The Lessons of History feat. Dr. Roy Casagranda - Henry Kissinger, the Iraq War, Esoteric Platonism and the Neocons, Cycles in Political Power, Education Reform, Hiroshima, Anarchism, and State Power

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References

• Stephen Skowronek // "The Politics Presidents Make" (1993)

• Rational Choice Theory (1955) "A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice" by Herbert A. Simon

• The Nixon movie I couldn't remember was "Secret Honor" (Robert Altman, 1984)

• Abramowitz et. al study of Southern Republicans https://journals.shareok.org/arp/article/view/366

• Goldsboro Nuclear Disaster (1961)

• Palomares Nuclear Incident (1966)

• Notable Esoteric Platonists: Leo Strauss and Allan Bloom

• Aspasia and Pericles the Younger

• Group 40/Project 40 and Richard Nixon

• Otto Ambros (Third Reich Scientist/Operation Paperclip)

Dialogues by Plato:

• Meno (Knowledge, geometry, 'rememberance')

• Republic (Justice, the Noble Lie)

• Laches (Instruction in courage)

• Symposium (Love, homosexuality, Diotima)

• Crito (Fidelity to the state, homeliness)

• Seventh Letter / Seventh Epistle (Esoteric Platonism)

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Oxfam - https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/emergencies/gaza-and-israel-emergency-appeal/

MSF (Doctors Without Borders) - https://www.msf.org/gaza-israel-war

Palestinian Youth Movement - https://www.palestinianyouthmovement.com/