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This is pretty interesting: despite (or because of) the unbreakable bond between Israel and the West, there is also a strong current of pro-Russian, Dugin-inspired 'Eurasianists' in Israel, who believe it's exactly Western influence that made politicians such as Rabin 'compromise' Zionism (the Oslo Accords already went too far in their eyes) and that a partnership with Russia would better serve the settler movement.
— May 23, 2026 09:17AM
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csillagkohó
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"It is not the presence of tradition in Iran and Turkey that allows Traditionalism into the intellectual mainstream, but the presence of modernity. ... One ["Traditionalist"] question is now asked in Turkey for the first time since the nineteenth century and is of pressing concern in Russia: East or West? Another is a central question for Iran today—modernization, or isolation for the sake of traditional religion?"
— May 24, 2026 03:23AM
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🍄🟫 "Sergey Kuryokhin's popularity derived partly from his 'mystifications', as when he maintained on a major television channel that Lenin was in fact a mushroom."
— May 23, 2026 06:35AM
csillagkohó
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the gradual descent of Frithjof Schuon over the course of several chapters/decades from 'erudite scholar of religions' to 'cult leader accused of ritual child molestation' was a rollercoaster to be sure
— May 22, 2026 05:06AM
