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Dead philosophers. Fresh takes.
Ever wonder what it would be to listen to
Karl Marx read Elon Musk’s Tweets?
Adam Smith walk into a Walmart?
John Locke debate the vaccine mandate?
Ever wonder... WWKMD?
Thread 10
Iran
Regime Change? Another forever war? Or just oil?
Ch. 1: Early Thinkers
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Episode 1: Grotius in the Gulf: Rules, Rights, and the Strait of Hormuz
Episode 2: Aquinas on the Strait: Is the Iran Fight Truly Just?
Episode 3: Machiavelli in the Strait: Power, Fear, and the Politics of Oil
Episode 4: “This Time It’s Different”? Erasmus Wouldn’t Buy It
Episode 5: When There's No Referee: Hobbes on the Iran Clash
Ch. 2: Cold Warriors
Episode 6: If Truman Saw Iran Today: Cold War Instincts in a Hot Region
Episode 7: Dulles on the Brink: How a Cold Warrior Would Handle Iran
Episode 8: Dean Acheson: The Suit Who Built America’s Global Order
Episode 9: Goldwater’s Grit: How He’d Handle Modern Iran
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