Navy.
So for once I was right – nearly right:
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has decided to dispatch the Czech cruiser ‘Krteček’ to the Persian Gulf, making the Czech Republic the sole EU nation to join the US-led coalition. 💪🇨🇿🇺🇸
Czech what? Some twitteratis fell for the joke. But Czechia is a landlocked country with no navy. Krteček though (also Krtek) is a famous Czech personality. I’ll leave it to you color his cruiser.
biggerIn other news the Israelis claim to have killed Ali Larijani last night. Sayed Larinjani led Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. He was a capable pragmatic politician with good relations to all power centers – IRGC, clerics, Bazaari – within the Iranian state.
Larijani would have been the first high level person to contact for eventual peace talks.
That is likely the reason why the Zionist tried to eliminate him. It makes it more difficult for the U.S. to find a way out of the conflict.
But it will otherwise not make a big difference. Larijani is, like everyone, replaceable. His martyrdom will strengthen Iran’s willingness to endure all hardship needed to finally defeat the U.S. and Israel:
The killing of Ali Larijani, like that of Ali Khamenei before him, is best understood as an instance of strategic martyrdom, a dynamic that exposes the fundamental irrationality of Israel’s and the US’ continued reliance on decapitation strategies, especially given their repeated historical failure. The decapitation-attrition-invasion playbook that the US and Israel keep drawing from reveals systems locked into a familiar repertoire of counterproductive violence that have consistently failed to adapt to reality. This failure is so glaring that even Trump acknowledged it, when he recently admitted that the US attacked Iran “out of habit.”
…
Iran operates from a value-strategic rationality whereby martyrdom itself can perform important political work and generate strategic effects that not merely resist but reverse the intended consequences of assassination.
That Larijani attended the mass rally and made statements openly embracing the possibility of martyrdom before his death only underscores how consciously this logic is adopted by those who bear its consequences, a logic articulated most clearly by Khamenei himself, who declared that “either we are martyred on this path, whose honour is eternal, or we achieve victory; both are victories for us.”
…
In short, strategic martyrdom ultimately contributes to deterrence by regeneration, whereby repeated attempts at decapitation are subject to a law of diminishing returns as adversaries discover that killing leaders neither fractures the system nor compels submission but instead contributes to its consolidation.
One Joe Kent, the director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, resigned today. In his resignation letter he blames Israel for pushing Trump towards the war on Iran.
Doing so has somewhat become a fad:
One diplomat with knowledge of the talks said: “We regarded Witkoff and Kushner as Israeli assets that dragged a president into a war he wants to get out of.”
No. It wasn’t Israel (which Kent had promoted), that has dragged Trump into or launched the war. The sole person who did that was Donald Trump – in spite of all warnings about what a war with Iran would entail. The Israelis would not have dared such a move against Iran had Trump not agreed with them.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Mar 17 2026 22:49 utc | 308
Perhaps taking the initiative is the key to improvement
: The Modern Yanomami Principle
A Blueprint for a Circular People’s Holding to Reclaim Life-Time and Sovereignty
1. Executive Summary
The current global economic order, dominated by the U.S. model of hyper-individualism and capital accumulation, has reached a point of systemic crisis. It functions as a transaction: depleting “Tomorrow” to fund a luxurious but hollow “Today.” This paper proposes a radical alternative based on the cooperation principles of the indigenous Yanomami, scaled for a modern industrial society. By pooling the capital of the 99% into a Circular People’s Holding, we can systematically buy back the material basis of existence (land, energy, housing), rendering the exploitative power of the 1% irrelevant through economic autarky and sortition-based democracy.
2. Philosophical Foundation: Social Individualism
If humans can be held in unnatural, isolated prison cells, then an existence under natural, cooperative conditions is even more feasible. The goal is a transition from a Transaction-Based Civilization to a Relationship-Based Civilization.
Responsibility is the natural enemy of opportunism. By tying survival back to the group, we eliminate the “Analytic Illiterate”—those who own the book of wealth but cannot read its meaning. In this model, basic needs become a public monopoly to ensure security, while “taste” remains individual. The food is provided; the flavor is your choice.
3. Comparative Analysis: The Egoism Model vs. The Cooperation Principle
To understand the transformation, we must contrast the core pillars of both systems.
