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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
Notable Esoteric Platonists: Leo Strauss and Allan Bloom
Aspasia and Pericles the Younger
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)
GAZA LINKS:
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/