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Commonsense, Machiavelli, Lincoln, and T. E. Lawrence inform us of a truth, two culture ideologies the antithesis of the Other in the same space will not be reconciled, in the end only one will exist. War has therefore always been inevitable between Western Democracy and Muslim Iran, Muslim-Islam in totality

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Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong , Vox, Brian Resnick, Jan 4, 2019 Truth: Aristotle’s Four laws of association: • Law of Similarity (e.g. cars and trucks) • Law of Contrast (e.g. black and white) • Law of Contiguity (closeness) (e.g. thunder and lightning) • Law of Frequency (e.g. go together) It is not theory, what is claimed which defines truth it is what exists. What emerges from a system exists as a consequence of the whole system.  "Studies on self-organization and dissipative structures demonstrate that macroscopic patterns and behaviors emerge from micro-level interactions governed by the system's overall dynamics, not attributable to any single part." GROK 24-12-2025. "An ancient Jewish ghetto, once a vibrant community, has been reduced to a small group of families" Persecution Defines Life for Yemen’s Remaining Jews , The New York Times, Rod Nordland, Feb. 18, 2015 "The maps the researchers have ...

Theodore Roosevelt: No nation can permanently retain any “social values” worth having unless it develops the warlike strength necessary for its own defence. Reality 200-100-50-20-7-2-1

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Theodore Roosevelt asked by the American Sociological Association to provide a response at the American Sociological Congress, Washington, DC, December 1915 for the following question: “How war and militarism affect such social values as the sense of the preciousness of human life; care for child welfare; the conservation of human resources; upper-class concern for the lot of the masses; interest in popular education; appreciation of truth-telling and truth-printing; respect for personality and regards for personal rights.” American Sociological Association Theodore Roosevelt’s response. WARLIKE POWER – THE PREREQUISITE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SOCIAL VALUES In December last I was asked to address the American Sociological Congress on “the effect of war and militarism on social values.” In sending my answer I pointed out that infinitely the most important fact to remember in connection with the subject in question is that if an unscrupulous, warlike, and milit...