In the U.S. Democratic Model, the core logic is Accumulation, where status is derived solely from “Having” private property. This system fosters Anonymity as a shield to protect the individual from social responsibility and the consequences of their actions. Labor is viewed through the lens of Exploitation, where “foreign life-time” is bought for profit. This leads to a Short-term Time Horizon, summarized by the phrase “after me the flood,” resulting in systemic crime driven by artificial scarcity.
Conversely, the Yanomami Principle is built on Circulation, where status is earned through “Giving” and contribution. The social structure is defined by Visibility, ensuring that reciprocity and accountability are unavoidable. Labor is a form of Synergy, where life-time is pooled for collective survival. The time horizon is Eternal; members act as “immortals” who must bear the consequences of their environmental and social actions forever. Conflicts are interpersonal and resolved through social mechanisms rather than structural violence.
4. Economic Strategy: The Circular People’s Holding
The 1% maintain power because they own the infrastructure of daily life. The 99% break this power by withdrawing Liquidity.
The Mechanism of the 20 Million Power
If 20 million citizens (e.g., in Germany) pool €100 per month, they generate €2 Billion monthly (€24 Billion per year). This capital is used for a Hierarchy of Acquisition:
Land & Agriculture: Owning the calories removes the threat of hunger and removes land from the hands of speculators.
Energy Autarky: Owning the sun and wind infrastructure removes the “rent” paid to energy monopolies.
Means of Production: Owning the tools of labor returns the full value of creation to the workers.
The Dual-Price System and the Capped Entrepreneur
To ensure growth, the holding operates a dual-price structure. Members receive products at cost-price (facilitated by legally compliant rebates), while External Egoists pay market prices. These external profits fund further acquisitions of community property.
Furthermore, the role of the entrepreneur is transformed. Leadership is a service. Managers may only keep a fixed, fair sum (the “Capped Salary”) from the labor results; any excess value is reinvested to create more jobs and strengthen the network.
5. Political Organization: Sortition & Logical Governance
A classic political party is vulnerable to the “Animal Farm” syndrome, where the leaders eventually become the new masters. This model prevents corruption through Structural Integrity.
Sortition (Mandate by Lot) ensures that parliamentary representatives are chosen by lottery from the 20 million members. This makes the political body immune to careerism and lobbying. These representatives operate under an Imperative Mandate; they must reflect the collective will or face immediate recall. Because the community already provides for their basic needs through common ownership, they are materially secure and cannot be bribed.
Decisions are prepared by AI Models and vetted by two independent, parallel groups of Experts. These experts, potentially chosen for their lack of need for self-presentation (such as those on the autistic spectrum), work without ego to ensure purely logical, sustainable results.
6. Strategic Simulation: The 4-Year Roadmap
Year 1: Caloric Sovereignty
The holding invests €24 billion primarily in 600,000 hectares of farmland. This removes approximately 5% of national arable land from speculation. The 1% lose their absolute price-setting power over the community’s food supply, and the participants’ “existential fear” begins to vanish.
Year 2: Energy & Liquidity Shock
An additional €25 billion is invested in 30 Gigawatt-peak (GWp) of renewable energy. Electricity costs for members drop to cost-price (~5-7 ct/kWh). Private banks face a liquidity crisis as a total of €48 billion in deposits is withdrawn to the People’s Bank, starving the 1% system of its speculative fuel.
Year 3: The Housing & Labor Shift
The holding acquires 80,000 housing units and expands the “Capped Salary” model. Skilled workers begin to flee “Ego-Firms” for the Collective, attracted by dignity and security. The 1% lose their “human capital” as they can no longer compete with the community’s social benefits.
Year 4: The Tipping Point
The holding establishes independent communication and financial networks. The 1% system collapses internally because “life-time” is no longer for sale to the highest bidder. The community achieves military and economic autarky. The transformation from a life of “Having” to a life of “Being” is complete.
7. Conclusion
The Modern Yanomami Principle is a path to legal, peaceful revolution. By pooling capital and replacing egoistic leadership with logical, sortition-based governance, we end the era of “I have, therefore I am.” We return to the natural state of “We are, therefore I am free.”
Posted by: BlindSpot | Mar 18 2026 0:37 utc | 379
|
