It's almost certainly an attempt by the administration to coerce AI companies, in particular Anthropic. Control freaks like to have control.

2.7 more years.

You can't be on a narrow line and fuck it up for three generations. Either you're not fucking it up solidly or the line isn't so narrow.

The 18-year-old should have filed to be a religion.

Buddhism basically matches that, although it doesn't have a creation myth.

They aren't going to war. It's clearly a reaction to the increased militarism by Russia and America neglecting its promises to protect Europe.

US is blocking traffic to and from Iran. Iran is blocking most of the traffic through the straight of Hormuz.

From what you are seeing, it seems you only see the half of things you like.

Open your other eye.

This is an extremely worrisome point. Trump is walking a narrow line, and he is not known for competence.

It wasn't a "comprehensive peace deal." It only covered some parts of nuclear material. Iran continued to sponsor terrorists and kill Americans after the peace deal.

Be precise in your language, it's something you can do.

Their official policy has been "Death to America" since then. Raiding an embassy is a violation of international law.

They are state sponsors of terrorism, not just against America. They are giving weapons to the Houthis to attack Saudi Arabia. They've been killing Americans in the region for forty years or so. Soleimani wasn't killed in Iran, he was illegally in Iraq plotting to kill Americans (and Iraqis).

It's important to distinguish between the government and the people (and increasingly, the different factions in the government). The Iranian regime are terrorists against their own people.They have killed more Iranians than Trump. Whether you like Trump or not (I don't), the IRGC is bad, and removing them is a good thing (the only question is at what cost).

It would be really nice if you spent an hour or so and took an unbiased look at the history of Iran for the last 150 years or so. Then we could have a nice fact based conversation.

I don't know enough about them to comment meaningfully.

From the dictionary: "the spreading of ideas, information, or rumors for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person"

QED you're an idiot.

You spread propaganda. Think who told you they were a death cult.

You are trying to justify your propaganda, and laziness by not actually investigating Iranian leadership.

Research takes time, I understand, you don't want to do it. And propaganda is fun, that's why it works.

But you're wrong.

The IRGC has killed more of their own people than Israel/USA combined. They are an illegitimate government.

It's a label used for propaganda.

Any analysis that doesn't take into consideration that there are multiple factions, ethnicities, religions, etc in Iran is wrong. Any analysis of the regime without taking into account the anti-war people is wrong. Anyone who uses the label "death cult" to not refer to a death cult is trying to deceive you.