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Brokenism, The Borg, and Bravery with Alana Newhouse

"Moment of Zen"

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The Irony of the Western World

Israel's no longer kind of a poor second world country it's actually quite wealthy but I thought you were going to say one thing that I've thought that I find very interesting and ironic is that the western world has its origins in Greek ideals around democracy. The general who goes off and leads and victories and then serves this country and then little retired to his farm are like a fantasy in the west, he says. Netanyahu comes from elite and elite family often wealthy families do well in software serve in the military serve their state and then go back "I don't really think I understand what those terms mean anymore" writes David Perry.

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